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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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AdvocacyAgricultureAuthorsDrinking WaterFoodIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInterviewJames ProffittLake ErieNewsOhioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRegionVideoFarming and the Future
-While most farmers aren’t happy about the newly-minted ordinance, they’re not overly concerned about it, either. Many of them at the Oak Harbor event were confident in their efforts to keep their operations as environmentally-friendly as possible.
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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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Will new governor end Illinois’ inertia over Asian carp solution?
-In a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers, Pritzker said he “generally supports implementation” of the Corps’ $778 million plan to stop the carp advance at the Brandon Road Lock, a potential choke point some 50 miles from Chicago and Lake Michigan.
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AdvocacyAuthorsBudgetDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRegionWaterfront DevelopmentSome Great Lakes governors make water quality a top priority in first budgets and actions
-Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday told legislators who have to approve her budget that she wants Michigan to take a new path where “every community has clean safe drinking water.”
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Mackinac – Our Famous Island
-Mackinac – Our Famous Island, Detroit Public TV and Mackinac State Historic Parks takes viewers along its many shores and trails to experience the natural beauty of the island, visit landmarks that reveal its earliest history and introduce the people who still work to preserve this special place.
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Great Lakes Moment: Detroit Garden Center Leading by Example
-A recent article published by the prestigious National Academy of Sciences concluded what Detroit Garden Center had long known – that small patches of habitat are important to protecting biodiversity or the variety of life on Earth.
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AuthorsBudgetGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRegionShipping and PortsGreat Lakes shipping industry united on Soo Locks as priority
-Great Lakes shipping industry leaders are united on their priorities heading into the 2019 season with securing funding for the Soo Locks at the top of the agenda.
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AdvocacyAgricultureAuthorsEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieNewsOhioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeSandra SvobodaWaterfront DevelopmentThe Global Movement in Local Courts
-If Toledo voters approve the Lake Erie Bill of Rights proposal on their Feb. 26 ballots, how it will change environmental law and policy won’t be immediately be known.
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AdvocacyAuthorsBudgetEquity and Environmental JusticeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieMunicipalitiesNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRegionSandra SvobodaMaking Waves at the Ballot Box
-Residents of Toledo will have the Lake Erie Bill of Rights on their ballots in a special election on Feb. 26.
