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Posted inDrinking Water, Latest News, News, Protect, Video, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Detroit River, Great Lakes to take center stage on DPTV

by Mary Ellen Geist June 22, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Fish, Birds and Animals, Invasive Species, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Science, Technology, Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Fed agencies plan for next generation of Great Lakes restoration

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now June 18, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Latest News, News, Protect, Resource, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

A Great Lakes tragedy: growing up near a toxic harbor

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now June 11, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inNews, Play, Protect

Great Lakes, Dark Skies

by Mary Stewart Adams May 31, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inBudget, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect

Toxic cleanup of the Detroit River: “A snail’s pace”

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now May 29, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Latest News, News, Protect, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Water Withdrawals

Flint: Nestle to the Rescue?

by Mary Ellen Geist May 29, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inEnbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News, Protect

Emergency No-Anchor Zone Mandate for the Straits of Mackinac

by Mary Ellen Geist May 25, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, News, Protect, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

A Growing Epidemic of Toxic Algal Blooms

by Mary Ellen Geist May 23, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inBudget, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect

Progress and problems define Great Lakes legacy sites cleanup

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now May 21, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inEnbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, News

A Nuclear Waste Dump a Mile from Lake Huron?

by Mary Ellen Geist May 11, 2018November 10, 2025

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  • Great Lakes water levels decline from record highs: What the forecast says
    Over the next six months, the Army Corps predicts water levels will stay below long-term averages on all Great Lakes, except possibly Lake Ontario.
  • Shipwreck hunter discovers sunken 150-year-old luxury liner off the coast of Wisconsin
    The Great Lakes are seeing a "golden age" of shipwreck discoveries, says Wisconsin maritime historian.
  • Enbridge paid police to protect one pipeline. Now it wants to do it again in Wisconsin.
    The Bad River Band is fighting to stop Line 5 and protect its watershed. Meanwhile, local sheriffs are already tallying the cost of riot gear.

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