Despite a presidential memorandum nine months ago that called for “maximum speed and efficiency” in moving to block invasive Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, the Brandon Road project remains under administrative review by the Trump administration. Democratic senators from Michigan and Illinois wrote to the White House budget director and the U.S. Army Corps, urging them to release the federal funds that Congress already approved to allow the project to proceed. Read the full story by the Detroit News.
Great Lakes Daily News
Latest Daily News
- Scientists race to protect Lake Superior from invasive mussels
- Cost controls, clean energy needed as data centers surge, report says
- Lawmakers fear Ohio EPA’s proposed data center permit could harm Lake Erie
- Ontario puts $700 million more into water infrastructure to support housing, safety
- Construction of Asian carp barrier in Illinois hits another snag
- Great Lakes shipping season is over. Where did all the ‘lakers’ go?
- Lake Erie freezing rapidly: See how fast
- ‘A domino effect’: How data centers could affect Michigan’s water supply
- U.S. Coast Guard to close waterway near Mackinac Island so ice bridge can form
- Slotkin: Years later, Flint water crisis still causing lasting harm
- Michigan could make six invasive plant species illegal, including a few popular flowering plants
- Columbus will become second-largest data center hub in the Great Lakes region, report says