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Sandra Svoboda
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Recovering journalist. Ready for the next project that I can help launch to make a difference.
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Great Lakes expert weighs in on tension between Trump and Canada over water and the Great Lakes. “Anything that undermines this working relationship presents a serious threat to millions of people on both sides of the border.”
www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/04/expe...
Experts explain criticality of regional EPA office | Great Lakes Now
Cultural connection to the region allows EPA staff to bring value to the Great Lakes, former EPA executive Dave Ullrich says.
www.greatlakesnow.org
April 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Hoping scientists still gather at the annual Conference on #GreatLakes Research - our 68th - to help keep this vital tradition alive. #IAGLR25
Uncertainty looms over research conference as U.S. science cuts and tariff tensions mount
Across the Great Lakes, researchers fear the Trump administration’s blunt orders to downsize government could endanger critical monitoring programs on both sides of the border
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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NOAA's #GreatLakes Environmental Research Lab will be taking an "indefinite hiatus" from communications due to staff cuts. GLERL communicates critical weekly updates about the extent of harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie - like the one that left my hometown of Toledo without drinking water in 2014
February 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Our neighbors to the north - our south of you’re in Detroit.
The four major parties running in the Ontario election have now released platforms, and three of them answered our survey on 8 big questions about the environment and energy. Here's how they'd address the issues — as well as some fun, confusing and strange pledges: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-elec...
What Ontario election platforms offer the environment | The Narwhal
Cup holders, heat pumps and other treats from the Ontario election platforms before the Feb. 27 vote
thenarwhal.ca
February 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Recommended read: A research librarian and policy scholar in North America outlined in @us.theconversation.com how to “find climate data and science the Trump administration doesn’t want you to see”.

📝 @ericnost.bsky.social Alejandro Paz
How to find climate data and science the Trump administration doesn’t want you to see
Several groups are working to preserve webpages, tools and data – some of which have already gone missing from government webpages since the start of the Trump administration.
buff.ly
February 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Michigan lost 37 USFS workers last week.

"The layoffs exempt wildland firefighters, but local union representative Rick Davis said losing his coworkers still hurts firefighting efforts since many are certified to fight fires and participate in controlled burns."

radio.wcmu.org/local-region...
‘A nightmare’: Dozens of Michigan Forest Service workers lose jobs
Two union leaders in Michigan confirmed with WCMU that at least 15 people from Huron-Manistee, 14 from Hiawatha and eight from the Ottawa national forests were affected by the layoffs.
radio.wcmu.org
February 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM