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Posted inDrinking Water, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Interview, News, Protect, Video, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Are Great Lakes Emergency Responders ready for an oil spill in the Straits of Mackinac?

by Mary Ellen Geist January 8, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inArticle, Budget, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect

Former Wisconsin DNR executive to head Great Lakes EPA office

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now December 20, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inArticle, Budget, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect

Diminishing state budgets, federal deficits threaten environmental protection

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now December 17, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inAsian Carp, Budget, Invasive Species, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Science, Technology, Research

Pace of Asian carp plan “taking far too long”

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now December 10, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inFlint, News, Protect, Video, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Fighting for air in Southwest Detroit

by Bill Kubota December 8, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inAudio, News, Protect

Expect snow, not ice on the Great Lakes this winter

by Great Lakes Today December 6, 2017
Posted inBudget, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Flint, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Video, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Water / Justice “This is what democracy looks like…”

by Mary Ellen Geist December 4, 2017
Posted inInvasive Species, News, Protect, Resource, Science, Technology, Research

Michigan agencies split on protecting critical coastal wetland near Lake St. Clair

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now December 4, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inAudio, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, News, Protect, Recreation and Tourism

Along Lake Ontario, high waters — and damage — persist

by GLN Editor December 1, 2017
Posted inArticle, Asian Carp, Invasive Species, Latest News, News, Protect, Science, Technology, Research

IJC’s Great Lakes Assessment focuses on drinking water and untreated sewage

by Mary Ellen Geist November 28, 2017November 10, 2025

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Latest News

  • Around 200 acres protected along Lake Superior for longest national scenic trail
    The Trust for Public Land conveyed 213 acres to the National Park Service this spring in Iron County.
  • Judge halts some work on Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute in northern Wisconsin
    Bayfield County Judge John Anderson halts work where Enbridge needs more permits to install structures in four waterways.
  • New York Plastics Law Advances Amid Debate Over ‘Chemical Recycling’
    Environmentalists and some state lawmakers say the process does more harm than good. Plastics producers are pushing back.

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