Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s fortnightly energy-related headline roundup.
High water wreaks havoc on Great Lakes, swamping communities
No relief is in sight, as forecasters expect the lakes to remain high well into 2020 and perhaps longer.
Chicago flooding spurs local, state disaster proclamations
The local and state proclamations issued Thursday were aimed at boosting funding for recovery and rebuilding efforts along more than 30 miles of shoreline in Cook and Lake counties.
Fisheries Update: New Canadian law improves habitat protections and adds Indigenous consultation
The new version of the law restores protections that were removed by the previous government in 2012.
Canadian company seeks new site to bury nuclear waste
Ontario Power Generation abandoned its 15-year campaign to permanently store the waste on the Canadian shore of Lake Huron after members of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation voted overwhelmingly last week to reject it.
Line 5 Reroute In Northern Wisconsin Sows Division Among Some Communities
As Enbridge explores routes, neighbors are divided over the relocation project.
Q&A: Michigan lawmaker aims to ‘build the coalition’ around clean energy
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Michigan, discusses coalition building, electric vehicles and ongoing environmental challenges in her Detroit-area district.
New York suppliers could avoid drinking water violations under plan
Environmental advocacy groups are criticizing New York’s plan to allow water suppliers to delay being hit with formal violations for exceeding the state’s incoming limits for industrial chemicals in public drinking water.
Minnesota regulators put Enbridge Line 3 oil pipeline back on track
The state Public Utilities Commission voted 3-1 to approve an updated environmental impact statement for the $2.6 billion project, finding that the new review adequately addressed the impacts of a potential spill in the Lake Superior watershed.
Polluting with Purpose: In the wilderness with Great Lakes Now at Canada’s Experimental Lakes Area
Here’s Program Director Sandra Svoboda’s account of field producing the “Polluting with Purpose” segment for the Great Lakes Now monthly show.
