Great Lakes Echo

New Lake Ontario initiative tackles climate hazards alongside Lakes Huron and Superior projects

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By Mia Litzenberg

Climate change is creating new challenges for Great Lakes coastal communities. To tackle these hazards, the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority launched the Lake Ontario Coastal Resilience Pilot Project last summer. Over the next four years, the project aims to engage communities in developing a coastal resilience plan.

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Owen Sound Sun Times Sports

Twelve former North Stars competing in OUA Championships

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Owen Sound Girls Field Lacrosse will be well represented at the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Women’s Field Lacrosse Championships, Oct. 17 to 19 at Wilfred Laurier University. In total, twelve North Stars graduates, spread among seven different teams, will be competing for the gold medal. Leading the way will be Ryleigh Elliott with the top-seeded […]

Great Lakes Echo

Increased precipitation, foot traffic pose trail erosion problems at Lake Michigan parks

4 min read

By Lauren Coin

Park trails along Lake Michigan’s shoreline in Wisconsin and Michigan are eroding because of more frequent extreme precipitation events and increased foot traffic from visitors in undesignated recreation areas.

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The Pope Asks People To Be More Human

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Why was CleanTechnica created? Why do we have cleantech? What is cleantech? Cleantech is any technology that helps us to significantly reduce pollution, especially pollution leading to global heating and climate change. Air pollution and water pollution hurt people and kill people every day, countless people. They are major problems … [continued]

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