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Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy - Michigan's Priority Climate Action Plan Released

Global Renewable News

MARCH 10, 2024

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has released the State of Michigan's Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) which builds from Michigan's MI Healthy Climate.

Climate Change

Are Great Lakes cities ready for climate migrants?

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MAY 1, 2024

Read the full story at Great Lakes Echo. … Continue reading Are Great Lakes cities ready for climate migrants? … Continue reading Are Great Lakes cities ready for climate migrants? Wisconsin falls within the same lower vulnerability category.

Climate Change

The Great Salt Lake's dire need for regeneration

GreenBiz

APRIL 7, 2023

Scientists have estimated that without immediate action, the lake could dry up in as little as five years. Here are some ideas for its recovery.

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National Grid - National Grid Energizes Great Lakes Cheese Facility in Franklinville

Global Renewable News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

National Grid recently energized Great Lakes Cheese's new Franklinville manufacturing facility and, as an additional boost, has provided the company with more than $1.5 million in economic.

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The Great Salt Lake is disappearing – Can it be saved? And does it need saving?

Energy Central

MAY 1, 2024

Having already lost half its surface area, some believe that the Great Salt Lake is on the verge of nonexistence. And does the lake even need to be rescued? Climate change is a contributing factor, but the region’s water use is the primary culprit. Somewhere near 250,000 of the tiny bird.

Climate Change

Canada Commits Nearly $306M to Enhance Great Lakes Water Quality

Environment + Energy Leader

MARCH 27, 2023

"The Great Lakes are a source of drinking water for 40 million people, and this shared resource needs to be protected," Trudeau said. The post Canada Commits Nearly $306M to Enhance Great Lakes Water Quality appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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The Great Lakes before the 1972 Water Quality Agreement

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MAY 17, 2022

Read the full story at Great Lakes Connection. Over the past two centuries, western settlement and the Industrial Revolution dramatically changed the water quality of the Great Lakes. The 1972 Great Lakes … Continue reading The Great Lakes before the 1972 Water Quality Agreement.

Reseachers investigate loss of biodiversity in Great Lakes

Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 21, 2023

Several species of fish and mussels are disappearing from the Great Lakes, and a team of researchers at the University of Windsor is trying to find out why. … Continue reading Reseachers investigate loss of biodiversity in Great Lakes

Great Lakes microplastics concentrations exceed safe levels for wildlife

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Read the full story at Great Lakes Now. Nearly 90 percent of water samples taken from the Great Lakes over the last ten years exceed safe levels for wildlife.

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Adopt-A-Beach: 20 Years of Great Lakes Litter Data: A Story of Plastic Pollution Told Through Citizen Science

Environmental News Bits

APRIL 29, 2024

For over 30 years, dedicated Alliance for the Great Lakes Adopt-a-Beach volunteers have been on the front lines of keeping litter off our beaches and out of the Great Lakes, removing over half a million pounds from the Great Lakes shoreline since 1991.

Breaking down the problem of microplastics in the Great Lakes

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 30, 2023

Read the full story from the Council of the Great Lakes Region. Microplastics studies in the five Great Lakes have shown that larger amounts are found close to urban and nearshore areas, particularly near locations where rivers, stormwater, and wastewater discharge.

Meet Kate Calero, Director of Field Sales, Great Lakes Region, Paving a Smoother Path for Future Women in Leadership

3BL Media

APRIL 17, 2024

Kate Calero, Director of Field Sales, Great Lakes Region Encouraged by the positive reception from new team members, Kate remains open and accessible, ready to share her insights, so everyone has the tools to achieve their full potential together.

Manufacturing

With discovery of roundworms, Great Salt Lake's imperiled ecosystem gets more interesting

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

MARCH 13, 2024

Biologists announce the discovery of numerous species of roundworm in the highly saline waters of Great Salt Lake, the vast terminal lake in northwestern Utah that supports millions of migratory birds. Previously, brine shrimp and brine flies were the only known multicellular animals living in the water column.

