Dec 14, 2018 | Daily News, Oil News
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s administration announced that it finalized negotiations with Enbridge Inc. to construct a tunnel under the Mackinaw Straits to replace the existing Line 5 oil pipeline. Read the full story by Crain’s Detroit...
Dec 14, 2018 | Daily News, Oil News
Increased domestic oil production and transportation threatens ecosystems and habitats across the Great Lakes. A new report documents 15 spots in the Great Lakes with high biodiversity and fish spawning habitat that are described as “particularly vulnerable” to...
Dec 14, 2018 | Daily News
State and federal agencies have released new online tools to track regional progress towards improving the Great Lakes, including a tool to help manage invasive species risks. Read the full story by WCMU Public...
Dec 14, 2018 | Daily News
The New York Power Authority is installing large steel pontoons called ice booms along the Niagara River to prevent large chunks of ice from travelling down the Niagara River. Read the full story by WBFO – Buffalo,...
Dec 14, 2018 | Daily News
PFAS contamination in a northern Michigan community continues to threaten drinking water supplies, two years after two forms of the toxic chemicals were discovered on military installations and spreading off-base. Read the full story by...
Dec 14, 2018 | Daily News
Beach erosion in Muskegon County, Michigan, revealed wreckage from a ship believed to have been lost in 1882. Read the full story by WILX-TV – Lansing,...
Dec 14, 2018 | Daily News
Michigan residents have five days to comment on a draft agreement with Canadian energy company Enbridge that would last 99 years for a new pipeline and tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac. Read the full story by WWMT-TV – Kalamazoo,...
Dec 14, 2018 | Daily News
Indigenous fishermen in Ontario’s Bruce Peninsula are unable to support themselves through fishing due to drastic declines in fish population. These fishermen are now teaming up to collect data about the changing environment to document these losses and improve the...
Dec 13, 2018 | Daily News
The state of Ohio will send out more than $1 million in grants this month to soil and water conservation districts in the western Lake Erie drainage basin to pay for action against harmful algal blooms. Read the full story by the Sandusky...
Dec 13, 2018 | Daily News
Ottawa County, Michigan was recently awarded a sub-grant to assess the current condition of the wetlands and lake’s shoreline and evaluate potential for ecological and recreational improvements. This will help as the county prepares a master planning process in 2019...
