A 4.5-mile stretch of Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 pipeline that runs under the Straits of Mackinac has sparked anger, lawsuits, and serious concerns about the threat it poses to the Great Lakes. Read the full story by WDIV – TV –Detroit, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231027-line5
On Wednesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and local partners announced a new $100 million agreement to clean up nearly 875,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment under the Cuyahoga River, marking the first step toward removing the Gorge Metro Park dam in Ohio. Read the full story by the Akron Beacon Journal.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231027-gorge-dam
An autonomous quiet research vessel called Saildrone just set a new milestone with its return to port after 60 days on the Great Lakes. The fleet of these surface vessels has traveled 1 million nautical miles at sea. Read the full story by WPBN -TV – Traverse City, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231027-saildrone
On Wednesday morning, Michigan legislators joined environmental advocates to break down the details of a newly introduced “polluter pay” package intended to bolster the state of Michigan’s environmental cleanup standards. Read the full story by Michigan Advance.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231027-pollution-bill
Research is being performed on sea lamprey in Marquette Township, Michigan, to find out where the population is moving and how it can be controlled. Read the full story by WLUC – TV – Marquette, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231027-lamprey
A cleanup project at a former industrial complex on the banks of the St. Louis River in Duluth, Minnesota, is almost finished. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231027-duluth-cleanup
In June, the Brushwood Center in Lake County, Illinois, released a report that looks at the unequal effects of climate change on local communities of differing racial backgrounds. Read the full story by WTTW – TV – Chicago, IL.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231027-climate-justice
Monroe County, New York has made important improvements to their sewer system to combat some of the effects of climate change and protect local waterways. Read the full story by WROC – TV – Rochester, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231027-climate-resiliency
The Navy’s newest Littoral Combat Ship cannot make its way to the Atlantic Ocean after finding itself in the middle of a strike by St. Lawrence Seaway employees. Read the full story by USNI News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231027-marinette-strike
Residents of Biigtigong Nishnaabeg First Nation, on the north shore of Lake Superior in Ontario, are set to enjoy greatly improved access to clean water thanks to an expansion of water treatment services and water sourced from Lake Superior. Read the full story by Northern Ontario Business.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231027-superior-water
A federal oversight team is criticizing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its handling of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, a grant program that received roughly $4 billion for environmental projects in the Great Lakes region since it launched in 2010. Read the full story by The Detroit News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230927-epa
The Great Lakes Fishery Commission says they will be treating for sea lampreys in Michigan’s Tahquamenon River on September 29. Read the full story by WWTC-TV – Cadillac, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230927-lamprey
Michigan Radio takes a look at the effects invasive species are having on the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230927-invasive-species
Led by the Bay Mills Indian Community, more than 60 tribal nations from Indian Country have weighed in on Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s lawsuit to move the Line 5 oil pipeline from the heart of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Native News Online.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230927-tribal-support
Four bottles with messages inside are floating somewhere in Lake Michigan, waiting for someone to find them and win a stay in the White Shoal Lighthouse. Read the full story by WJBK-TV – Detroit, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230927-lighthouse-stay
This summer marked the arrival of three new cruise lines that added Cleveland, Ohio, to their list of stops. Read the full story by WEWS-TV – Cleveland, OH.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230927-cleveland
Great Lakes tribes that cherish the Straits of Mackinac say Line 5 is a ‘ticking time bomb’ for the Great Lakes, which contain a fifth of the Earth’s surface fresh water, and risks destroying their relationship with land and water. Read the full story by The Guardian.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230927-line-5
Isle Royale, a National Park that sits in Lake Superior, is considering plans to open the park to more visitors. Read the full story by WJBK-TV – Detroit, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230927-isle-royale
Ontario may seem to be a water secure region, but new research out of the University of Waterloo challenges the myth of water abundance in the Great Lakes watershed. Read the full story by The Sault Star.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230915-steel
Steel production dipped by 5,000 tons in the Great Lakes region last week, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute. Read the full story by The Times of Northwest Indiana.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230915-steel
During September the Alliance for the Great Lakes is encouraging Great Lakes residents to go to the beach and help clean up the shoreline. Read the full story by the Keweenaw Report.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230915-shoreline-cleanup
New research from Bowling Green State University shows that some migratory birds use the islands in Lake Erie during potentially dangerous crossings of the Lake, a key finding for possible placement of wind turbines. Read the full story by The Fremont News-Messenger.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230915-bird-migration
A company seeking to restart a southwestern Michigan nuclear power plant said Tuesday it has taken a major step forward with the signing of a power purchase agreement. Read the full story by The Associated Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230915-nuclear-power
More than 300 scientists, conservationists, and other stakeholders are gathering in Green Bay, Wisconsin to talk about the quality of the environment. Read the full story by WTAQ – Green Bay, WI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230915-aoc-conference
A new study analyzing toxins produced by Microcystis, the main type of cyanobacteria that compose the annual harmful algal bloom (HAB) in Lake Erie, suggests that the toxicity of the bloom may be overestimated in earlier warm months and underestimated later in the summer. Read the full story by The Beacon.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230915-algae
