#greatlakes — Public Fediverse posts
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https://www.europesays.com/news/29591/ Severe Storms to Bring Strong Winds and Hail to Central United States #Colorado #Floods #GreatLakes #Headlines #Iowa #Kansas #MidwesternStates(US) #Minnesota #Missouri #Nebraska #News #Texas #TopStories #weather #wind
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@livelakemichigan/116566942395560564
Not far from where my gramma and grampa J lived in Harbert, Michigan. I’ll get back there at some point and walk along the Lake Michigan beach where I once did with my dad when I was A LOT younger (like, about 50 years younger!)
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@livelakemichigan/116566942395560564
Not far from where my gramma and grampa J lived in Harbert, Michigan. I’ll get back there at some point and walk along the Lake Michigan beach where I once did with my dad when I was A LOT younger (like, about 50 years younger!)
#GreatLakes
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@livelakemichigan/116566942395560564
Not far from where my gramma and grampa J lived in Harbert, Michigan. I’ll get back there at some point and walk along the Lake Michigan beach where I once did with my dad when I was A LOT younger (like, about 50 years younger!)
#GreatLakes
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@livelakemichigan/116566942395560564
Not far from where my gramma and grampa J lived in Harbert, Michigan. I’ll get back there at some point and walk along the Lake Michigan beach where I once did with my dad when I was A LOT younger (like, about 50 years younger!)
#GreatLakes
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@livelakemichigan/116566942395560564
Not far from where my gramma and grampa J lived in Harbert, Michigan. I’ll get back there at some point and walk along the Lake Michigan beach where I once did with my dad when I was A LOT younger (like, about 50 years younger!)
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Good morning. 🌊
Wondering if this affects @livelakemichigan and all the other Live! Great Lakes cams.
"GLOS buoys don't get pulled overnight, but the observing system degrades when funding stops. Sensor maintenance contracts lapse, then data transmission and cloud fees go unpaid. Then partner organizations (universities, private sector and nonprofits) lose the GLOS grants that keep their equipment in the water. Within one season, the network fragments."
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Hydrology in the news. Now that's a lot of water.
"Lakes Michigan and Huron are treated as one since their water levels rise and fall together because they’re connected at the Straits of Mackinac."
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Hydrology in the news. Now that's a lot of water.
"Lakes Michigan and Huron are treated as one since their water levels rise and fall together because they’re connected at the Straits of Mackinac."
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Hydrology in the news. Now that's a lot of water.
"Lakes Michigan and Huron are treated as one since their water levels rise and fall together because they’re connected at the Straits of Mackinac."
https://www.wpr.org/news/snowmelt-heavy-rains-record-rise-lakes-michigan-and-huron -
Hydrology in the news. Now that's a lot of water.
"Lakes Michigan and Huron are treated as one since their water levels rise and fall together because they’re connected at the Straits of Mackinac."
https://www.wpr.org/news/snowmelt-heavy-rains-record-rise-lakes-michigan-and-huron -
Hydrology in the news. Now that's a lot of water.
"Lakes Michigan and Huron are treated as one since their water levels rise and fall together because they’re connected at the Straits of Mackinac."
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Whee!
For the first time since December 2025, the Great Lakes are almost ice-free.
(There's still a small sliver of ice on the northern shore of Lake Superior.)
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Whee!
For the first time since December 2025, the Great Lakes are almost ice-free.
(There's still a small sliver of ice on the northern shore of Lake Superior.)
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Whee!
For the first time since December 2025, the Great Lakes are almost ice-free.
(There's still a small sliver of ice on the northern shore of Lake Superior.)
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Whee!
For the first time since December 2025, the Great Lakes are almost ice-free.
(There's still a small sliver of ice on the northern shore of Lake Superior.)
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Whee!
For the first time since December 2025, the Great Lakes are almost ice-free.
(There's still a small sliver of ice on the northern shore of Lake Superior.)
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The Great Lakes account for over 20% of the world’s freshwater and over 80% of North America’s freshwater.
Don't let #Enbridge fuck around with it.
#Water #GreatLakes #Canada #USA
"In examining the administration’s safety records from the past 16 years, the study found that the regulatory body has never permanently shut down a pipeline, no matter how severe a leak or rupture has been.
