Great lakes articles
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The Great Salt Lake is Disappearing So Utah Bans Rights of Nature.
Image by Erin Testone. Though Utah’s state government has failed to pull the Great Salt Lake from the verge of collapse, on March 20, 2024, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed a law that prohibits the state and local governments from granting legal personhood to animals, plants, or major ecosystems like the Great Salt Lake. The law is a reaction to a growing rights of nature movement in Utah seeking to secure legal personhood for the Great Salt Lake. By passing this law, Utah joins Ohio and...
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86% of Great Lakes litter is plastic, a 20-year study shows. And the plastic is ‘just getting smaller and smaller.’
Plastic pollution threatens the health of humans and wildlife, and the well-being of the region’s aquatic habitats and green spaces.
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Mountain Lake teen drowns in Cottonwood County lake
He left the canoe to retrieve an oar while boating on Monday evening.