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VIDEO: Street to Stream, the effect of road salt on our fresh water ecosystem
-The Great Lakes Bureau examines the long term corrosive effects of road salt on our fresh water ecosystem. We spoke…
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“No Nuclear Waste in the Great Lakes Backyard”: Lawmakers Send a Special Plea to Canada’s New Minister of Foreign Affairs
-Dozens of Republican and Democratic Lawmakers from the Great Lakes states sent a letter to Canada’s newly appointed Minister of…
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Legal hurdles face Flint residents in EPA suit
-A year after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency used its emergency authority to intervene in Flint, a group of residents…
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What Michigan’s Governor Rick Snyder said – and didn’t say – about the environment and the Great Lakes in his 2017 State of the State address
-He didn’t say much about the health of the Great Lakes. And he didn’t address the Flint water crisis until…
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Great Lakes Year in Review 2016
-By MARK BASHORE & GARY WILSON The Flint Water Crisis became a top story in 2016, but it wasn’t the…
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Hold the Salt, Please: The Environmental Impact of Road Salt
-As winter approaches, we’ll soon see salt-spreading plow trucks on the roads. And Todd Walter, director of the New York State…
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The International Joint Commission Invites Public Participation via Online Platform
-The IJC, or International Joint Commission, is an organization that was founded in 1909 when the Boundary Waters Treaty was signed by…
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What will Trump mean for the Great Lakes?
-Donald Trump’s election victory came with plenty of support from the Great Lakes region — unofficial returns show him winning five…
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Public Comment Extended to Dec. 3rd for Proposed Nestle Water Withdrawal Increase
-Hey Michiganders! How do you feel about the Nestle plant near Evart, Michigan upping it’s production from 150 to 400…