Opponents have referred to the more than 70-year-old pipeline as a ticking time bomb, citing a previous spill from Enbridge’s Line 6B and multiple anchor strikes which dented the dual pipelines and damaged structural supports as causes for concern. Enbridge maintains that the pipeline is operating safely as it seeks to replace the two segments operating in the Straits of Mackinac with a new segment housed inside a maintenance tunnel beneath the lakebed."
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Morning arrival in Duluth of the James R. Barker to load ore at the Canadian National dock, 10 May, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
#ShipsOfMastodon
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Morning arrival in Duluth of the James R. Barker to load ore at the Canadian National dock, 10 May, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
#ShipsOfMastodon
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Morning arrival in Duluth of the James R. Barker to load ore at the Canadian National dock, 10 May, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
#ShipsOfMastodon
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Morning arrival in Duluth of the James R. Barker to load ore at the Canadian National dock, 10 May, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
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Morning arrival in Duluth of the James R. Barker to load ore at the Canadian National dock, 10 May, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
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“The #grasses are really those pioneer species, and they are the #dune builders,” she says.
“By sticking up in the air, they really are able to catch and drop that sand, and that’s the physical action that builds the dune.”
#sanddunes #dunes #lakes #greatlakes #rewilding #restoration #ecology #beaches #ontario
https://www.rewildingmag.com/bringing-great-lakes-sand-dunes-back-to-life/
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“The #grasses are really those pioneer species, and they are the #dune builders,” she says.
“By sticking up in the air, they really are able to catch and drop that sand, and that’s the physical action that builds the dune.”
#sanddunes #dunes #lakes #greatlakes #rewilding #restoration #ecology #beaches #ontario
https://www.rewildingmag.com/bringing-great-lakes-sand-dunes-back-to-life/
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“The #grasses are really those pioneer species, and they are the #dune builders,” she says.
“By sticking up in the air, they really are able to catch and drop that sand, and that’s the physical action that builds the dune.”
#sanddunes #dunes #lakes #greatlakes #rewilding #restoration #ecology #beaches #ontario
https://www.rewildingmag.com/bringing-great-lakes-sand-dunes-back-to-life/
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“The #grasses are really those pioneer species, and they are the #dune builders,” she says.
“By sticking up in the air, they really are able to catch and drop that sand, and that’s the physical action that builds the dune.”
#sanddunes #dunes #lakes #greatlakes #rewilding #restoration #ecology #beaches #ontario
https://www.rewildingmag.com/bringing-great-lakes-sand-dunes-back-to-life/
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Mookie Betts finishes off rehab, Kendall George runs wild https://www.rawchili.com/4996994/ #AdamSerwinowski #BrusdarGraterol #CadenDana #CarlosDuran #CharlieBarnes #ChicagoCubs #ClaytonKershaw #CodyBellinger #george #GreatLakes #JackSuwinski #KeynanMiddleton #LoganAllen #Mariners #MLB #MookieBetts #OklahomaCity #TalonHaley #Texas #TexasRangers #TheLosAngelesDodgers #TulsaDrillers #TylerFitzgerald
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Mookie Betts finishes off rehab, Kendall George runs wild https://www.rawchili.com/4996994/ #AdamSerwinowski #BrusdarGraterol #CadenDana #CarlosDuran #CharlieBarnes #ChicagoCubs #ClaytonKershaw #CodyBellinger #george #GreatLakes #JackSuwinski #KeynanMiddleton #LoganAllen #Mariners #MLB #MookieBetts #OklahomaCity #TalonHaley #Texas #TexasRangers #TheLosAngelesDodgers #TulsaDrillers #TylerFitzgerald
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Mookie Betts finishes off rehab, Kendall George runs wild
Mookie Betts singled and …
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #MLB #AdamSerwinowski #BrusdarGraterol #CadenDana #carlosduran #charliebarnes #ChicagoCubs #ClaytonKershaw #CodyBellinger #george #GreatLakes #JackSuwinski #KeynanMiddleton #LoganAllen #mariners #MookieBetts #OklahomaCity #Sports #TalonHaley #Texas #TexasRangers #theLosAngelesDodgers #TulsaDrillers #tylerfitzgerald
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Mookie Betts finishes off rehab, Kendall George runs wild
Mookie Betts singled and …
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #MLB #AdamSerwinowski #BrusdarGraterol #CadenDana #carlosduran #charliebarnes #ChicagoCubs #ClaytonKershaw #CodyBellinger #george #GreatLakes #JackSuwinski #KeynanMiddleton #LoganAllen #mariners #MookieBetts #OklahomaCity #Sports #TalonHaley #Texas #TexasRangers #theLosAngelesDodgers #TulsaDrillers #tylerfitzgerald
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Sunrise at Michigan’s Round Island Light in the Straits of Mackinac just across from the harbor at Mackinac Island on Lake Huron, 10 May, 2026. Photo by Awesome Mitten.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeHuron“Did you know there were once three Round Island Lights on the Great Lakes? Only two of the three still remain, the other being in the lower St. Marys River.” - Great Lakes Lighthouse Keeper’s Association
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Michipicoten Island East End Light, Ontario, Canada on Lake Superior, 8 May, 2026. Photo by Zack Kruzins.
