As greatlakesnow.org reported earlier this week, Lake St. Clair – the lake between Ontario and Michigan which connects Lake Huron to Lake Erie – is in trouble. And there isn’t […]
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Welcome to Lake St. Clair, where water pollution and beach closures remain unresolved
By Keith Matheny from The Detroit Free Press Lake St. Clair’s chronic problems have not only gone unresolved over the decades; there isn’t even consensus on what’s causing them Nearly a trillion […]
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“Don’t let Saginaw Bay become Lake Erie” says Great Lakes Scientist
At the First Annual State of the Bay Conference in Bay City, Michigan, the algae that’s currently invading Maumee Bay near Toledo, Ohio seemed to hover over the gathering like […]
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Lake Erie’s Harmful Algae Blooms: Even Asian Carp won’t eat it
“The whole pattern of the fishery is changing” As greatlakesnow.org has been reporting, a portion of the Maumee River that flows through Downtown Toledo has been placed under a recreational […]
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Will Trump follow Reagan’s lead on the EPA?
The similarities between the early years of President Ronald Reagan’s Environmental Protection Agency and that of the President Donald Trump’s first months are striking. Both presidents positioned environmental regulations as […]
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Green algae leads to water advisory for Maumee River near Downtown Toledo
By Tom Henry | The Toledo Blade A portion of the Maumee River that flows through Toledo was placed under a recreational advisory on Thursday by the Toledo-Lucas County Health […]
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“Water is Our Infrastructure”: Great Lakes Commission meeting Duluth, MN
On the first day of the Great Lakes Commission meeting in Duluth, Keynote Speaker Minnesota Congressman Rick Nolan kicked off the gathering by ticking off some of his biggest concerns […]
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Team of Academic Experts to Complete Line 5 Pipeline Risk Analysis
It was a unanimous vote. On Monday, September 18th, Michigan’s Pipeline Safety Advisory Board (PSAB) recommended that the state contract a team of academic experts lead by Dr. Guy Meadows […]
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Great Lakes Commission says “Yes” to funding for new Soo Lock
Reliance on the private sector would be a “nightmare” Representatives of the Great Lakes states ratcheted up the pressure for a new Soo Lock this week as the group kicked […]
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U.S. House approves 2018 budget including $300M for the Great Lakes
EPA budget slashed by $528M to facilitate Trump downsizing effort By Gary Wilson The U.S. House of Representatives approved the 2018 budget last week which included a $528 million […]