By Elizabeth Miller from Great Lakes Today The outline of President Trump’s 2018 budget is out – and it eliminates the $300 million in annual funding for the Great Lakes […]
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Video: Interview with newly appointed Great Lakes Commissioner Candice Miller
Great Lakes Now Interview with Newly Appointed Great Lakes Commission Member Candice Miller. Miller, from Michigan’s Macomb County, previously served as a member of Congress where she sat on the […]
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Trump budget cuts Great Lakes Restoration, Sea Grant programs
By Elizabeth Miller from Great Lakes Today The Trump Administration’s proposed budget is out – and it eliminates the $300 million in annual funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative […]
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Great Lakes Commission Semi-Annual Meeting and Great Lakes Day: U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow says “It’s All Hands On Deck” for People Who Care About the Great Lakes
Hundreds of Great Lakes experts, scientists, business leaders, advocates and activists are in Washington D.C. this week for the Great Lakes Commission Semiannual Meeting and Great Lakes Day in Washington. […]
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Great Lakes groups lobby Congress for funding
By Elizabeth Miller from Great Lakes Today Groups representing mayors, governors, and Great Lakes states are descending on Washington this week to push back against reported budget cuts for environmental […]
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VIDEO: Enbridge Official: “I believe this pipeline is in as good of condition as the day it was installed”
There were boos and cries of “shut it down” from protesters at the Pipeline Safety Advisory Board meeting in Lansing on Monday, March 13th, as Enbridge official Kurt Baraniecki responded to […]
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VIDEO: Street to Stream, the effect of road salt on our fresh water ecosystem
The Great Lakes Bureau examines the long term corrosive effects of road salt on our fresh water ecosystem. We spoke to Donna Kashian, associate professor of Biological Science at Wayne […]
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“Cleanup work will cease”: How proposed federal budget cuts will affect Lake Michigan
This week, Great Lakes Now begins a series on how the budget cuts proposed by the Trump Administration will affect each of the Great Lakes. The first story in this […]
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VIDEO: MiWeek reports on Great Lakes proposed funding
Detroit Public Television’s MiWeek looks at the changes in Washington that are causing the biggest uproar around Michigan, the ones that impact the great lakes. This includes cutbacks in EPA […]
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Great Lakes water quality: Seeking your voice
If you care about the Great Lakes, it’s time to speak out. That’s the message from the International Joint Commission (IJC) as it extends an urgent call-out to the public […]
