-
Enbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake HuronLake MichiganLatest NewsMichiganNewsSandra SvobodaU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsLook Back at Line 5: Check out the archives of the pipeline’s original construction
-Here’s how to see photos, blueprints and contracts from the Line 5 pipeline construction in the Straits of Mackinac through the Detroit Historical Society.
01 -
Brian OwensEquity and Environmental JusticeFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsNewsOntarioPlayPolicyProtectTribal Governments and First NationsU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsFisheries Update: New Canadian law improves habitat protections and adds Indigenous consultation
-The new version of the law restores protections that were removed by the previous government in 2012.
-
APEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeMinnesotaNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeMinnesota regulators revisit environmental review for Line 3 pipeline
-The state’s Public Utilities Commission opened a hearing Friday on an updated environmental review for Enbridge Energy’s plan to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline across the state, but most testimony focused on broader questions of whether the project should even be built.
-
AdvocacyCollaborationDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeGroundwater ContaminationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts‘Wiggle room,’ deleted emails, and a controversial phone call: What we learned after five days of testimony in the PolyMet hearing
-Everyone concedes the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s handling of a water pollution permit for the controversial PolyMet project was far from normal. The big question is whether it was improper.
-
Group claims bias in lawsuit against Ohio water department
-A civil rights group has alleged in a federal lawsuit that Cleveland’s water department discriminates against black customers by shutting off service and placing liens on their property for unpaid bills at a far higher rate than for white customers.
-
Twin Metals Minnesota files formal mine plan with regulators
-Twin Metals Minnesota’s plan for an underground copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota is a project that has drawn fierce opposition because it would sit just upstream from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
-
Blue EconomyEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeIan WendrowIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake HuronNewsOhioPolicyU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsGreat Lakes Energy News Roundup: Warren’s ‘Blue New Deal,’ Enbridge lake debris, Ohio anti-protest bill, Canada’s nuclear waste
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s fortnightly energy-related headline roundup.
-
ArticleBetter Government AssociationBudgetChicagoCollaborationEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature-ChicagoIllinoisPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectLightfoot’s Actions on Environmental Campaign Promises Are Off to a Slow Start
-Chicago mayor says budget constraints have cooled her ambitious plans. Her 2020 budget includes no new funding for additional pollution inspectors.
-
AdvocacyArticleCollaborationDrinking WaterEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeGroundwater ContaminationhighlightIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectResourceThe StatesAdvocates banking on new Illinois coal ash law to protect rivers and wells
-Amid federal uncertainty, two of Illinois’ most notorious coal ash storage sites will likely test new cleanup rules adopted this year.
-
AdvocacyAPArticleCollaborationEquity and Environmental JusticeFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInvasive SpeciesNewsPartner ContentPolicyProtectRecreation and TourismThe States17 states sue feds over Endangered Species Act rules
-Seventeen states, including Illinois, Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania, sued the Trump administration Wednesday to block rules weakening the Endangered Species Act, saying the changes would make it tougher to protect wildlife even in the midst of a global extinction crisis.
