Increased flooding, human impact being blamed In 2012, a two-day thunderstorm dumped between five and 10 inches of rain on Duluth and along many areas along the coast of Lake […]
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Groundwater: The Sixth Great Lake
Despite its abundance, is groundwater a second-class citizen? When you’re surrounded by the Great Lakes, there’s a tendency to fix your focus on them when the subject is water. Why […]
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“Going Rogue” to give students clean drinking water
Interview with Superintendent of Detroit Public Schools Nikolai Vitti On August 30th, 2018, Superintendent of Detroit Public Schools Nikolai Vitti shut off the water to Detroit Public Schools and informed […]
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A New Environmental Center for the Great Lakes
This story originally appeared on Great Lakes Today and is republished here with permission. By Angelica A. Morrison • September 5, 2018 Waterkeeper announces plans for water-themed hub on Lake Erie The Buffalo […]
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The Seven Generation River
Premiering Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 7:30 pm on Detroit Public TV – Check your local public TV listing In this new half-hour documentary, Detroit Public Television’s Great Lakes Bureau continues to […]
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Michigan water advocates call for “Public Justice” to protect people’s rights
Traverse City nonprofit FLOW warns of “unauthorized privatization” Traverse City water advocacy nonprofit FLOW today called for legislation that it said would protect Michigan’s public waters and people’s water rights […]
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Registration for the National Groundwater Emergency Webinar
A Groundwater Emergency Unchecked pollution imperils the nation’s aquifers: The discovery of PFAS chemicals in water sources has stirred Michigan officials to test drinking water in more than a thousand […]
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Looming threat of Asian carp in Great Lakes
Potential invasion weighs heavy on anglers The looming threat of Asian carp entering the Great Lakes weighs heavy on anglers, recreational lakers, tourism officials and millions of people in industries […]
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Trump vs. Great Lakes: Strategic Battle of Give and Take
Funding deadline is September 30th The fight between the Trump administration and the Great Lakes region’s mission to protect the lakes started as a slugfest early in 2017. That’s when […]
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The Great Lakes Clean Up September 15, 2018
Thousands of volunteers on all five Great Lakes The Alliance for the Great Lakes September Adopt-a-Beach event is considered the largest annual day of action for the Great Lakes. On […]
