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AuthorsDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeEvents and Special BroadcastsFlintGreat Lakes Now On-Air SpecialsLeadMary Ellen GeistMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeVideoThe Door Flint Opened: America’s Drinking Water Crisis A Great Lakes Now Special airs Nov. 1, 9 pm on DPTV
-In this debut of the DPTV Great Lakes Bureau’s series of half-hour specials, GreatLakesNow.org examines how the Flint Water Crisis is shining a light on global water issues.
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Algae BloomsBudgetDrinking WaterFlintGary WilsonGroundwater ContaminationInterviewLatest NewsLeadNewsPFASVideoWater Quality and Restoration EffortsLine 5 and the Michigan Governor’s Race
-As the race to replace Michigan Governor Rick Snyder nears the finish line, candidates Republican Bill Schuette and Democrat Gretchen Whitmer are sharply divided on what to do about Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac.
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Samaritans of the Inland Seas
-Samaritans of the inland seas, Ryan Busche, Jared VanOordt, Karol Rajski and Drew Etling on May 21 starting in Marquette, Michigan, these vigilante Vikings began a three-month paddle along the 2,726 miles of Lake Superior’s coastline, armed with a message of conservation and a mission of cleanup.
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Great Lakes Charter Captains become Lake Advocates
-The pressure is on, and a handful of charter captains on the lakes work hard to ensure a satisfactory future for the lakes, the fisheries and those who count on them for a living and for recreation.
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About Great Lakes NowAuthorsJack NissenJames ProffittLake ErieLake SuperiorNewsWho We Are and What We DoGreat Lakes Now expands coverage
-News about the Great Lakes comes every day from all five bodies of water and the communities around them. You may have noticed more, regular stories here on GreatLakesNow.org across a range of issues and geographies. That’s possible because we’re expanding!
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Great Lakes Now is growing!
-Detroit Public Television’s Great Lakes Bureau is growing by leaps and bounds. Thanks to the generosity of the Erb Foundation, Consumer’s Energy Foundation, the Americana Foundation and supporters like you, we are adding to our staff. This week, we are introducing you to Great Lakes Now Program Director Sandra Svoboda. Next week, we will introduce you to our new reporters – we now have a reporter on each Great Lake! – and re-introduce you to our Senior Correspondent Gary Wilson in Chicago.
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ArticleEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake HuronLake MichiganMichiganNewsSandra SvobodaThe StatesWhat did reporters ask about the New Enbridge Line 5 Tunnel Agreement?
-State officials briefed reporters on a conference call today about the agreement with Enbridge Inc. for pipeline improvements, and then…
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ArticleEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingLake HuronLake MichiganMichiganNewsSandra SvobodaThe StatesThe Line 5 Decision: It’s a tunnel
-A utility tunnel buried into the bedrock 100 feet under the Straits of Mackinac would replace the existing Enbridge Line 5 pipeline under a preliminary plan announced today by Gov. Rick Snyder’s administration.
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