From Great Lakes Bureau Chief Mary Ellen Geist: For the past six months, Detroit Public Television’s Great Lakes Bureau has been traveling throughout the Great Lakes Region filming several documentaries. […]
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Michigan agencies split on protecting critical coastal wetland near Lake St. Clair
DNR and DEQ divided on controlling invasive Phragmites A project to hydrologically manage and combat invasive Phragmites in an important wetland bordering Lake St. Clair has two state agencies at […]
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Along Lake Ontario, high waters — and damage — persist
By Caitlin Whyte from Great Lakes Today The grey sky seems a bit more ominous out here. With the winds whipping around and waves crashing on the break wall, Douglas Dobson walks […]
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IJC’s Great Lakes Assessment focuses on drinking water and untreated sewage
An interview with IJC’s Lana Pollack The International Joint Commission has just released its First Triennial Assessment of Progress under the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. The biggest issues […]
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New Safety Standards for the Line 5 Pipeline
Legal agreement reached between Governor Snyder, Enbridge People who oppose the Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac woke up the Monday after Thanksgiving thinking they’d been given an […]
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U.S. Senate moves closer to full $300 million funding for Great Lakes
Governors analyze $100 million paid to farmers; Collaborative calls for Canada to invest. A Senate committee that funds the government voted last week to maintain funding for Great Lakes cleanup […]
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Nebraska panel approves alternative Keystone XL pipeline route | PBS NewsHour
From Great Lakes Bureau Chief Mary Ellen Geist: It seems that almost every day there is news involving oil transport. Earlier this week, the controversial alternative Keystone XL pipeline route […]
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Bringing humanitarian values to Great Lakes issues
Illinois professor brings peacekeeping perspective Professor Rachel Havrelock didn’t take a traditional path to Great Lakes issues. Havrelock is not an environmental scientist and doesn’t have a law degree that […]
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Preserving Great Lakes Traditions with Wild Rice
From Great Lakes Bureau Chief Mary Ellen Geist: This video (below) is the first of many features gleaned from Detroit Public Television’s Great Lakes Bureau’s series of upcoming documentaries which […]
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Ethanol group, Wisconsin researchers spar on climate study: “Wake up call” or “regurgitated study?”
An ethanol trade group took issue last week with University of Wisconsin researchers and the National Wildlife Federation over a climate study released by the scientists and promoted by the […]
