After eight years of a tailwind from the executive branch supporting Great Lakes restoration, advocates have encountered a funding storm coming from the Trump administration. The president’s first draft budget […]
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Detroit’s boil water advisory is over, but residents are still upset by lack of communication
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has lifted the boil water advisory for parts of Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park, saying, “Tests show no contamination in Detroit’s water supply.” Equipment […]
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President Trump proposes steep budget cuts for U.S. EPA; orders review of landmark water rule
President Donald Trump acted this week on long-stated plans to alter the way this country addresses environmental issues. During his campaign, candidate Trump frequently attacked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. […]
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Questions, frustration over delay in release of plan to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes
Where is the report? That’s what policy director of the National Wildlife Federation’s Great Lakes Office Marc Smith wants to know. Smith says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study […]
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Group asks DEQ to slow down approval of water request
By Rick Pluta, Michigan Radio A bottled water company wants to speed up the pace of its business. Nestle is asking the state for permission to pump more water from […]
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Great Lakes Scientist says, “If We Lose The EPA, We Lose Lake Erie”
At the 8th Binational Meeting of the Lake Erie Millennium Network, 125 scientists gathered at the University of Windsor in Ontario to hear experts weigh-in on the health of the […]
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Icicles on the tiki bar — winter on a Great Lakes island
This story was originally published in Great lakes Today. During the summer, The Flyin Jays play around 85 shows all over the “Bay” – Put-in-Bay. The three-piece band plays at […]
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What will the next four years hold for the Great Lakes under E.P.A. Administrator Scott Pruitt?
On Tuesday, February 21st, the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency addressed his staff for the first time. Scott Pruitt said, “We as an agency and we as a […]
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Minnesota Governor remains focused on water quality
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton has made clean water a priority during his tenure as governor and that focus continues as he enters the last two years of his second term. […]
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Michigan Civil Rights Commission Report: Flint Water Crisis “Systemic Racism”; “Complete Failure of Government”
“Would the Flint water crisis have been allowed to happen in Birmingham, Ann Arbor or East Grand Rapids?” asks the Michigan Civil Rights Commission report which took one year, three […]
