But long term threat remains The Great Lakes appear to have survived an attempt by the Trump administration to immediately slash 2017 funding for the lakes by $50 million. Congressional […]
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Celebrate Earth Day and the Great Lakes
Help Detroit Public Television’s Great Lakes Bureau celebrate Earth Day! For Earth Day 2017, Great Lakes Now is asking you to share a Great Lakes memory by posting a photo (and […]
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Gold Mine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula on Menominee River gets Key Approval
A controversial open pit sulfide mine proposal on the Menominee River in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has received a key permit, moving the project closer to reality. Toronto-based Aquila Resources announced that it […]
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Pipe Great Lakes water to Phoenix? It’s likely, NASA scientist says
By Dave Rosenthal from Great Lakes Today States surrounding the Great Lakes have a recurring nightmare about proposals to siphon off water for parched areas in U.S. or other countries. So they might be staggered […]
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Researchers ponder whether low ice coverage is the Great Lakes’ new normal?
“Two years ago, after the polar vortex put the Upper Midwest into a deep freeze for a second straight winter, scientists thought the weather phenomenon could reverse a 15-year stretch […]
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Hackathon aims to clean up Lake Erie
By Elizabeth Miller from Great Lakes Today Pollution and other problems plague areas all over the Great Lakes region. And they can make drinking or swimming dangerous. There’s plenty of […]
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The Great Lakes: A national priority or regional responsibility?
For even the most casual Great Lakes observer, it’s hard to ignore the drama playing out over federal funding in Washington. Simply put, the Trump administration wants to turn off […]
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Trump calls for more Great Lakes cuts
By Elizabeth Miller from Great Lakes Today Lots of people were already upset about President Trump’s plan to slash Great Lakes funding in next year’s federal budget. Now he’s recommending […]
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U.S. House Pushes Back to Restore Great Lakes Funding
63 Republicans and Democrats Urge Trump Administration Not to Cut Funding from 300 million a year to Zero In the wake of President Trump’s budget outline released earlier this month […]
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Video: Full news conference after landmark settlement of Flint Water Crisis lawsuit now available
“Today is a good day for the city of Flint”. Those are words Flint residents haven’t heard for a very long time. But that’s what Pastor Allen Overton with Concerned […]