According to a news release, Lake Michigan ranks second on the list of most picturesque landscapes in America. Read the full story by The Detroit Free Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230915-lake-michigan
Waterspouts were observed Wednesday morning in the southern portion of Lake Michigan, according to Special Marine Warnings issued by the National Weather Service Office in Milwaukee. Read the full story by WOOD-TV Grand Rapids, Mi.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230915-waterspouts
States and Native American tribes will have greater authority to block energy projects such as natural gas pipelines that could pollute rivers and streams under a final rule issued Thursday by the Biden administration. Read the full story by the Detroit News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230915-biden-protection
Ontario First Nation chiefs are demanding Doug Ford’s government return land to the protected Greenbelt that the province removed for development. Read the full story by The Canadian Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230830-tribal-land
A donation from a developer to Fort Erie, Ontario, has seen a 22-acre parcel of land, that includes beach-front, added to the town’s inventory. Read the full story by Insauga News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230830-lake-front
The Member of Parliament for Toronto-Danforth was in Norfolk County, Ontario to check on federally funded efforts to strengthen biodiversity in the Long Point Walsingham Forest Priority Place and contribute to Ottawa’s goal of conserving 30 per cent of Canada’s land and waterways by 2030. Read the full story by The Stratford Beacon Herald.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230830-long-point
Approximately 360 square miles of Lake Erie were covered by a harmful algal bloom Tuesday, according to an update bulletin from the National Centers for Coastal Science and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Read the full story by WTOL -TV – Toledo, OH.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230830-algal-bloom
A research team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is using drones to study erosion along Lake Michigan. Listen to the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230830-drone
This month, Alpena, Alpena Township, and Alpena County, Michigan, all passed a resolution to take the Lake Huron Forever Pledge to advance water quality protection and healthy, sustainable communities on both sides of the lake. Read the full story by The Alpena News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230830-lake-huron
Steel production plunged by 24,000 tons in the Great Lakes region last week, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute. Read the full story by The Times of Northwest Indiana.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230830-steel
A group of mothers in Newmarket, Ontario, is planning a march to urge the provincial government to take greater climate action and preserve local waterways. Read the full story by Newmarket Today.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230830-climate-march
A federal judge Thursday approved an agreement between four Native American tribes and state and federal regulatory agencies to revise a fishing policy covering parts of three of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by The Associated Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230825-tribal-fishing
The state Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to revisit a decision overturning former 13th Circuit Court Judge Thomas Power’s ruling that the FishPass project in Traverse City, Michigan couldn’t go forward without a citywide vote. Read the full story by the Traverse City Record Eagle.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230825-fishpass
Scientists across the Great Lakes who monitor the endangered shorebird as they nest and raise their young counted at least 80 unique adult pairs of piping plovers – the most since the birds were listed as endangered in 1985. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230825-plover
A Michigan Court of Appeals panel has struck down state restrictions on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) levels in drinking water, but left the regulatory rules in place as the state pursues an appeal. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230825-pfas
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) has introduced a bill to keep companies from dumping plastic pellets into waterways. Read the full story by WGN- TV – Chicago, IL.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230825-plastic
The Chicago Tribune highlights the history of Calumet Harbor and its role in the Great Lakes shipping industry. Read the full story by The Chicago Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230825-calumet-harbor
A single male wolf that happened to cross the ice from Ontario during winter 1997 changed the entire ecosystem on Isle Royale, at first infusing the island’s wolves with new genetic vitality but eventually dooming his progeny to inbreeding and total collapse. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230825-isle-royale
A new study shows an increase of nearly 900 jobs and more than $235 million in additional economic activity in the port of Toledo compared to a 2018 study. Read the full story by WTVG -TV – Toledo, OH.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230825-port-toledo
A first-of-its-kind research boat on Lake Erie is headed toward Western New York after setting sail on July 14 and tracking fish populations from Toledo to Cleveland, Ohio. Read the full story by WGRZ -TV – Buffalo, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230825-fish-tracking
The City of St. Catharines, Ontario is advocating for a proposed cross-lake hovercraft service during sit downs with provincial ministers at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference this week. The service would create a rapid transit link between St. Catharines and Toronto. Read the full story by the St. Catharines Standard.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230825-hovercraft
construction by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of a stone breakwater in the abandoned shipping slip adjacent to Wilkeson Pointe is scheduled to begin in the fall and should be completed by November. Read the full story by The Buffalo News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230809-shoreline-enhancement
Most major Ohio rivers meeting water quality standards despite algal blooms, EPA reports. Read the full story by The Columbus Dispatch.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230809-water-quality
A recently released report commissioned by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection calls the Erie Coke Site “…a potential threat to human health and the environment.” Read the full story by Erie News Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230809-pollution
In June, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers promoted what the agency hopes will be a new strategy to control European frog-bit, an invasive aquatic plant. The agency offered researchers a $200,000 grant to develop a biological control for European frog-bit and its relative, water soldier. Read the full story by Michigan Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230809-frogbit
