“Wrong decision” says Great Lakes mayor; Poor urban dwellers at increased risk says former Obama EPA exec The Trump administration took the first steps on Tuesday to get rid of […]
Posted inEnbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Industry, News
The man who holds the key to the future of the Line 5 pipeline
An interview with director of the Great Lakes Research Center, Dr. Guy Meadows (Note from DPTV’s Great Lakes Bureau Chief Mary Ellen Geist: On September 18th, 2017, Michigan’s Pipeline Safety […]
Posted inBudget, Latest News, News, Politics, Protect, Video
E.P.A. Announces Repeal of Major Obama-Era Carbon Emissions Rule
This story was originally published in the New York Times On Tuesday Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt announced the agencies intention to sign a measure to repeal President Barack Obama’s […]
Posted inFlint, Latest News, News, Water Quality
Top Snyder aide: Governor knew about Legionnaires’ in Flint earlier than he claimed
This story was originally published in the Detroit Free Press Harvey Hollins III, Snyder’s point man for the state’s response to the Flint water crisis, revealed the information in a […]
Posted inAgriculture, Algae Blooms, Budget, Climate, Energy, Industry, News, Politics, Protect, Science, Technology & Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality
Conservationists renew pressure on Congress to reform ethanol mandate
20,00 comments; Lake Erie algae hits national spotlight With Lake Erie’s western basin brimming with algae and making national news, a conservation organization has ratcheted up the pressure on Congress […]
Posted inBudget, News, Politics, Protect
Trump, water wars keep lawyers busy
State attorneys general scrap over Clean Water Rule Water wars over diversions from the Great Lakes subsided after a mayors’ group dropped its legal challenge to Waukesha’s diversion request in […]
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Trying to track down failing septic systems? Send in the dogs
As greatlakesnow.org reported earlier this week, Lake St. Clair – the lake between Ontario and Michigan which connects Lake Huron to Lake Erie – is in trouble. And there isn’t […]
Posted inBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism
Welcome to Lake St. Clair, where water pollution and beach closures remain unresolved
By Keith Matheny from The Detroit Free Press Lake St. Clair’s chronic problems have not only gone unresolved over the decades; there isn’t even consensus on what’s causing them Nearly a trillion […]
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“Don’t let Saginaw Bay become Lake Erie” says Great Lakes Scientist
At the First Annual State of the Bay Conference in Bay City, Michigan, the algae that’s currently invading Maumee Bay near Toledo, Ohio seemed to hover over the gathering like […]
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Asian Carp, Invasive Species, Latest News, News, Protect, Science, Technology & Research, Video, Water Quality
Lake Erie’s Harmful Algae Blooms: Even Asian Carp won’t eat it
“The whole pattern of the fishery is changing” As greatlakesnow.org has been reporting, a portion of the Maumee River that flows through Downtown Toledo has been placed under a recreational […]