Accelerating Clean Regional Economies: A Great Lakes Investment Strategy

Environmental News Bits

MARCH 20, 2024

ACRE recently focused on the Great Lakes region. Competitiveness, Constraints, & Coordination: A Strategy For Accelerating Energy Transition Investment … Continue reading Accelerating Clean Regional Economies: A Great Lakes Investment Strategy

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Strategies for Adapting Great Lakes Coastal Ecosystems to Climate Change

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Strategies for Adapting Great Lakes Coastal Ecosystems to Climate Change presents a menu of adaptation actions to help practitioners move from general concepts to tangible, targeted adaptation tactics for their system. Download the document.

Climate Change

The Great Lakes are awash in plastic. Can robots and drones help?

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

These remote-control devices raise the profile about the growing problem of plastics in the lakes that provide one-fifth of the world's freshwater.

A taste of expanding the worth of the Great Lakes fishery

Environmental News Bits

MARCH 1, 2024

Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors & Premiers, is building toward 100 percent use of fish caught in the Great Lakes, highlighted Monday by a “head to tail” Great Lakes Fish challenge at Kendall College in Chicago. Read the full story from the Chicago Sun-Times.

Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy - EGLE announces grant funding available for small manufacturers to accelerate the implementation of energy efficiency upgrades

Global Renewable News

OCTOBER 22, 2023

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) announces the availability of $250,000 in grant funding for projects that accelerate the implementation of energy efficiency upg.

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Researchers race to understand what lies beneath the Great Lakes

Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 19, 2022

Scientists say we have more robust data about the surface of Mars than the floor of the Great Lakes. A new effort spearheaded by academics and government aims to map the entire Great Lakes lakebed.

Academics

Chicago ‘innovation hub’ awarded $160 million to extract harmful chemicals from Great Lakes

Environmental News Bits

MARCH 27, 2024

A Chicago-based “innovation hub” affiliated with the University of Chicago got a $160 million boost for the development of a technique to remove harmful chemicals from the Great Lakes, thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy - EGLE announces grant funding available for farms and rural businesses to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy adoption

Global Renewable News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) announces $250,000 in available grant funding through the Agriculture and Rural Businesses Energy Incentive Program.

Climate Change

Study calls for EPA to include human well-being in Great Lakes restoration program

Environmental News Bits

MARCH 29, 2024

Read the full story from Great Lakes Now. A classic definition of “environmental restoration” talks about reclaiming habitat and restoring land and waters that plants and animals depend on. What’s missing from that long-standing approach? People who may live near toxic waters directly benefit when they’re cleaned up.

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Record year for endangered Great Lakes piping plover nests, fledged chicks

Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

It was a record year for Great Lakes piping plovers, in more ways than one.

Costs and Approaches for Mapping the Great Lakes

Environmental News Bits

MARCH 7, 2022

In 2020, GLOS commissioned three experienced surveying organizations to estimate the total cost of mapping the Great Lakes at high-density. Though different in their approaches and estimates, all reports agree that mapping the Great Lakes at high-density is within grasp, given the proper funding. Download the document.

Webinar: Great Lakes Freshwater Symposium: Groundwater Policy Developments

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JANUARY 24, 2024

Join groundwater researchers and policy experts from Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan for a free, virtual Great Lakes Freshwater Symposium. Panelists This … Continue reading Webinar: Great Lakes Freshwater Symposium: Groundwater Policy Developments

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Restoring the Great Lakes: After 50 years of US-Canada joint efforts, some success and lots of unfinished business

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 6, 2022

by Daniel Macfarlane, Western Michigan University The Great Lakes cover nearly 95,000 square miles (250,000 square kilometers) and hold over 20% of Earth’s surface fresh water. More than 30 million people in the U.S. and Canada rely on them for drinking water.

‘A race to the bottom’: Indiana wetlands bill could affect Mississippi River, Great Lakes

Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency ruling would create a patchwork of state protections, threatening water quality in both the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds.

