This story was originally published in Great lakes Today. During the summer, The Flyin Jays play around 85 shows all over the “Bay” – Put-in-Bay. The three-piece band plays at […]
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What will the next four years hold for the Great Lakes under E.P.A. Administrator Scott Pruitt?
On Tuesday, February 21st, the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency addressed his staff for the first time. Scott Pruitt said, “We as an agency and we as a […]
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Minnesota Governor remains focused on water quality
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton has made clean water a priority during his tenure as governor and that focus continues as he enters the last two years of his second term. […]
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Michigan Civil Rights Commission Report: Flint Water Crisis “Systemic Racism”; “Complete Failure of Government”
“Would the Flint water crisis have been allowed to happen in Birmingham, Ann Arbor or East Grand Rapids?” asks the Michigan Civil Rights Commission report which took one year, three […]
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Enbridge denies own report noting Straits oil pipeline losing coating
“Officials with Canadian oil transport corporation Enbridge on Thursday denied reports that the company’s twin, underwater, 64-year-old oil and natural gas pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac are losing their protective […]
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Michigan’s Governor and Flint’s Mayor at odds over water bill credits for citizens
Collaboration between state of Michigan and the city of Flint on the water crisis continues but there are still some major rifts more than two years after Flint’s water […]
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A Plan to Build a Road in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Pits Marquette County Officials Against the E.P.A.
A battle involving the needs of mining and timber companies in the Upper Peninsula versus concerns about the future of wetlands, rivers and wilderness is on its way to the […]
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Does waning Great Lakes influence loom for Chicago?
The heady days of Chicago holding outsized influence over Great Lakes issues could be waning. Chicago has been riding a wave of Great Lakes clout. It’s home to executives, agencies […]
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The Flint water crisis makes music
“It blew my mind”. That’s how Dr. Andrea Ramsey, Assistant Professor of Conducting at University of Colorado at Boulder, tells Great Lakes Now she reacted to the water crisis in […]
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Will Trump follow Wisconsin Gov. Walker’s environmental model?
Looking for a clue to how President Donald Trump may approach environmental issues? Look to Wisconsin. Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker may have unwittingly provided a template for Trump when […]