Jacqueline Serran with the Detroit River Canadian Clean Up, WDET’s Annamarie Sysling and Great Lakes Now’s Sandra Svoboda chat about high water level impacts on habitat and communities along the Detroit River in Canada and the U.S.
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Energy News Roundup: Recognition of tribal treaties, Michigan Green Bank, former Upper Peninsula mine sites
Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s fortnightly headline roundup.
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Public Concern: Climate change, runoff and chemicals at the forefront of people’s worries about the Great Lakes
Public concern about climate change is escalating in the Great Lakes region, according to a new report issued by a binational group that manages and protects the Great Lakes.
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Index: International Joint Commission’s 2020 Triennial Assessment of Progress Report
Here’s a handy index of all the reports referenced in the IJC’s 2020 triennial report.
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Wisconsin says wolf season will be held next November
Wisconsin law called for annual hunting and trapping seasons to resume if and when the wolf lost federal protection.
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Michigan will borrow $600M for Flint water settlement
Under the bipartisan legislation, the loan from a state economic development fund would cost more than $1 billion to repay over 30 years — $35 million annually.
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Join Us LIVE: Release of the IJC 2020 Triennial Assessment of Progress Report on Great Lakes Water Quality
The report is an independent review of the Canadian and U.S. governments’ progress to restore and maintain the Great Lakes under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
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What should justice look like for Flint after the water crisis? Residents weigh in
“It’s so horrible, so wide-ranging, and it affects everything,” one resident said. “There’s no way to put a dollar amount on it, for everyone to be whole again.”
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Field Tiles: Continued use and improvement of drainage systems pose problems for Lake Erie
Settlers began draining the Great Black Swamp soon after they encountered it. The farmland that took its place has its own set of problems.
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Officials: Flint makes progress toward ending water crisis
A total of $120 million in federal and state funding has helped Flint replace more than 9,700 lead service lines, said Kurt Thiede, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 5, which includes Michigan.