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Michipicoten Island East End Light, Ontario, Canada on Lake Superior, 8 May, 2026. Photo by Zack Kruzins.
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Michipicoten Island East End Light, Ontario, Canada on Lake Superior, 8 May, 2026. Photo by Zack Kruzins.
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Michipicoten Island East End Light, Ontario, Canada on Lake Superior, 8 May, 2026. Photo by Zack Kruzins.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
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Michipicoten Island East End Light, Ontario, Canada on Lake Superior, 8 May, 2026. Photo by Zack Kruzins.
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Happy Great Lakes Awareness Day!
Be Aware of the Great Lakes! Also, Beware the Great Lakes!
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Happy Great Lakes Awareness Day!
Be Aware of the Great Lakes! Also, Beware the Great Lakes!
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Happy Great Lakes Awareness Day!
Be Aware of the Great Lakes! Also, Beware the Great Lakes!
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Happy Great Lakes Awareness Day!
Be Aware of the Great Lakes! Also, Beware the Great Lakes!
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Race You To The Water
The other day I expressed some misgivings over the word that Earthworks chose to apply to water in the first sentence of its report, Polluting the Future: their characterization of water as an “asset,” I said, made me uneasy. The water flowing from springs and brooks, the water of rivers, lakes and streams, the raindrops that fall from the sky and the dew on the morning grass, the water in our bodies, in plants and trees, the water in dogs, flowers, bugs, fish, elephants, walruses and caterpillars, the water in everything that is alive on earth — water is and will always be something greater, more wondrous and something other than a mere entry in the accounting ledgers of some grand business enterprise, which is all that the word “asset” conjures for me.
I came across the word again today as I was reading an editorial in The Detroit Free Press. I am in complete sympathy with the position it takes against plans to build a huge network of oil pipelines carrying diluted bitumen (or dilbit) across the Great Lakes region, and to transport crude oil by barge across Lake Superior. These are reckless, irresponsible ideas. The threat they pose to the integrity of the Lakes and the life the Lakes sustain is only made worse when you consider a couple of salient facts. First (and it is curious that the editorial does not mention this), the new mining around Lake Superior — as I’ve noted repeatedly — is already going to put pressure on Lake Superior and the Lake Superior watershed; the shipping of oil by barge would bring even more industrialization and greatly heighten the risk of environmental catastrophe. Second, the company building and running the pipeline (the Canadian company Enbridge) has already been responsible for an environmental disaster in Kalamazoo, Michigan — the worst inland oil spill in US history, in fact.
The editorial takes the position that these plans betray a “deep misunderstanding of the true value of the lakes,” but when the editors try to say what that value is, they run into trouble:
It’s easy to wax poetic about the value of the Great Lakes to Michigan and the other states they border. The beauty of the lakes, the wildlife and fish that dwell in and around the lakes, the environmental benefits the lakes present — they’re incalculable.