Energy Harbor - Great Lakes Clean Hydrogen Hub Coalition Submits Application for DOE Funding

Global Renewable News

MAY 7, 2023

The Great Lakes Clean Hydrogen Hub coalition.

A Great Lakes Circular Economy Strategy & Action Plan For Plastics

Environmental News Bits

JULY 26, 2022

The five-year strategy and action plan proposed in this document sets out a framework forthe targeted cleanup, plastics collection, processing, end-markets, policy, and consumeractions that, when implemented will drive the bi-national Great Lakes region’s movetoward circularity, in partnership with other like-minded endeavors, notably the Allianceto (..)

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Great Lakes fish and fisheries suffer stress of warming climate

Environmental News Bits

JULY 18, 2022

The story of the Bay Port Fish Company is only one in the millions of lives, built on the shores of the Great Lakes — the largest freshwater lake system in the world. Read the full story from the Detroit Free Press.

Water Levels in the Great Lakes

Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 25, 2022

Millions of people rely on the Great Lakes for recreation, industry, and drinking water. View the story map. Changing water levels can have positive or negative impacts on industries like tourism and transportation in the region.

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Industries and public water supplies top list of main consumers of Great Lakes water

Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 5, 2022

Read the full story at Great Lakes Now. Overall water usage in the Great Lakes is dropping, largely due to water conservation and management efforts, according to the Great Lakes Commission’s most recent water use report.

Great Lakes Environmental Justice Grant Program (GLEJGP)

Environmental News Bits

MAY 18, 2023

Application deadline: Aug 11, 2023More information This Request for Applications (RFA) solicits applications from eligible entities for up to six cooperative agreements to be awarded pursuant to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan III (GLRI AP III).

The plan to save Utah’s Great Salt Lake involves a big pipe

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 29, 2023

A crazy-sounding idea—build a tube from the Pacific to bring water to Utah’s Great Salt Lake—raises a larger question: Are we willing to do absolutely anything to fight climate change? Read the full story at Outside.

Climate Change

With new invasive carp money, the Great Lakes learns from past invasions

Environmental News Bits

MARCH 29, 2022

Operation Moss Ball hints at an evolution in recent years: Past catastrophes, like the mussel invasion that has transformed the Great Lakes since it began in the 1980s, have prompted state and federal lawmakers to tighten regulations and loosen purse strings to better prevent new invasions, rather than simply responding … Continue reading With (..)

U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit: Great Lakes

Environmental News Bits

MAY 9, 2023

Increases in extreme precipitation events, changes in growing seasons, and warming temperatures impact the people, ecosystems, and infrastructure of the Great Lakes region—and the lakes themselves. Read the full regional summary.

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Energy Harbor - Great Lakes Clean Hydrogen Partnership Moves Forward with DOE Application

Global Renewable News

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The Great Lakes Clean Hydrogen Partnership.

Microplastics now pervasive in Great Lakes, with 90% of water samples surpassing safe levels for aquatic wildlife: new studies

Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 30, 2023

Data spanning the last ten years reveal that the Great Lakes basin is widely contaminated with microplastics, with potentially dangerous consequences for the wildlife that live within. Read the full story from the International Institute for Sustainable Development.

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In Utah, drying Great Salt Lake leads to air pollution

Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Cars and wildfires contribute to Utah’s air pollution, but the Great Salt Lake is a less obvious but important contributor.

Historians race to find Great Lakes shipwrecks before quagga mussels destroy the sites

Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Read the full story at Great Lakes Now. The Great Lakes’ frigid fresh water used to keep shipwrecks so well preserved that divers could see dishes in the cupboards. Downed planes that spent decades underwater were left so pristine they could practically fly again when archaeologists finally discovered them.

Climate Change Preparedness of Great Lakes Communities

Environmental News Bits

APRIL 14, 2023

This report examines changing rainfall amounts across five cities in the Great Lakes region and seeks to understand whether the regulatory permits and community planning efforts are aligned with robust and current rainfall estimates.

