“It is significantly different from what happened in Flint.” That’s the message from the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) after more than 100 complaints came in from residents in Allen […]
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What Michigan’s Governor Rick Snyder said – and didn’t say – about the environment and the Great Lakes in his 2017 State of the State address
He didn’t say much about the health of the Great Lakes. And he didn’t address the Flint water crisis until he was about 34 minutes into his speech. But in […]
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Souls in the Lake
Photographer, Dave Sandford stands in the water to capture waves on Lake Erie. CREDIT DAVID HINTON This article was originally published in Great Lakes Today by Veronica Volk The shores […]
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Michigan U.S. Senators Stabenow and Peters send urgent message about Asian carp to Army Corps of Engineers
They’re coming. Let’s not pretend it isn’t happening anymore. And let’s try to do everything we can to keep Asian carp from destroying the Great Lakes. That’s the message from […]
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Flint Retrospective
In January, 2016 a Federal state of emergency was declared because of the lead water crisis in Flint, Michigan. The state of emergency expired in August, but little has changed […]
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A new coalition of Midwest business leaders is formed to decommission Enbridge Oil Company’s massive pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac
A new obstacle to the controversial twin oil pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac has just been created that aims to make it even harder for Enbridge oil company to […]
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A Fish Story: Great Lakes Fishermen In The U.S Can Blame Russia For A Loss Of Profits
Are you adding more seafood to your diet these days? It turns out most Americans are. A new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Administration’s “Fisheries of the United […]
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Transitioning to a Blue Economy
The blue economy is a phrase used to describe economic activity in, on and around water. New Baltimore, Michigan is an example of a community transitioning to a blue economy, […]
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Transitioning to a New Economy
The blue economy is a phrase used to describe economic activity in, on and around water. New Baltimore, Michigan is an example of a community transitioning to a blue economy, […]
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Wind Farms in the Great Lakes for the First Time
This article was originally published in Great Lakes Today by Elizabeth Miller Project Icebreaker, a six-turbine demonstration project to be located eight to 10 miles off Cleveland’s shore could finally bring […]