A new film shows the progress on the waterfront Randin Brown grew up in Farmington Hills, Michigan. She’s working these days in Los Angeles as an assistant director on television […]
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Update on fluid spill in the Straits of Mackinac
Press Release from the United States Coast Guard News Release U.S. Coast Guard 9th District Great Lakes Contact: 9th District Public Affairs Phone: (216) 310-2608 Email: PointLeBarbeResponseJIC@gmail.com 9th District online newsroom UPDATE […]
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A Spill in the Straits
A multi-agency command post has been set up in Mackinaw City, Michigan to monitor a spill of di-electric fluid caused by a break in two underwater power lines that extend […]
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Lake Erie has been declared impaired. So what?
As you saw on greatlakesnow.org last week, Ohio’s western Lake Erie has been declared impaired due to toxic algae blooms that have caused problems in the shallowest part of the […]
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Chicago joins Michigan in carp fight
But Illinois remains opposed to Snyder’s preferred Army Corp plan Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder gained a welcome if largely symbolic ally in his fight against Asian carp last week when […]
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Developer wants action on stalled Lake Erie wind farm
A Cleveland company trying to build a set of wind turbines on Lake Erie has been waiting since July for the state to certify its project. This month, the group filed another set of reports in the hopes of moving the process forward.
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Potash: Another Great Lakes water withdrawal
Opening a new potash mine in Western Michigan would bring almost 200 jobs and billions of dollars to the state’s economy. It would also require more water to be withdrawn […]
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Michigan approves 22 new anchors for Line 5
From MLive – By Mark Tower mtower@mlive.com GRAND RAPIDS, MI — The twin oil pipelines crossing the Straits of Mackinac are expected to get additional structural support this summer, though environmental groups say […]
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Trump signs budget bill with $300 million for the Great Lakes
No funding cut for U.S. EPA After a year of stops and starts, Congress late last week approved the 2018 federal budget which includes the full $300 million for Great […]
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Ohio EPA calls western Lake Erie ‘impaired’
This story originally appeared on Great Lakes Today and is republished here with permission. By Elizabeth Miller • March 23, 2018 The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has decided to include Western Lake Erie in a […]