Access to clean, affordable water for all top of mind for experts A Great Lakes Now canvass of regional water executives revealed that water equity — access to clean, safe […]
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Former Wisconsin DNR executive to head Great Lakes EPA office
Key environmental group worries about “lax enforcement” The former head of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Cathy Stepp, was named this week to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency […]
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Giving the Great Lakes
Looking for a last-minute holiday gift? A wealth of ideas for presents that involve the Great Lakes might be in a store not far from you or can be easily […]
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Diminishing state budgets, federal deficits threaten environmental protection
President Trump’s threatened budget cuts for Great Lakes restoration garnered most of the attention of Great Lakes advocates in 2017.
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NAFTA changes a concern for Great Lakes industry
By Payne Horning from Great Lakes Today At the Novelis plant in New York, machines are preparing aluminum rolls for manufacturing. The Oswego Co. plant processes the metal for companies like Ford, […]
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Pipeline Safety Advisory Board gives thumbs up to resolutions calling for temporary shutdown of Line 5
At Monday’s Michigan Pipeline Safety Advisory Board meeting in Lansing, several board members expressed disappointment and even outrage at Governor Snyder’s announcement of a legal agreement he hammered out with […]
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Pace of Asian carp plan “taking far too long”
Michigan senators critical of timetable The debate about how to stop Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes hit another milestone last week as the Army Corps of Engineers’ extended […]
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Fighting for air in Southwest Detroit
The Sierra Club’s Rhonda Anderson drives down Jefferson Avenue across the city line where Detroit turns into River Rouge. “This area has always been identified as the Tri-Cities,” Anderson said […]
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Expect snow, not ice on the Great Lakes this winter
By Elizabeth Miller from Great Lakes Today Over the past two winters, the Great Lakes have had a below-average ice cover. And that’s expected to continue this year. One of ice climatologist […]
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BREAKING NEWS: Enbridge’s Line 5 temporarily shut down
Enbridge complies with their agreement to shut down Line 5 pipeline if there is severe weather with waves more than 8 feet high. Mary Ellen Geist, Great Lakes bureau chief […]
