While Michigan elected officials trade barbs and debate the fate of the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac, the agency that oversees Canada’s energy industry needs left no doubt where it stands on decommissioning Line 5.
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Farming and the Future
While most farmers aren’t happy about the newly-minted ordinance, they’re not overly concerned about it, either. Many of them at the Oak Harbor event were confident in their efforts to keep their operations as environmentally-friendly as possible.
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Report: Warming climate will challenge Great Lakes states
Climate change is impacting temperature increases in the Great Lakes region faster than in neighboring and the contiguous 48 states. That’s the conclusion of a report released last week by a collaboration of scientists and policy specialists in the U.S. and Canada.
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Great Lakes Moment: The Osprey Lady of Michigan
The osprey team is part of an effort to monitor, track and protect this massive bird of prey. The woman in the middle of the circle holding onto the osprey for dear life was Barb Jensen – the “Osprey Lady of Michigan.”
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Energy, Industry, News, Policy, Politics, Video, Who We Are and What We Do
Michigan Attorney General: Line 5 Tunnel is “Unconstitutional”
Michigan’s new attorney general is raising the stakes in the fight over whether a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac will replace the Enbridge Line 5 oil-and-gas pipeline.
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The Forever Chemicals Special
Great Lakes Now explores what it means for families when “PFAS” chemicals contaminate drinking water.
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Wolverine’s Statement
Read what the West Michigan shoe company told Great Lakes Now in PFAS-related response. During production of “The Forever Chemicals,” a Great Lakes Now special about a PFAS, we invited […]
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Paying for PFAS: Great Lakes states grapple with costs of clean up
For some Great Lakes governors, the emerging issue of a family of chemicals known as PFAS – per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — is coming at a time when they are making arguments to raise taxes to fund other statewide needs.
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Summer Cruising
The cruise ship industry has been steadily growing in the Great Lakes region over the past decade and a half. From just a couple of ships making sporadic trips in 2002, there are now five separate cruise lines operating seven ships, with even more fleet expansions expected in 2020.
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Ask the Great Lakes Now Team Your PFAS Question
PFAS*: the acronym for industrial chemicals that are contaminating Michigan water and showing up in people’s blood. Have you heard of them? Do you have a question about them and how they relate to your health, safety or water supply?
