When U.S. Rep.-to-be Debbie Dingell was growing up in St. Clair, she’d get in an inner tube and ride in the wake of freighters passing on the St. Clair River.
She fished there too.
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2024/04/08/dingell-talks-environmental-priorities-in-election-year/
Reporting on environmental problems and controversies remains a perilous endeavor, as demonstrated by a series of incidents around the globe.
Journalists are physically assaulted, jailed, interrogated by police, kidnapped, fired, sued for libel, harassed and even murdered for seeking to expose environmental crimes
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2024/01/31/environmental-journalism-danger-commentary/
Books usually speak to readers through words and, sometimes, illustrations.
But we can learn what motivated their authors by speaking directly to them, as Great Lakes Echo correspondents did in interviews this year about new books about environmental issues in the region.
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/12/21/great-lakes-authors-bare-their-motives/
Residents of major Great Lakes cities, including Lansing, are using less water, a trend that has economic, societal and environmental implications, a new study found.
And the relationship between per capita water use and socioeconomic factors such as income and race may prove significant as policymakers address inequities in the distribution and affordability of water
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/12/01/water-consumption-drops-in-great-lake-cities-study-finds/
Residents of three agricultural counties in the Thumb have a disproportionately high rate of colorectal cancer, including a higher death rate from the disease, according to a new study.
Colorectal cancer is the third-leading cause of cancer death in the United States.
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/11/30/thumb-counties-hit-by-high-colorectal-cancer-rates/
A charter captain faces prison and a fine when he is sentenced early next year for violating a Coast Guard order to stop commercial operation of his unlicensed boat on Lake St. Clair.
Benajmin Jones, 39, of Detroit pleaded guilty to a felony charge of deliberately violating a July 2021 Coast Guard order with his 39-foot Sea Ray, PWR TOWER, federal prosecutors said.
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/11/27/charter-boat-captain-faces-prison-for-unlicensed-vessel/
You’re wrong if you think the lowly earthworm has little to do with the health of Michigan’s hardwood forests.
To the contrary, “exotic” – non-native – earthworms can have “widespread and complex effects” on individual trees and overall forest health
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/10/25/invasive-earthworms-threaten-hardwood-forests-in-the-great-lakes-region/
As if climate change-related rising lake levels, extreme weather and threats to biodiversity weren’t enough to worry about, now we can also worry about the public health threat of invading mosquitoes.
North America has about 250 species of mosquitoes, of which about 70 are found in Michigan.
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/10/13/disease-carrying-mosquitoes-moving-north/
Massasaugas strongly prefer small mammal prey, yet individuals occasionally consume other prey, including amphibians, reptiles and birds.
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/07/03/what-do-michigan-rattlers-chow-down/
By Eric Freedman A Frankfort, Michigan, man has been arrested on federal charges of vandalism and tampering at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore by diverting water from the Platte River within the park. Andrew Howard faces up to six months in jail and a $5,000 fine if convicted. He also could be ordered to pay […]
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/06/15/arrest-made-in-sleeping-bear-dunes-vandalism-case/
Great Lakes-themed books for your holiday giving.
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/12/08/great-lakes-reading-for-the-holidays/
Extreme weather tied to climate change poses a greater threat than insecticides to the wild bee populations that are essential to Michigan blueberry growers, a recent study says.
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/10/28/climate-change-threatens-wild-bees-that-blueberries-need/
A federal grand jury has indicted two business rivals in Western Pennsylvania for alleged interstate trafficking in wild ginseng, a perennial herb whose root is valued for its reputed aphrodisiac and medicinal properties, including as a panacea or cure-all for some diseases.
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/09/13/business-rivals-indicted-for-ginseng-trafficking/
Cougar habitat in North America has been shrinking due to development, land fragmentation and “human-induced mortality,” wildlife researchers warn.
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/08/02/mapping-pathways-for-roaming-cougars/
A former supervisor of a Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority plant is expected to plead guilty to a felony charge for allegedly ordering employees to discharge sludge into the Allegheny River.
The post Guilty plea expected in Allegheny River pollution case first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/07/06/guilty-plea-expected-in-allegheny-river-pollution-case/
Sept. 1, 2019, was a deadly day for a 700-pound black bear illegally shot with a compound bow near a garbage dump on Minnesota’s Red Lake Indian Reservation.