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Breaking down the problem of microplastics in the Great Lakes

Environmental News Bits

MAY 1, 2023

Read the full story from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. Today’s MI Environment story by Sarah Lowe, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Debris Program, Lynker Technologies, is from the State of the Great Lakes report.

Feds earmark $226 million for Great Lakes invasive carp project

Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

In a key step aimed at keeping invasive carp out of the Great Lakes, the U.S. Read the full story at Bridge Michigan. Army Corps of Engineers is pegging $226 million for pre-construction, engineering and design on a lock-and-dam project 50 miles downstream of Chicago. Read more →

Cities along Great Lakes will need $2B to address coastal damage: survey

Environmental News Bits

JULY 13, 2021

Cities, villages and other jurisdictions along the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River face nearly $2 billion in costs over the next five years to address coastal damage driven by climate change, per survey results released last week by the Great Lakes and St. Read the full story at Smart Cities Dive.

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Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy - Michigan's Priority Climate Action Plan Released

Are Great Lakes cities ready for climate migrants?

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The Great Salt Lake's dire need for regeneration

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National Grid - National Grid Energizes Great Lakes Cheese Facility in Franklinville

The Great Salt Lake is disappearing – Can it be saved? And does it need saving?

Canada Commits Nearly $306M to Enhance Great Lakes Water Quality

The Great Lakes before the 1972 Water Quality Agreement

Reseachers investigate loss of biodiversity in Great Lakes

Great Lakes microplastics concentrations exceed safe levels for wildlife

Adopt-A-Beach: 20 Years of Great Lakes Litter Data: A Story of Plastic Pollution Told Through Citizen Science

Breaking down the problem of microplastics in the Great Lakes

Meet Kate Calero, Director of Field Sales, Great Lakes Region, Paving a Smoother Path for Future Women in Leadership

With discovery of roundworms, Great Salt Lake's imperiled ecosystem gets more interesting

Accelerating Clean Regional Economies: A Great Lakes Investment Strategy

Strategies for Adapting Great Lakes Coastal Ecosystems to Climate Change

The Great Lakes are awash in plastic. Can robots and drones help?

A taste of expanding the worth of the Great Lakes fishery

Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy - EGLE announces grant funding available for small manufacturers to accelerate the implementation of energy efficiency upgrades

Researchers race to understand what lies beneath the Great Lakes

Chicago ‘innovation hub’ awarded $160 million to extract harmful chemicals from Great Lakes

Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy - EGLE announces grant funding available for farms and rural businesses to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy adoption

Study calls for EPA to include human well-being in Great Lakes restoration program

Record year for endangered Great Lakes piping plover nests, fledged chicks

Costs and Approaches for Mapping the Great Lakes

Webinar: Great Lakes Freshwater Symposium: Groundwater Policy Developments

Restoring the Great Lakes: After 50 years of US-Canada joint efforts, some success and lots of unfinished business

‘A race to the bottom’: Indiana wetlands bill could affect Mississippi River, Great Lakes

Energy Harbor - Great Lakes Clean Hydrogen Hub Coalition Submits Application for DOE Funding

A Great Lakes Circular Economy Strategy & Action Plan For Plastics

Great Lakes fish and fisheries suffer stress of warming climate

Water Levels in the Great Lakes

Industries and public water supplies top list of main consumers of Great Lakes water

Great Lakes Environmental Justice Grant Program (GLEJGP)

The plan to save Utah’s Great Salt Lake involves a big pipe

With new invasive carp money, the Great Lakes learns from past invasions

U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit: Great Lakes

Energy Harbor - Great Lakes Clean Hydrogen Partnership Moves Forward with DOE Application

Microplastics now pervasive in Great Lakes, with 90% of water samples surpassing safe levels for aquatic wildlife: new studies

In Utah, drying Great Salt Lake leads to air pollution

Historians race to find Great Lakes shipwrecks before quagga mussels destroy the sites

Climate Change Preparedness of Great Lakes Communities

Breaking down the problem of microplastics in the Great Lakes

Feds earmark $226 million for Great Lakes invasive carp project

Cities along Great Lakes will need $2B to address coastal damage: survey

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