From our friends at Bridge Magazine MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — About a dozen middle schoolers clustered on a beach on a recent morning — sun shining, a slight chill in […]
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Toxic cleanup of the Detroit River: “A snail’s pace”
Bureaucracy, politics and “regional pork barrel” hinder progress Removing contaminated sediment from the Great Lakes started at a small inlet in the Trenton Channel of the Detroit River called the Black Lagoon. […]
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Flint: Nestle to the Rescue?
Free bottled water throughout the summer 100,000 bottles per week until Labor Day. 4,200 cases. Three semi-truck loads. That amounts to 1 million 600 thousand bottles of water over the […]
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Emergency No-Anchor Zone Mandate for the Straits of Mackinac
Great Lakes Environmental Groups say it isn’t enough On Thursday, May 24th, 2018, Michigan’s Governor Rick Snyder approved an emergency rule mandating a no-anchor zone in the Straits of Mackinac […]
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A Growing Epidemic of Toxic Algal Blooms
“Farmers have got to up their game” New research just out from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) shows a growing number of algal blooms since 2010 – at least 300 […]
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Progress and problems define Great Lakes legacy sites cleanup
Detroit River mired in complexities; “Public support needed” The Great Lakes region continues to make progress in its decades-long effort to clean up toxic legacy sites officially designated as Areas […]
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Morel Season Begins in the Great Lakes
The 58th National Morel Festival in Boyne City, Michigan In parts of Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana right now, people are beginning to find them. But they might not […]
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A Great Lakes Moment from John Hartig
Great Lakes Cruising to Soon Include a Stop in Detroit In 1819, the Detroit River was so busy with commercial ship traffic that the U.S. Congress designated it a public […]
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Chicago community demands action on air quality
“We’re not invisible anymore” Frustrated with what they say is a lack of action by city and federal agencies in dealing with air quality issues, a coalition of Southeast Side […]
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A Nuclear Waste Dump a Mile from Lake Huron?
Great Lakes lawmakers say no way On Tuesday, May 8, Michigan Democratic Congressman Dan Kildee introduced an amendment he says will protect the Great Lakes from the threat of Canadian […]