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Frozen: Pressure mounts for a new Great Lakes icebreaker, but will Congress pay for it?
-Senators, shippers and industries are pushing for another Great Lakes icebreaker but federal funding might prove a barrier.
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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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Minnesota appeals court blocks water quality permit for PolyMet mine
-The proposed mine, which would be Minnesota’s first copper-nickel mine, has had a permit stayed due to potential unaddressed environmental concerns.
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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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Great 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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Accessible 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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Sturgeon, 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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Great 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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Five 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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Growing 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.
