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December 6, 2017

Keeping Plastic Pollution Out of the Great Lakes

Adopt-a-Beach volunteers (or Great Lakes superheroes, as we like to call them) clean beaches on all 5 Great Lakes and in all 8 Great Lakes states. And across that huge […]

Standpoint Series

November 17, 2017

From Source to Tap: Protecting Our Water

This is the fourth of eight articles in the Standpoint Series, a set of short essays meant to articulate our perspective and spark conversation. Flint, Michigan has become a national symbol […]

Press Release

November 8, 2017

Great Lakes advocates slam Michigan plan to weaken ballast water standards

LANSING—On Wednesday, November 8, leading advocates for the the Great Lakes and Michigan’s natural resources denounced an effort by Michigan legislators to lower the state’s standards for ballast water treatment […]

Standpoint Series

November 3, 2017

Charting a Course From Rust Belt to Blue Belt

This is the third of eight articles in the Standpoint Series, a set of short essays meant to articulate our perspective and spark conversation. In our current political climate, everything related […]

Standpoint Series

October 13, 2017

On Shipping: Stop Fighting and Start Doing

This is the second of eight articles in the Standpoint Series, a set of short essays meant to articulate our perspective and spark conversation. This time of year, there is a […]

Press Release

October 10, 2017

New Report Details Lackluster Effort by Ohio, Michigan, and Ontario in Lake Erie Cleanup

Joint Press Release from Alliance for the Great Lakes, Freshwater Future, Michigan League of Conservation Voters, and Ohio Environmental Council October 10, 2017 (Chicago) – Environmental and conservation groups today […]

Special Report

October 10, 2017

Rescuing Lake Erie: An Assessment of Progress

In June 2015, under pressure from people across the Great Lakes region, the Governors of Ohio and Michigan joined the Premier of Ontario and committed to reducing the amount of […]

Standpoint Series

September 27, 2017

Great Lakes Grit: Pushing beyond the status quo

This is the first of eight articles in the Standpoint Series, a set of short essays meant to articulate our perspective and spark conversation. It’s been nearly a year since […]

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August 31, 2017

Asian Carp Threat

This summer has been full of news about Asian carp. Some good and some bad. But the underlying issue hasn’t changed. This invasive species poses a serious and urgent threat […]

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August 18, 2017

New Data Puts All Options on the Table to Protect Great Lakes from Asian Carp Threat

Chicago, IL (August 18, 2017) – The Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee (ACRCC) officials today announced that an autopsy of the Asian carp caught just nine miles from Lake Michigan […]