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Chicago mayor thinking about closing city trails, parks
-“When we have masses of people out there as I just saw … it’s a problem,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said. “We know what happens when we don’t social distance.”
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APEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMinnesotaNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMinnesota Court of Appeals sends PolyMet permit back to MPCA
-This is the fourth permit the Court of Appeals has rejected this year.
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Scientists testing alternative to road salt to protect water
-Fifty water bodies across Minnesota fail to meet the Pollution Control Agency’s water-quality standards because they contain too much chloride.
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Judge backs Minnesota’s Twin Metals mine in lease dispute
-The judge said the Interior Department had the authority to reverse itself and renew the project’s federal mineral rights leases.
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APDetroitDrinking WaterFeature DetroitMichiganNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWaterfront DevelopmentDetroit set to restore water service amid coronavirus fears
-The Coronavirus Water Restart Plan will be in effect for the duration of the global outbreak of the virus, officials said Monday.
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Water authority transfers funding for bill assistance
-The Great Lakes Water Authority is transferring more than $1.6 million to Detroit and Flint for conservation education and to help customers pay past-due water bills.
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APEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMichiganNewsEnbridge hires companies to design, build Great Lakes tunnel
-The Canadian company is forging ahead with plans to begin construction work next year on the tunnel, replacing the pipes at the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac.
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APDrinking WaterFlintGroundwater ContaminationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMichigan Supreme Court hears case over Flint water liability
-The case at the state’s highest court is one of many in state and federal courts over the scandal.
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Environmental groups sue to speed up lake sturgeon status
-Environmental groups in Illinois and Indiana have filed a federal complaint in hopes of forcing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to complete a review that could designate lake sturgeon as a federally endangered species.
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Snowed in: Upstate NY area could see 4 feet through weekend
-Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday said he was dispatching 15 additional snow plows to region east of Lake Ontario.
