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Climate Strike: Global movement draws crowds all around the Great Lakes
-The global call for a climate strike saw people all over the Great Lakes area responding and gathering.
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Groundwater: Is it a 6th Great Lake?
-Great Lakes Now spoke with Ohio State University Assistant Professor Audrey Sawyer about what aquifers are and why they are more connected to the Great Lakes than you might think.
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Tracking Projects: This EPA map lets the public keep track of Great Lakes restoration projects
-Lake Superior’s Buffalo Reef restoration is just one Great Lakes project where the EPA is involved. Take a look at the agency’s interactive map to get an idea what else the organization is funding.
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Great Lakes Water Withdrawals: What’s happening in Wisconsin with Foxconn?
-Part of the Foxconn controversy comes from what was initially a $10 billion investment, a Gen 10 factory and 13,000 jobs but is now 1,500 jobs and a Gen 6 factory.
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Sens. Stabenow, Peters push for new Great Lakes restoration legislation and increase in funding
-Michigan’s two U.S. senators and advocates from local watershed protection organizations share strategies for successful Great Lakes Restoration Initiative projects.
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Flooding Frustrations: As Plan 2014 comes under fire, resident complaints lead to early review of water level regulation plan
-As local residents and business owners blame the International Joint Commission’s Plan 2014 for extensive flooding around the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario, the IJC looks into an early review of the plan.
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Enbridge says gap opened beneath Line 5 oil pipeline
-Erosion created a gap beneath Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac that’s wider than allowed under an agreement with the state of Michigan, Enbridge Inc. said Wednesday.
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Growing Gardens: Churches and mosques create native plant gardens to help with water quality, wildlife and community building
-The National Wildlife Federation piloted a program in Toledo, Ohio, that provides funding and support to houses of worship interested in creating native plant gardens within their communities.
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Ship Ahoy: Contracted by Enbridge, the Highland Eagle is drilling in the Straits of Mackinac after a stop in Detroit
-The Canadian energy company is using a 236-foot-long deep-water drilling vessel to sample the lakebed and gather rock cores in preparation for the controversial tunnel project.
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PFAS Update: New drinking water standards, legislation to ban PFAS firefighting foam and exposure assessments are all in development
-U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin organized a public forum on PFAS to update the community on what’s in progress to address contamination.
