On Monday, September 18th, the Pipeline Safety Advisory Board (PSAB) will meet in Lansing, Michigan for another meeting involving the future of Enbridge’s Line 5 Pipeline. Once again, there will […]
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Grass carp eggs discovered in Lake Erie tributary
By Elizabeth Miller from Great Lakes Today Researchers recently announced the discovery of over 7,000 grass carp eggs in a Lake Erie tributary. The good news? This isn’t the Asian carp […]
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Keeping carp out of the Great Lakes: barge operators and conservationists differ
“What will we do for future generations?” Business interests, conservation groups and government officials lined up in Chicago Monday to tell the Army Corps of Engineers what they thought of […]
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Agriculture and Algae: Is the GLRI making a difference?
Algae isn’t always a bad thing says Jon Allan. As Director of the Michigan Office of the Great Lakes since 2012, with more than 30 years of experience in environmental […]
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Dam removal sparks cultural revival for Mohawk tribe
By Veronica Volk from Great Lakes Today Last year, 72 dams across the US were demolished; hundreds more were removed in the past decade. Most dam removals are part of an […]
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Enbridge: “No Evidence of Corrosion along Pipeline”
As you saw last week on greatlakesnow.org, Michigan lawmakers including Governor Rick Snyder are calling for Enbridge Oil Company to immediately repair areas of lost protective coating on the oil […]
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Will Houston floods be a wake up call for Great Lakes cities?
“No one grasps problems like this until it happens to them” Torrential rains flooded highways and homes. Rail lines closed, flooding caused power outages and a hospital was forced to […]
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The Great Lakes Author Series – Writers On Water: Elizabeth Kolbert
Today, greatlakesnow.org releases the second in a video series called “The Great Lakes Author Series: Writers on Water”. We will be interviewing various authors who write about the Great Lakes and water-related issues […]
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The Cost of Keeping the Great Lakes Safe: An Interview with Great Lakes Now’s Gary Wilson
From GLB Chief Mary Ellen Geist: A new lock for Sault Ste. Marie. A new ice breaker. New technology and structures to keep the Asian Carp out of the Great […]