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Author Archives: Mary Ellen Geist

Mary Ellen Geist, Great Lakes Bureau Chief
Mary Ellen Geist is an award-winning broadcast journalist and author who was born and raised in the Detroit area. She began her career as a broadcast journalist in Northern Michigan where one of her first investigative reports involved the discovery of trichloroethylene in the ground water of a small town. She later won several awards...Read more

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Questions, frustration over delay in release of plan to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes

by Mary Ellen Geist March 2, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inArticle, Lake Erie, Lake Erie-EPA, News

Great Lakes Scientist says, “If We Lose The EPA, We Lose Lake Erie”

by Mary Ellen Geist February 24, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inArticle

What will the next four years hold for the Great Lakes under E.P.A. Administrator Scott Pruitt?

by Mary Ellen Geist February 22, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inArticle, News

Michigan Civil Rights Commission Report: Flint Water Crisis “Systemic Racism”; “Complete Failure of Government”

by Mary Ellen Geist February 20, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inArticle

A Plan to Build a Road in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Pits Marquette County Officials Against the E.P.A.

by Mary Ellen Geist February 14, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inArticle, Flint, News, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

The Flint water crisis makes music

by Mary Ellen Geist February 8, 2017
Posted inArticle, News

Meteorite Lights up The Sky and Lands in Lake Michigan

by Mary Ellen Geist February 6, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inArticle, News

“No Nuclear Waste in the Great Lakes Backyard”: Lawmakers Send a Special Plea to Canada’s New Minister of Foreign Affairs

by Mary Ellen Geist February 2, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inAgriculture, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, News

New Evidence of Grass Carp in Three Great Lakes

by Mary Ellen Geist January 30, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inPlay

Conquering the Dryer Hose: Ice Climbing Along the Shores of Lake Superior in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

by Mary Ellen Geist January 26, 2017

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