By Lucas Willard from Great Lakes Today The first shovels to dig the Erie Canal went into the ground on July 4th, 1817. When it was completed in 1825, the canal […]
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Beaver Island attracts next generation of Great Lakes scientists
When you talk with Great Lakes scientist Jessica Kosiara it helps to be ready for terms like “trophic level fish” and “wetland food webs”. It’s the language of her profession, […]
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Enbridge and NWF respond to MI Attorney General’s statement about closure of Line 5
GreatLakesNow.org has just received responses from Enbridge and from The National Wildlife Federation to a new study on alternatives for Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac, and to today’s statement from Michigan Attorney Bill Schuette calling for the development of a “specific and definite timetable” to close Line 5.
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Threatened wetlands in the Great Lakes Region
“The last line of defense” say CMU scientists on Beaver Island, Lake Michigan When Don Uzarski graduated from college, a career as a Great Lakes scientist wasn’t in his plans. […]
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“All Hands on Deck” – Support for the Great Lakes, July 3rd
Even people who don’t live along a body of water linked to the Great Lakes are participating. At least 60 events are planned in 6 of the 8 Great Lakes […]
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Forget Washington, it’s time for a Great Lakes Now road trip!
The first six months of 2017 produced Great Lakes news at a pace that exceeds anything I’ve seen since I became involved with the lakes in 2002. A new president […]
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Oil Spill 101: Emergency preparedness for the Great Lakes
“It’s definitely a wicked problem” said co-organizer of the Crude Move Symposium, Katherine Bunting-Howarth, Associate Director of New York Sea Grant. Experts from across the U.S and Canada came to […]
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State terminates independent contractor analyzing Line 5 risks
Update: 6/22/17 2:56pm ET From DPTV’s GLB Chief Mary Ellen Geist: Enbridge has released a statement in response to the termination of the independent contractor performing a risk assessment on […]
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Tsunami Threat for the Great Lakes?
Piers, beaches marinas at risk When you hear “tsunami,” what comes to mind? Likely the tsunami that hit Japan in 2011 and took over 10,000 lives and caused economic damage […]
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Toxic Town: Michigan’s most polluted zip code
Bill Kubota, One Detroit/Detroit Public Television for Great Lakes Now “FINALLY, JUSTICE FOR FLINT”. That’s what’s posted on many social media pages in the wake of the most severe charges […]
