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Enbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake HuronLake MichiganNatasha BlakelyNewsPipeline Footage Sparks New Concerns: Read up on updates and history of Enbridge’s Line 5
-video showing Enbridge Inc.’s Line 5 pipeline taking damage was recently released, sparking a new debate on the risks of having an oil pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac.
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AdvocacyAuthorsEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJames ProffittLake ErieNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWaterfront DevelopmentLake Erie Activist Addresses United Nations on Earth Day
-Lake Erie Bill of Rights campaigners Toledoans for Safe Water were invited to the United Nations in New York City on Earth Day to talk about the campaign.
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AuthorsEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingForever Chemicals FeaturedGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectShipping and PortsEnbridge pipelines remain an issue in Great Lakes region
-Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 pipeline has been a contentious issue in Michigan, but another Great Lakes state also has issues with the Canadian company.
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AdvocacyAuthorsEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectSandra SvobodaShipping and PortsU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsAward-Winning Documentary: Great Lakes Now film earns journalism honor
-Great Lakes Now’s documentary about the history of and current political debates about Enbridge Line 5 in the Mackinac Straits garnered a top award from the Society of Professional Journalists metro Detroit chapter on Thursday.
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AdvocacyAuthorsEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJames ProffittLake ErieNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeFinding the Funds: How the Lake Erie Bill of Rights campaigns were financed
-Records show funding for Toledo Coalition for Jobs and Growth came almost exclusively from Houston, Texas-based BP North America, including a $302,000 wire transfer made just two weeks before the election.
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AdvocacyEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEvents and Special BroadcastsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWater WithdrawalsWaterfront DevelopmentEarth Day 2019: The Seven Generation River Premieres on the World Channel
-The Seven Generation River, a half-hour documentary from Detroit Public Television’s Great Lakes Bureau and Vision Maker Media explores the political, social and environmental issues surrounding our most precious natural resource – water.
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AuthorsEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingForever Chemicals FeaturedGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRegionShipping and PortsU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsCanada to Michigan on Line 5: “We support its continued safe operation”
-While Michigan elected officials trade barbs and debate the fate of the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac, the agency that oversees Canada’s energy industry needs left no doubt where it stands on decommissioning Line 5.
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AuthorsEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingGary WilsonNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeVideoMichigan Attorney General: Line 5 Tunnel is “Unconstitutional”
-Michigan’s new attorney general is raising the stakes in the fight over whether a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac will replace the Enbridge Line 5 oil-and-gas pipeline.
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AuthorsBudgetDrinking WaterEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingForever Chemicals FeaturedGary WilsonGreat Lakes CommissionIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRegionThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsPaying for PFAS: Great Lakes states grapple with costs of clean up
-For some Great Lakes governors, the emerging issue of a family of chemicals known as PFAS – per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — is coming at a time when they are making arguments to raise taxes to fund other statewide needs.
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BudgetCommercial FishingEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMunicipalitiesNewsPolicyThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWaterfront DevelopmentDetroit Port Seeks Partners and Funding
-Aimed at drawing in more investment and federal grant money for infrastructure and expansion, the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority is launching its “Port Forward” initiative.
