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COVID-19Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFreightersIan WendrowIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNewsOhioWisconsinGreat Lakes Energy News Roundup: COVID-19 impacting utilities everywhere and across industries
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s fortnightly energy-related headline roundup.
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AgricultureAlgae BloomsAPGroundwater ContaminationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMichigan bans spreading manure on croplands in winter months
-Michigan EGLE said the ban is intended to prevent manure from flowing into waterways. Manure is a leading polluter of the Great Lakes, inland lakes and streams.
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AdvocacyAPCOVID-19Drinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeIndianaNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeNew law mandates Indiana schools test for lead contamination
-The law requires schools’ drinking water equipment to be tested by Jan. 1, 2023, and take action if results show lead at higher than 15 parts per billion.
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Michigan water shutoffs in sharp focus amid coronavirus outbreak
-Michigan has the sixth-highest number of coronavirus cases in the country, according to Johns Hopkins University’s data tracking of the disease.
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Lack of social distancing leads to closure of parks, trails in Chicago and elsewhere
-All over the United States, mayors and other officials fed up with residents who ignore social distancing guidelines have been shutting down parks, beaches, marinas and other public areas.
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BuffaloChicagoClevelandCOVID-19DetroitDrinking WaterDuluthFeature ClevelandFeature DetroitFeature MilwaukeeFeature-ChicagoFreightersGary WilsonIllinoisLatest NewsMichiganMilwaukeeMinnesotaNew YorkNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWisconsinWater for All: Milwaukee, Chicago lead in ensuring water during COVID-19 crisis
-Some Great Lakes cities and states are ahead of the game when it comes to ending water shutoffs during the COVID-19 crisis. Others aren’t.
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ClevelandCOVID-19James ProffittLatest NewsNewsRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingCOVID-19 Catches: Social distancing doesn’t stop Great Lakes fishing
-Stay at home orders aren’t stopping people from fishing in the lakes.
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COVID-19DetroitFeature DetroitLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioProtectU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsTighter Restrictions: COVID-19 makes it harder to cross Great Lakes borders between U.S. and Canada
-Customers who attempt to pay with cash at the Blue Water Bridge or Detroit-Windsor Tunnel will be turned away.
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APEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake SuperiorMinnesotaNewsProtectMinnesota Supreme Court agrees to hear PolyMet permit appeal
-PolyMet pointed out that the DNR has already held a 15-year-long environmental review and permitting process that included numerous chances for the public to weigh in.
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Chicago mayor thinking about closing city trails, parks
-“When we have masses of people out there as I just saw … it’s a problem,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said. “We know what happens when we don’t social distance.”