But let’s get practical: Clean freshwater is one of the scarcest commodities there is. And it’s only going to get worse. Clean water will be an asset that’s worth far more than oil. Jeopardizing the Great Lakes isn’t just morally and ethically wrong. It’s financially foolish, as well.
It’s interesting how the argument here moves, in just a couple of short paragraphs, from the “incalculable” to the crudest of calculations — the “worth” of clean water. This is tantamount to arguing that what is “morally and ethically” right should take second place to what is financially sound — as if finance should have more claim on the imagination and intellect (and the heart) than morality, and monetary value should be privileged over moral and ethical considerations.
I suppose that’s the way it goes nowadays, and I just need to get real. Still, there’s a great swirl of confusion in these two paragraphs, and I have a number of questions about the concept of morality being invoked here, how we’re to distinguish it from ethics, and why those things don’t seem to figure into what are called “practical” considerations. Practice and finance here are unmoored from and unrestricted by moral and ethical concerns; it’s precisely that kind of thinking that got us into the precarious situation we’re now in.
One remedy for all this confusion may lie in the perspective that holds water to be a basic human right — a perspective I also found missing from the Earthworks report. But even then we need to go beyond talking about assets and recognize the limitations of the argument that “clean freshwater is one of the scarcest commodities.” Why? Follow the link from The Detroit Free Press editorial to the National Geographic site on the “Freshwater Crisis.” There you enter a Malthusian world:
While the amount of freshwater on the planet has remained fairly constant over time—continually recycled through the atmosphere and back into our cups—the population has exploded. This means that every year competition for a clean, copious supply of water for drinking, cooking, bathing, and sustaining life intensifies.
Here, all of humanity is engaged in a contest or race. More and more people enter every year to compete for the same, limited resources. This is one reason why it’s imperative to recognize freshwater as a human right. Otherwise, history becomes a death match, or a big, global reality TV show: intensifying “competition” over this scarce “commodity” means that there will be winners and losers in the water game. The winners are fully vested with their rights; the losers struggle to survive in arid, toxic regions, or simply die of thirst.
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#commodity #corporatePower #DetroitFreePress #dilbit #Enbridge #environmentalEthics #ethics #extractiveIndustry #finance #GreatLakes #humanRights #LakeSuperior #language #Malthus #Malthusianism #metaphors #Michigan #moralPhilosophy #morality #power #practice #scarcity #Water -
States Are Eyeing Bird-Friendly #Wetlands to Help Rid the #GreatLakes of #ToxicAlgae
"The #OneidaNation has restored wetlands that help to improve water quality in Wisconsin’s Green Bay while creating valuable habitat that attracts many birds."
Words by Andy McGlashen
Senior Editor, Audubon Magazine
Published June 17, 2024"In the ongoing effort to bring the problem under control, the region’s leaders are increasingly reaching for a primitive but proven tool for capturing and cleaning water before it enters the lake: wetlands. No one believes that #swamps and marshes alone can starve the algae blooms, but experts say they are an important part of the solution. 'Wetlands are wonderful filtration systems,' says Richard Stumpf, an oceanographer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration who monitors #algae outbreaks. And because wetlands around the Great Lakes offer vital habitat where birds can rest during migration or raise their young, restoring them not only improves water quality but also brightens the outlook for vulnerable avian species.
“'There’s momentum building behind #NatureBasedSolutions,' says Kyle Rorah, regional director of public policy for Ducks Unlimited. 'There’s a huge opportunity to get serious about taking a chunk out of the problem.'"
#RestoreNature #RestoreTheWetlands #SaveTheMarshes #SaveNature
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There’s still no internet at the house, but the Graphical #History Tour charges on regardless. We got #stockmarket rumblings, #Prohibition grumblings, and Will #Chicago have #Canada Dry?
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Spin the #ClimateChangeWeatherWheel and see where it lands!
US weather to go nuts with blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome, atmospheric river all at once
By SETH BORENSTEIN
Updated 12:03 AM EDT, March 13, 2026"Nearly every part of the United States is getting walloped by wild weather or just about to be.
"Days of downpours have begun in #Hawaii. The #Southwest will soon bake with day after day of record 100-degree-plus (38 Celsius-plus) #heat. Two storms will dump snow by the foot over northern #GreatLakes states. And the dreaded #PolarVortex will again invade the Midwest and East with soul-crushing #ArcticChill.
