State officials reveal Line 5 permit application at risk On Friday, October 27th, Enbridge admitted the company knew a section of protective coating on Line 5 in the Straits of […]
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From Bridge Magazine: Water crisis hits Michigan suburbs. ‘We’ve been sounding alarms for years’
When a massive water main broke this week in Oakland County and made tap water unsafe to drink for 305,000 residents, a top utility official called the mishap “unprecedented.”… Read […]
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It All Starts with the Water: Atwater Brewery’s Secret Ingredient
From DPTV’s Great Lakes Bureau Chief Mary Ellen Geist: What makes great beer? Great Lakes water. That’s what many Midwestern brewers say. But what are the costs to the […]
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Would You Like My Car to Make You Some Water?
This story was originally published in the New York Times Imagine if your car could make clean water? That was the thought that came to Doug Martin, an engineer at Ford […]
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Sea lamprey on rise in lakes Erie and Superior
By Angelica A. Morrison from Great Lakes Today There’s some bad news in the Great Lakes and it’s all about the sea lamprey, an eel-like creature that literally sucks the life […]
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Michigan’s Governor on Line 5: “Too important just to say I’m going to wait”
Says his legacy does not drive decisions Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder told Great Lakes Now last week he wants to “aggressively pursue solutions” on what to do about the aged […]
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Former EPA Chief discusses Trump & Clean Water Rules
The Trump administration has started the process of rolling back President Obama’s administrative rules that protect the environment – among them the Clean Water Rule and the Clean Car Standard. […]
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Great Lakes Restoration Conference
Bureau Chief Mary Ellen Geist will be filing live reports and interviews on Facebook Live from the 13th Annual Great Lakes Restoration Conference in Buffalo, New York. More than 300 Great […]
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Planes, drone monitor harmful algae in Lake Erie
By Elizabeth Miller from Great Lakes Today Algae blooms continue to color western Lake Erie a deep green. Now researchers and scientists want to know more about toxins produced by the algae […]
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“Stormwater is one of the biggest water quality issues facing Michigan”
The 2017 Regional Stormwater Summit Did you know that Michigan’s Oakland County has more lakes than any county in the entire state? Oakland County Water Resource Commissioner Jim Nash says […]
