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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

Posted inDrinking Water, Latest News, News, Protect, Video, Water Quality

How bad is Michigan’s PFAS problem?

by Mary Ellen Geist August 17, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Industry, Latest News, News, Protect, Video, Water Quality

The Risk analysis report is out. Now it’s your turn to weigh in on Line 5.

by Mary Ellen Geist August 14, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Drinking Water, Latest News, News, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Water Quality

Michigan’s PFAS problem: “Nobody saw it coming”

by Mary Ellen Geist August 8, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inBudget, Drinking Water, Latest News, News, Politics, Protect, Water Quality

Michigan’s PFAS contamination emergency

by Mary Ellen Geist July 31, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inBudget, Climate Change, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Industry, Latest News, Politics, Science, Technology & Research

A Life Without Line 5

by Mary Ellen Geist July 27, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inClimate Change, Drinking Water, Invasive Species, Latest News, Protect, Science, Technology & Research, Video, Water Quality

Making the Great Lakes your life’s work

by Mary Ellen Geist July 25, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inEnbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Industry, News, Protect, Video

The risk of the new risk assessment for Enbridge’s Line 5 Pipeline

by Mary Ellen Geist July 24, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, News, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Video

The Science of Saving the Streams and Shores of the Great Lakes

by Mary Ellen Geist July 10, 2018
Posted inBudget, Drinking Water, News, Politics, Protect, Video, Water Quality

What is the role of industry in water stewardship?

by Mary Ellen Geist July 3, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Protect, Video, Water Quality

Summer on the Great Lakes: It can’t happen without the water

by Mary Ellen Geist June 26, 2018

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Latest News

  • Line 5 tunnel in Michigan clears major permitting hurdle, in blow to opposition
    Despite "adverse" impacts on ecological and tribal resources, state regulators said it's better than an oil spill in the Great Lakes.
  • Air quality alerts issued for northern Michigan as wildfire smoke blankets region
    Events were canceled and people were urged to stay indoors amid warnings of health risks from the plume drifting down from Minnesota and Canada.
  • The AI Boom Is Prolonging Indiana’s Fossil Fuel Era, With Hidden Costs for Water
    Gas turbines and an old coal plant are expected to consume nearly 7 billion gallons of water annually in service of a new Amazon data center.

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