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Retirements by water and wastewater plant operators are leading to workforce shortages | Great Lakes Now
By Lester Graham, Michigan Public
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Trying to build a more climate-resilient Chicago, one balloon at a time | Great Lakes Now
By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, WBEZ
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Chicago reveals climate havens don’t exist — they must be created | Great Lakes Now
Experts now say “climate havens” are not places immune from climate change, but areas where adequate preparation is implemented to account for a drastically different climate than anticipated.
Great Lakes cities, like Chicago, are generally considered to be at a lower risk for extreme climate impacts such as wildfires and tropical storms.
After 10 million pieces of beach trash, Chicago advocates push for sustainable packaging | Great Lakes Now
Plastic is the dominant source of beach trash in the Great Lakes region.
That’s the finding by the Chicago-based non-profit Alliance for the Great Lakes in a recently released report that analyzed beach litter picked up by its volunteers over the past 20 years.
“Twenty years of data collected by volunteers shows that 86% of the trash was either fully or partially made from plastic,” the Alliance said in a press release.
Energy News Roundup: Michigan, Michigan, Michigan | Great Lakes Now
There’s a whole lot of energy stuff happening in Michigan.
The push to restart the Palisades nuclear reactor in the southwestern part of the state is gaining steam. So is the opposition. The plant, which shuttered in 2022 amid competition from cheaper energy sources, is now set to receive more than $2.4 billion in public subsidies.