To encourage stewardship of lake sturgeon, in particular some hidden spawning grounds for the fish, a group of people organized the Blue Water Sturgeon Festival, with art, food, touch tanks and more.
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Drinking Water News Roundup: Algae blooms threaten Illinois, Wisconsin DNR cuts runoff regulations
Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
Posted inClimate Change, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Feature Milwaukee, Featured, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, Milwaukee, News, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Shipping and Ports, Wisconsin
Sustainable Shipping: At the Port of Milwaukee the wind blows toward a greener future
In Milwaukee, the port’s wind turbine has been a great source of success, but despite efforts, the port struggles to change its image with the public.
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PFAS News Roundup: Minnesota requiring businesses to monitor, PFAS impact on COVID vaccine, new New York standards
Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Tribes welcome infusion of money in infrastructure bill
President Joe Biden signed the $1.2 trillion deal earlier this week that includes about $11 billion in benefits for Indian Country, according to the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. About one-third of that, $3.5 billion, will go to the Indian Health Service, the federal agency tasked with providing healthcare for more than 2 million Native American and Alaska Natives.
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How the Ski Industry Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Climate Activism
An interview with the president of the International Ski Federation, Gian Franco Kasper, made its way around the Internet faster than locals flocking to the first chair on a powder day. In the 2019 interview, Kasper told a Swiss newspaper that he preferred working with dictators to environmentalists and that there is no proof of “so-called” climate change.
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Pipes and Ports – Episode 1031
Greener shipping in Indiana, the Benton Harbor lead crisis and water safety in Ontario.
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Regulators seek to suspend Trump rule on railway natural gas
The rule, which was backed by both the natural gas and freight rail industries, had already been on hold because several environmental groups and 14 states filed lawsuits challenging it.
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Judge keeps Michigan oil pipeline case in federal court
The clash over whether Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 should continue operating raises issues “under consideration at the highest levels of this country’s government” involving a U.S.-Canada treaty and federal pipeline safety regulation, U.S. District Judge Janet Neff ruled.
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Erie Hack Finals: Is Lake Erie’s most pressing water problem toxins, agriculture or infrastructure design?
Erie Hack is a “multi-month innovation challenge” that encourages people from the U.S. and Canada to pitch their ideas for new ways and technologies to help Lake Erie, with prizes of $30,000 and $15,000 at stake for the winner and runner up.