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AdvocacyAuthorsBooks, Authors, Art and MusicBudgetDrinking WaterEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeInterviewJohn HartigMunicipalitiesNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRecreation and TourismRegionShipping and PortsU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWaterfront DevelopmentGreat Lakes Moment: Dave Dempsey’s Love for the Great Lakes
-“Heart of the Lakes” is just the latest book from Dave Dempsey that explores the importance of the Great Lakes, its history and what we need to do to preserve it.
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AdvocacyAuthorsBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMunicipalitiesNewsPlayPolicyRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingThe StatesTourismWaterfront DevelopmentAccessible Beaches: Track wheelchairs increase access for disabled beachgoers
-Great Lakes beaches are becoming more accessible vacation destinations for visitors with the addition of options like track wheelchairs and beach mats.
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AdvocacyBudgetFish, Birds and AnimalsNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectResourceScience, Technology, ResearchSturgeonThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWaterfront DevelopmentSturgeon, America’s forgotten dinosaurs, slowly coming back to the Great Lakes
-Sturgeon were America’s vanishing dinosaurs, armor-plated beasts that crowded the nation’s rivers until mankind’s craving for caviar pushed them to the edge of extinction.
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Blue EconomyBudgetClimate ChangeEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMunicipalitiesNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchGreat Lakes Energy News Roundup: Nuclear plant bailout, energy grants, and new wind and solar gardens on the coasts
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s fortnightly energy-related headline roundup.
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APArticleDrinking WaterEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIllinoisIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake St. ClairMichiganMinnesotaNew YorkNewsNiagara FallsOhioPennsylvaniaPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRegionShipping and PortsThe StatesTourismWaterfront DevelopmentWisconsinFive Midwestern governors push presidential candidates to aid Great Lakes
-Five Democratic governors of states in the Great Lakes region Monday urged the candidates in next year’s presidential election to support a plan for safeguarding their shared waters by boosting federal spending on treatment plants and environmental cleanups.
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Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingBudgetFoodMunicipalitiesNewsOhioPlayPolicyRecreation and TourismResourceTourismWaterfront DevelopmentGrowing Pains II: Put-in-Bay puts an end to Christmas in July
-The out-of-control 2018 Christmas in July event at Put-in-Bay marked the end of an era for the island’s tourism.
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Pipelines, Plastics and Parks – Episode 1004
-The fight over an oil-and-gas pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac went to the courts, and microplastics were detected in…
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AuthorsBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingBudgetJames ProffittLake ErieNewsPlayRecreation and TourismShipping and PortsTourismLegacy Boats on Lake Erie: Wooden boats once ruled the waters of the Great Lakes
-Wooden boats, which once populated Lake Erie in large numbers, remain a popular sight with collectors and boaters.
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AdvocacyAuthorsDetroitEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeForever Chemicals FeaturedNatasha BlakelyNatasha BlakelyNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsShip 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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Ban on a Ban on Bans: Legislation introduced to overturn a previous ban on plastic bag bans
-Michigan, after legislation banning the ban of plastic bags was introduced in 2016, is now looking at new legislation that will undo that.