"This forecast of extremes comes as weather whiplash already hit much of the East. On Wednesday, Washington, D.C. residents walked around in shorts in record-breaking 86 degrees Fahrenheit (about 30 Celsius). On Thursday, it snowed.
" 'All of the country, even if you’re not necessarily seeing extremes, are going to see generally changing from cold to warm, or warm to cold to warm,' said meteorologist Marc Chenard of the weather service’s Weather Prediction Center in Maryland.
"Former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief scientist Ryan Maue said he expects extreme weather in all 50 states."
#ExtremeWeather #USWeather #USWx #TemperatureSwings #RecordHeat #Blizzards #ClimateChange #ClimateChangeIsReal
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https://www.europesays.com/news/20247/ Tornado Hits Enid, Oklahoma, as Severe Weather Threatens Central U.S. #Enid(Okla) #GreatLakes #Headlines #News #Okla) #oklahoma #TopStories #VanceAirForceBase(Enid #weather
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The Pride of Baltimore II enters the harbor in Duluth as part of the “Tall Ships” celebration, 10 July, 2025. Photo by Glenn Blaszkiewicz.
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The Paul R. Tregurtha inbound at Duluth with the “When and If" and a smaller sailboat in the foreground, 10 July, 2025. Photo by David Schauer.
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#WaukeganRiver and its ravines to be subjects of study; ‘This is for the next generation and the generations to follow’
An engineering design study starting by Sept. 1 will determine what can be done with the Waukegan River system to enhance the area as it flows into #LakeMichigan.
By Steve Sadin | Lake County News-Sun
UPDATED: August 11, 2025Excerpt: "Labeled the Waukegan River Ravines Corridor Improvements Project, the effort will design strategies to stabilize eroding ravines, remove invasive species, enhance native habitat and improve recreational trails. Some trails already exist in parks that abut the ravines.
"#Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham, who chaired the Mayor’s Water Equity Commission of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative during his first term, reengaged with the organization when he returned to office in May. Building partnerships is important for the city, he said.
" 'Rebuilding Waukegan requires partnerships,' Cunningham said. “With me being involved again, and this in the pipeline, will only further our goal of rebuilding Waukegan. We are working with partners who can help our vision.”
"Funded by a $250,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to Waukegan via the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, Altenberg said it will enhance the effort to adapt to climate change, flooding and erosion in the area.
"Daron Terfehn, a special project analyst for the city of Waukegan, said the Waukegan River is a watershed stream that brings rainwater from the ravines around the city into Lake Michigan near the harbor. The area incurred a lot of erosion in the past.
" 'A lot of things have been dumped in the ravines over the years,' Terfehn said.
" 'Everything (there) flows into Lake Michigan. It affects the salmon, the trout, everything that’s in the lake.'
"Before projects can be discussed with potential partners like the Waukegan Park District and the Lake County Stormwater Management Commission, Terfehn said the results of the study are essential. He estimates it will take approximately a year.,
" 'Much of the land is private property,' Terfehn said. 'Some belongs to the city and some to the Park District where it touches their parks. Once we have an idea of what we have to do, we can work with the Park District and stormwater management to do projects together.'
"When Cunningham began his second term, Altenberg said the mayor quickly took a leadership role again with the Great Lakes Initiative organization. He is now the co-chair of the Western United States Region which includes Illinois, #Michigan, #Wisconsin, #Minnesota and #Indiana."
Learn more:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/11/waukegan-river-ravines/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/LPNRN#SolarPunkSunday #Illinois #GreatLakesInitiative #RestoreNature #NatureIsLife #WaterIsLife #GreatLakes
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Hey #Ontario friends, take this chance to do something nice for the environment that is simple and fast! Right here is a petition to look into alternatives to road salt, which is toxic and polluting the Great Lakes. Given current #water issues, this is pretty important, I think.
https://saltcoalition.ca/#leaders
@ontario @OntarioNDP #GreatLakes #RoadSalt #Salt #Ice #WaterRights #FreshWater #WaterRestrictions