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AdvocacyDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeForever Chemicals FeaturedIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMinnesotaMunicipalitiesNatasha BlakelyNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWaterfront DevelopmentMinnesota appeals court blocks water quality permit for PolyMet mine
-The proposed mine, which would be Minnesota’s first copper-nickel mine, has had a permit stayed due to potential unaddressed environmental concerns.
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AdvocacyAgricultureAuthorsBlue EconomyBudgetDrinking WaterFlintFoodForever Chemicals FeaturedGroundwater ContaminationMunicipalitiesNatasha BlakelyNatasha BlakelyNewsProtectResourceWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGrowing Gardens: Churches and mosques create native plant gardens to help with water quality, wildlife and community building
-The National Wildlife Federation piloted a program in Toledo, Ohio, that provides funding and support to houses of worship interested in creating native plant gardens within their communities.
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AdvocacyAuthorsBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMunicipalitiesNewsPlayPolicyRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingThe StatesTourismWaterfront DevelopmentAccessible Beaches: Track wheelchairs increase access for disabled beachgoers
-Great Lakes beaches are becoming more accessible vacation destinations for visitors with the addition of options like track wheelchairs and beach mats.
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Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingBudgetFoodMunicipalitiesNewsOhioPlayPolicyRecreation and TourismResourceTourismWaterfront DevelopmentGrowing Pains II: Put-in-Bay puts an end to Christmas in July
-The out-of-control 2018 Christmas in July event at Put-in-Bay marked the end of an era for the island’s tourism.
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AdvocacyAgricultureAuthorsClimate ChangeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNatasha BlakelyNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater WithdrawalsWaterfront DevelopmentIJNR Snapshots: Some Ohio farmland is being returned to its glory days as the Great Black Swamp
-The Black Swamp Conservancy has been attempting to bring back some of Ohio’s wetlands, buying up farmland to convert into nature reserves. GLN News Director Natasha Blakely learned more while on a fellowship with the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources. Read her reports.
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AuthorsDetroitDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFlintInfrastructureMichiganNatasha BlakelyNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRegionResourceWater Quality and Restoration EffortsIJNR Snapshots: The human and environmental costs of emergency management in Detroit and Flint
-When residents in Detroit and Flint started to suffer consequences from choices made under emergency management, their attempts to address those concerns were often ignored. GLN News Director Natasha Blakely learned more while on a fellowship with the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources. Read her reports.
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AdvocacyGroundwater ContaminationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLeadMunicipalitiesNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeShipping and PortsWaterfront DevelopmentRestoring Howards Bay: Legacy lead and other contaminants are targets of dredging and capping
-Where Wisconsin and Minnesota share a Lake Superior harbor, a $13.8 million clean-up project at this Area of Concern will launch in 2020, removing lead and other contaminants, some a century old, that persist in the waterway.
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AuthorsDetroitDrinking WaterEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPFASPolicyWaterfront DevelopmentSuperfund Sites: New Detroit River site added for threats of PCB, metal, cyanide contamination
-The former McLouth Steel Corporation site in Trenton, Michigan, was added to the Superfund list in May because of its risk to the Detroit River.
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AuthorsBlue EconomyBudgetEquity and Environmental JusticeNatasha BlakelyNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWaterfront DevelopmentSanctuaries in Sight: The solo national marine sanctuary in the Great Lakes could be joined by three more
-NOAA is looking for public input on a potential new national marine sanctuary in the southeast corner of Lake Ontario.
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Art and Water: Wyandotte art exhibit focuses on water activism and Indigenous American artwork
-Though the Standing Rock controversy was the focus of the exhibition, art from local Native Americans was featured as well, and issues affecting Native Americans in the Great Lakes were brought up.
