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Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy has updated an online tool that maps which communities may be most susceptible to adverse effects from pollution. The tool was first released in 2022 and updated this month after seeking public comment. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240821-environmental-justice-tool

Nichole Angell

As political programming continues at the Democratic National Convention, city and Indigenous leaders from across the U.S. and Canada met in the Windy City to discuss a different issue — the future of water use and environmental health in the Great Lakes basin. Read the full story by Courthouse News Service.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240821-water-testing

Nichole Angell

The Great Lakes Microbial Water Quality Assessment project, sponsored by the International Joint Commission, released a report stating that decades-old water testing methods are inadequate and advances in newer methods are critically needed. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240821-water-testing

Nichole Angell

A new company, the Great Lakes Tinned Fish Company is the first in the Midwest to source exclusively from the Great Lakes region and they plan to debut their product this fall. Read the full story by WXMI – Grand Rapids, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240821-tinned-fish

Nichole Angell

As climate change causes more wildfires in western North America, it can mess up train routes causing goods like potash, a fertilizer used by farmers globally, to be shipped through the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway. Read the full story by the Interlochen Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240821-potash-shipping

Nichole Angell

Democrats looking for an advantage in Michigan’s critical U.S. Senate race are trying to revive the bitter battle over oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by E&E News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240821-senate-race

Nichole Angell

The number of cruise stops in Cleveland is set to double next year with the return of Victory Cruise Lines to the Great Lakes. The small cruise line’s two ships will relaunch in 2025 after a dormant 2024. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240821-cruise-stops-double

Nichole Angell

The Great Lakes Fisheries Commission is funding 12 different projects totaling $900K to improve aquatic habitat and facilitate conservation efforts in the Memphremagog watershed in Vermont. Read the full story by WCAX – Burlington, VT.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240821-conservation-funding

Nichole Angell

The air over the Great Lakes is usually cooler than over land on a hot summer day due to cooler water temperatures and wind blowing from lake to land causes a cooling effect. Read the full story by the MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240821-cool-air

Nichole Angell

Zebra mussels are non-native to the Great Lakes region and while only the size of a fingernail, they can cause irreversible environmental and economic damage. Read the full story by the Cleveland Magazine.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240821-zebra-mussel

Nichole Angell