The post Poached black bear lands Minnesota poacher behind bars first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/06/30/poached-black-bear-lands-minnesota-poacher-behind-bars/
Federal authorities have charged the owner and manager of more than 100 buildings in Buffalo with conspiracy for violating laws intended to protect tenants from lead paint poisoning.
The post Feds file conspiracy charges against owner, manager, of Buffalo properties with long-running lead paint violations first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/06/21/feds-file-conspiracy-charges-against-owner-manager-of-buffalo-properties-with-long-running-lead-paint-violations/
The owner of the Old Cavern Boutique in Montreal has been arrested on charges of illegally trafficking in wildlife parts and sending them from Canada into the United States.
The post Skullduggery at the border: Feds crack skull-smuggling operation first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/06/07/skullduggery-at-the-border-feds-crack-skull-smuggling-operation/
By Eric Freedman A federal judge has sentenced a Flint, Michigan, polluter to one year behind bars for illegally discharging more than 47 million gallons of untreated waste into the city’s sewer system. Robert Massey, the 70-year-old president and owner of family-owned Oil Chem Inc., pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Water Act over an […]
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/05/28/michigan-polluter-ordered-to-jail-for-illegally-discharging-untreated-waste/
An Ontario shipping company has agreed to pay a $500,000 fine and to implement an environmental compliance program after accepting responsibility for the illegal dumping of 11,887 gallons of oily bilge water into Lake Ontario.
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/05/24/canadian-shipping-company-fined-for-dumping-oily-bilge-water-into-lake-ontario/
A new novel from Michigan author Joseph Heywood.
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/04/26/novel-sends-u-p-game-warden-on-20th-century-spy-mission/
A new study focuses on songs about the Edmund Fitzgerald and three other well-known wrecks.
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/04/13/folk-songs-preserve-memories-of-great-lakes-shipwrecks/
State electricity experts hope former Gov. Jennifer Granholm advances Michigan's interest in improved transmssion, electric vehicles, wind and solar power.
The post Deja vu — former Michigan elected official leads national energy policy, again first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/02/08/deja-vu-former-michigan-elected-official-leads-national-energy-policy-again/
Michigan’s cherry industry may have a way to make money from, of all things, the pits.
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/01/27/new-uses-for-cherry-pits-makes-landfilling-a-waste-of-a-waste/
A federal judge has slapped a Western Pennsylvania copper-processing company with a $550,000 fine for its years-long criminal violations of the Clean Water Act, including illegal discharging of oil into the Ohio River.
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/01/14/pennsylvania-company-slammed-for-illegal-discharges/
The U.S. Coast Guard wants to retire its oldest cutter on the Great Lakes, the 57-year-old cutter Buckthorn.
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/12/11/oldest-coast-guard-cutter-with-smallest-crew-and-largest-great-lakes-responsibility-needs-replacing/
By Eric Freedman Looking for a holiday gift with the spirit of the Great Lakes region? If so, here are books (in alphabetical order by title) that Great Lakes Echo has written about this year, including interviews with their authors. Eating with the Seasons, Great Lakes Region by Dereck Nicholas This cookbook combines recipes, language […]
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/12/07/great-gifts/
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/11/13/ann-arbor-author-explores-great-lakes-as-the-inner-coast/
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/10/19/study-suggests-rural-strategies-help-economies-of-shrinking-cities/
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/10/16/neighbors-at-war/
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/10/14/hunters-need-to-avoid-contaminated-game/
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/10/07/disappearing-history-sites-dropped-from-national-register-of-historic-places/
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/10/05/what-drives-farmers-to-join-farmers-markets/
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/09/30/dialing-for-danger-many-drivers-do-new-study-shows/
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/09/02/judges-declaw-indiana-zoo-for-illegally-declawing-big-cat-cubs-abusing-animals/
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/08/20/remembering-the-birth-of-isle-royales-wolf-moose-study/
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/08/10/ohio-slaughterhouse-operator-sent-to-prison-for-environmental-money-laundering-crimes/
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/07/09/mobsters-in-the-vacationlands/
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/06/24/gloom-doom-and-ruin-draw-visitors-to-detroit-study-says/
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/06/19/along-the-inter-urban/
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/04/27/abandoned-mines-aplenty-but-cash-to-clean-close-them-scarcer/
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/04/02/remembering-the-ups-break-away-movement/
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