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Asian CarpAuthorsBudgetDetroit RiverDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInterviewInvasive SpeciesMichiganNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRegionU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsVideoSnyder reflects on his Great Lakes record in one-on-one interview
-In a private interview with Detroit Public Television’s Great Lakes Now, outgoing Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said he is proud of his Great Lakes accomplishments during his eight-year tenure as governor.
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AdvocacyAuthorsDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeJames ProffittLake ErieMunicipalitiesNewsOhioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWaterfront Development“Rights of Nature” initiative for Lake Erie stalls in Toledo
-An effort by residents of a Midwest city to bestow Lake Erie, its tributaries and all its watersheds some of the same rights as American citizens has faltered for a third time. If approved, organizers say it would be the first use of Rights of Nature to protect a specific ecosystem…
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Lingering live algae cells on Lake Erie floor jumpstart harmful algal blooms
-Legacy cyanobacteria cells (also called bluegreen algae), which can produce the strain of microcystis responsible for microcystin toxins during late-summer as well as harmful algal blooms (HABS) in autumn on Lake Erie, may be helping jump-start the blooms or otherwise contribute to rapid development of blooms, without respect to current rain events or nutrient run-off from agricultural fields, according to a recently released study.
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Great Lakes mayors and First Nation group at odds with governors on water diversions
-Tension between Great Lakes governors, Canadian premiers and a bi-national group of mayors escalated last week when representatives of the governors and premiers rejected a proposal from the mayors to modify a proposed process on how the region addresses water diversion requests.
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AuthorsDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingMary Ellen GeistNewsVideoFull Senate vote on Enbridge Line 5 tunnel proposal delayed
-A Senate committee has approved a proposal that would move forward Gov. Rick Snyder’s agreement with Enbridge for a tunnel to encase the Line 5 pipeline beneath the Straits of Mackinac.
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AgricultureAuthorsDrinking WaterJames ProffittLake ErieNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectAnother blow in the fight to save Lake Erie
-Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s effort to protect the future of Lake Erie from harmful algal blooms was dealt a serious blow when the Ohio Soil and Water Conservation Commission declined to move forward in designating eight watersheds in northwest Ohio as “distressed.”
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AuthorsBudgetClimate ChangeMary Ellen GeistNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectScience, Technology, ResearchVideoWater Quality and Restoration Efforts“Great Lakes in the bullseye of Climate Change”
-The National Climate Assessment says the Great Lakes Region is smack-dab in the center of some of the most damaging impacts from climate change.
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AuthorsDrinking WaterMary Ellen GeistNewsRegionWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater WithdrawalsWaterfront DevelopmentWater School
-All across the Great Lakes Region, from large cities to small rural towns, new problems are emerging involving water contamination. Many of the issues involve drinking water. And yet some officials don’t know much about how water systems work. Michigan State University is offering up a solution called “Michigan Water School: Essential Resources for Local Officials.”
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A Great Lakes Moment from John Hartig
-The Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge has protected Humbug Marsh in Trenton and Gibraltar, Mich. and designed and developed the adjacent Refuge Gateway as a riverfront gathering place for people and wildlife as part of an effort to promote conservation in the region, revitalize the area, and accelerate the sustainability transition.
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AuthorsDrinking WaterGary WilsonMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRegionWisconsinGreat Lakes opportunities, obstacles await new governors in Michigan and Wisconsin
-What is the reality for Whitmer and Evers, two gubernatorial election winners in key Great Lakes states. Both are Democrats who will replace two-term Republicans.
