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Lights, Cameras, Drones … Great Lakes, Oceans,
-At the Thunder Bay International Film Festival filmmakers honestly but not too biasedly depict how daily living, energy use, and other industries impact communities and ecosystems locally and globally.
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AudioAuthorsGary WilsonIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRegionVideoFederal employees hit streets in Great Lakes region to protest government shutdown
-Demonstrations against the government shutdown led by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), took place just steps from the EPA’s Great Lakes Region headquarters.
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Asian CarpAuthorsBudgetDetroit RiverDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInterviewInvasive SpeciesMichiganNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRegionU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsVideoSnyder reflects on his Great Lakes record in one-on-one interview
-In a private interview with Detroit Public Television’s Great Lakes Now, outgoing Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said he is proud of his Great Lakes accomplishments during his eight-year tenure as governor.
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Great Lakes Now specials selected for international film festival
-Three Great Lakes Now specials will be among the 60 films screened at the Thunder Bay International Film Festival in late January.
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AuthorsDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingMary Ellen GeistNewsVideoFull Senate vote on Enbridge Line 5 tunnel proposal delayed
-A Senate committee has approved a proposal that would move forward Gov. Rick Snyder’s agreement with Enbridge for a tunnel to encase the Line 5 pipeline beneath the Straits of Mackinac.
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AuthorsBudgetClimate ChangeMary Ellen GeistNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectScience, Technology, ResearchVideoWater Quality and Restoration Efforts“Great Lakes in the bullseye of Climate Change”
-The National Climate Assessment says the Great Lakes Region is smack-dab in the center of some of the most damaging impacts from climate change.
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Lake Erie Steelhead fishing thriving through Great Lakes cooperation
-In the past decade, steelhead fishing on Lake Erie has been heating up and for good reason: wildlife officials in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York have worked non-stop, and cooperatively, to ensure healthy populations of this super-prized and super-beautiful fish.
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AuthorsInvasive SpeciesJack NissenLake SuperiorNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchVideoLake Superior Zebra Mussels: “A big disappointing surprise”
-Common wisdom would tell you zebra mussels couldn’t live in Lake Superior because it’s an unproductive lake with frigid temperatures. But common wisdom might be wrong this time. When researchers started finding the mollusk nuisance not just surviving but spreading in the lake, they exhaled a collective groan.
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AuthorsDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeEvents and Special BroadcastsFlintGreat Lakes Now On-Air SpecialsLeadMary Ellen GeistMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeVideoThe Door Flint Opened: America’s Drinking Water Crisis A Great Lakes Now Special airs Nov. 1, 9 pm on DPTV
-In this debut of the DPTV Great Lakes Bureau’s series of half-hour specials, GreatLakesNow.org examines how the Flint Water Crisis is shining a light on global water issues.
