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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 inEnbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, News

A Nuclear Waste Dump a Mile from Lake Huron?

by Mary Ellen Geist May 11, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inBudget, Drinking Water, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

New Study says Line 5 Oil Spill could cost Michigan 6 billion dollars

by Mary Ellen Geist May 8, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inAudio, News, Play, Protect, Video

More than 90 thousand “Bird Nerds” expected to visit Western Lake Erie

by Mary Ellen Geist May 4, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, News, Protect, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Federal Agency (PHMSA) asks Enbridge to lower pressure on Line 5 in the Straits

by Mary Ellen Geist May 1, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inBooks, Authors, Art and Music, Drinking Water, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, History and Culture, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Interview, Invasive Species, News, Science, Technology, Research, Video, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

An Interview with Great Lakes Author Dan Egan

by Mary Ellen Geist April 27, 2018
Posted inArticle, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News, Protect

First Underwater Photos from the Spill in the Straits

by Mary Ellen Geist April 25, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inBudget, Drinking Water, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Infrastructure, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Video, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Fracking: The Great Lakes Sleeping Giant

by Mary Ellen Geist April 24, 2018
Posted inEnbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News, Protect

BREAKING NEWS: Update on vessel incident damage in the Straits of Mackinac

by Mary Ellen Geist April 18, 2018
Posted inDrinking Water, News, Play, Video, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

A Great Lakes “Spring City”

by Mary Ellen Geist April 18, 2018
Posted inBudget, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice

Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline temporarily shut down in the Straits of Mackinac

by Mary Ellen Geist April 16, 2018November 10, 2025

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