Great Lakes neighbors must get behind U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois and those states that have taken the lead on adopting future-focused solutions. A growing body of research tells us that plastic ...

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Andrea Densham is a policy director with Alliance for the Great Lakes. "Our water treatment centers work really, really hard to get the worst of the worst out but that means they have to work ...

I have spent a lifetime of summers on the shores of our Great Lakes. The depth of our community's passion for protecting our lakes always inspires me. Volunteers at the Alliance for the Great ...

according to Andrea Densham, senior policy adviser with the environmental organization. Polystyrene foam pieces were the third most common litter item that volunteers found over the years.

EVANSTON, IL — Illinois has become the first state in the Great Lakes region to mandate the reduction of single-use plastic bottles in hotels. Gov. J.B. Pritzker last month signed the Small ...

CHICAGO (WBBM Newsradio) --Elected officials and activists are celebrating new regulations going into effect to protect the Great Lakes, and they're vowing to do more as the White House and ...

“This is an important lifeline for all of us,” said Andrea Densham, senior director of policy at Shedd Aquarium. “The combination of opportunities for a diversity of for-profit and not-for ...

They’re in your microbrew. They’re in your tap water. They end up in the bellies of your lake trout. They get between your toes as you scramble up and slide down shoreline dunes. They’re ...

They’re in your microbrew. They’re in your tap water. They end up in the bellies of your lake trout. They get between your toes as you scramble up and slide down shoreline dunes. They’re ...