If you live near any of the Great Lakes, you might have seen it. It happened not long after midnight on Monday, February 6th: a huge fireball streaked across the […]
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Detroit River’s muddy bottom conceals cannons, cars, guns
“Below the murky, rolling currents of the Detroit River is a floor loaded with centuries of artifacts: war cannons, old wooden ships, cars and hundreds of firearms, ranging from wooden muskets […]
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“No Nuclear Waste in the Great Lakes Backyard”: Lawmakers Send a Special Plea to Canada’s New Minister of Foreign Affairs
Dozens of Republican and Democratic Lawmakers from the Great Lakes states sent a letter to Canada’s newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs (on February 1, 2017) to make clear their […]
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Legal hurdles face Flint residents in EPA suit
A year after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency used its emergency authority to intervene in Flint, a group of residents has filed a lawsuit against the agency claiming it was […]
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New Evidence of Grass Carp in Three Great Lakes
It’s what people who love the Great Lakes have feared for some time: Asian carp – an invasive species brought into the U.S in the 1960’s to control nuisance plants […]
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Activists search for pipeline options to counter Trump’s orders
Environmental groups are looking for options to minimize the risk of oil pipeline failures in the wake of the Trump administration’s greenlighting of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines […]
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Conquering the Dryer Hose: Ice Climbing Along the Shores of Lake Superior in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
The Dryer Hose. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Sweet Mother Moses. Flaming Stinksocks. It’s not a list of bad B-rated movies. It’s the line-up of some of the […]
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EPA restrictions imposed by the Trump Administration leave Great Lakes Region in limbo
The Associated Press is now confirming The Trump Administration’s freeze on new Environmental Protection Agency Contracts and grant awards as well as a communications blackout. AP says the EPA has […]
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Silent Spring: A Two-Hour Film on Author and Scientist Rachel Carson
When Carson’s seminal book Silent Spring was published in 1962, the United States was the world’s leading superpower and industrial powerhouse. A warning about the long-term dangers of pesticides, the book became […]
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Wisconsin mayor makes emotional case against Waukesha diversion
Racine Mayor John Dickert doesn’t hold back when he talks about water quality concerns for the town of 78,000 on the Lake Michigan shore. “My people are afraid,” says Dickert. […]