It’s what people who love the Great Lakes have feared for some time: Asian carp – an invasive species brought into the U.S in the 1960’s to control nuisance plants […]
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Activists search for pipeline options to counter Trump’s orders
Environmental groups are looking for options to minimize the risk of oil pipeline failures in the wake of the Trump administration’s greenlighting of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines […]
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Conquering the Dryer Hose: Ice Climbing Along the Shores of Lake Superior in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
The Dryer Hose. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Sweet Mother Moses. Flaming Stinksocks. It’s not a list of bad B-rated movies. It’s the line-up of some of the […]
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EPA restrictions imposed by the Trump Administration leave Great Lakes Region in limbo
The Associated Press is now confirming The Trump Administration’s freeze on new Environmental Protection Agency Contracts and grant awards as well as a communications blackout. AP says the EPA has […]
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Silent Spring: A Two-Hour Film on Author and Scientist Rachel Carson
When Carson’s seminal book Silent Spring was published in 1962, the United States was the world’s leading superpower and industrial powerhouse. A warning about the long-term dangers of pesticides, the book became […]
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Wisconsin mayor makes emotional case against Waukesha diversion
Racine Mayor John Dickert doesn’t hold back when he talks about water quality concerns for the town of 78,000 on the Lake Michigan shore. “My people are afraid,” says Dickert. […]
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The Great Lakes Water Authority Assures Detroit’s Downriver Residents Their Water Is Safe To Drink
“It is significantly different from what happened in Flint.” That’s the message from the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) after more than 100 complaints came in from residents in Allen […]
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What Michigan’s Governor Rick Snyder said – and didn’t say – about the environment and the Great Lakes in his 2017 State of the State address
He didn’t say much about the health of the Great Lakes. And he didn’t address the Flint water crisis until he was about 34 minutes into his speech. But in […]
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Souls in the Lake
Photographer, Dave Sandford stands in the water to capture waves on Lake Erie. CREDIT DAVID HINTON This article was originally published in Great Lakes Today by Veronica Volk The shores […]
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Michigan U.S. Senators Stabenow and Peters send urgent message about Asian carp to Army Corps of Engineers
They’re coming. Let’s not pretend it isn’t happening anymore. And let’s try to do everything we can to keep Asian carp from destroying the Great Lakes. That’s the message from […]
