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September 4, 2024
10 Million Pieces of Litter Collected from Great Lakes Shorelines
Chicago, IL (September 4, 2024) – Today, the Alliance for the Great Lakes announced an Adopt-a-Beach milestone. In the twenty-one years the Alliance has been tracking trash collected by the […]
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August 16, 2024
Great Lakes Water is Staying in the Great Lakes
On August 5th, the New York Times opinion section published a piece by Arizona State University professor Dr. Jay Famiglietti where he asked Will We Have to Pump the Great […]
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August 12, 2024
Illinois First Great Lakes State to Reduce Single-Use Plastic Bottles in Hotels
Chicago, IL (August 12, 2024) – On Friday, Governor Pritzker signed the Small Single-Use Plastic Bottle Act (SB2960) into law, which requires hotels with 50 or more rooms to eliminate the […]