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August 19, 2019
Aveda Earth Month 2019 Raises $150,000 for the Great Lakes
For the 12th year in a row, the Alliance for the Great Lakes was a beneficiary of regional Aveda Earth Month efforts. Aveda celebrates Earth Month in a big way. […]
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August 19, 2019
Aveda Earth Month 2019: Salon Fundraisers
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August 13, 2019
New Study Finds Asian Carp Threat to Lake Michigan Is Greater Than Previously Thought
Asian carp have long been recognized as a threat to the Great Lakes and the region’s $7 billion fishing industry. But the risk posed by these invasive fish may be […]
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August 12, 2019
Alliance for the Great Lakes Statement on Asian Carp Study
August 12, 2019 – The University of Michigan released new research earlier today on invasive Asian carp. Their research finds that the fish are capable of surviving in much more […]
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August 1, 2019
Five Years Later: Lessons From the Toledo Water Crisis
On August 2nd, 2014, residents of Toledo, Ohio awoke to urgent warnings not to drink or use their tap water. Half a million people were unable to drink their water, […]
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July 11, 2019
Alliance for the Great Lakes Statement on 2019 Harmful Algal Bloom Forecast
July 11, 2019 (Cleveland, OH) – Earlier today, NOAA and its partners released the 2019 Seasonal Forecast of Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) for Lake Erie. Researchers forecast a severe algal […]
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July 8, 2019
Videos: Week without Single-Use Plastics
As an environmental nonprofit, we know a thing or two about plastic pollution. We wrote the Great Lakes plastic-free pledge, we developed a plastic-free toolkit for our advocates, we empower […]
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July 3, 2019
Celebrate a Plastic-Free 4th of July on the Great Lakes
July 3, 2019 (Chicago, IL) – Millions of people will be heading to their favorite beach to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday this week. But, plastic pollution is all […]
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June 26, 2019
Birding in the Great Lakes region
Billions of birds migrate through the Great Lakes region each year along what is known as the Mississippi Flyway, and most stopover in suitable habitats like cities, parks, and even […]
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June 18, 2019
Balloon Pollution in the Great Lakes
This spring saw an uptick in awareness of the problem of plastics in our lakes, including the fact that thousands of pounds of balloon remnants end up in the water […]