“It’s definitely a wicked problem” said co-organizer of the Crude Move Symposium, Katherine Bunting-Howarth, Associate Director of New York Sea Grant. Experts from across the U.S and Canada came to […]
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State terminates independent contractor analyzing Line 5 risks
Update: 6/22/17 2:56pm ET From DPTV’s GLB Chief Mary Ellen Geist: Enbridge has released a statement in response to the termination of the independent contractor performing a risk assessment on […]
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Tsunami Threat for the Great Lakes?
Piers, beaches marinas at risk When you hear “tsunami,” what comes to mind? Likely the tsunami that hit Japan in 2011 and took over 10,000 lives and caused economic damage […]
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Toxic Town: Michigan’s most polluted zip code
Bill Kubota, One Detroit/Detroit Public Television for Great Lakes Now “FINALLY, JUSTICE FOR FLINT”. That’s what’s posted on many social media pages in the wake of the most severe charges […]
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EPA’s Pruitt defends Trump budget on Capitol Hill
The Trump administration’s effort to sell its proposed U.S. EPA budget to congress continued this week as administrator Scott Pruitt hit Capitol Hill to testify before a House appropriations subcommittee.
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Sturgeon recovery in Lake Ontario hit by Trump cuts
By Angelica A. Morrison from Great Lakes Today Final part of a series on President Trump’s budget On the shores of the lower Niagara River, about 10 miles from Niagara Falls, a group […]
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Trump budget hurts dam removal near Lake Huron
By Ben Thorp from Great Lakes Today Part 4 in a series on President Trump’s budget Thousands of dams have been built across the Great Lakes region — but many are […]
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Research on Lake Erie algae blooms imperiled
By Elizabeth Miller from Great Lakes Today Part 3 in a series about President Trump’s budget A lot of attention has been focused on President Donald Trump’s proposal to eliminate funding for […]
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Manslaughter charges in Flint water crisis investigation
The investigation into potential criminal wrongdoing in the Flint water crisis advanced Wednesday as Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced involuntary manslaughter charges against Nick Lyon, Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services Director and four others.
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Is the End-Game near for the Line 5 Pipeline?
“The End-Game is Near.” That’s what one of the members of the Pipeline Safety Advisory Board said after the Monday, June 12th meeting in Petoskey concerning the future of the […]