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What do you think of the Milwaukee Bucks’ ‘Great Lakes Blue’ city edition uniform?

On: December 2, 2020

The Milwaukee Bucks unveiled the official look of their 2020-21 “Great Lakes Blue” alternate city edition uniforms Tuesday. Inspired by Milwaukee’s meaning as “the gathering place by the water,” this year’s jersey emphasizes the city’s location along the shore of Lake Michigan. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201202-giannis-mvp

Great Lakes area mayors form water commission

On: December 2, 2020

Eleven mayors from major Great Lakes and St. Lawrence cities will participate in a newly-formed Mayors Water Equity Commission. The commission’s goal will be to address a range of water issues, including access, affordability, community and economic benefits from water infrastructure investments and community impacts due to climate change. Read the full story by the Windsor Star.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201202-water-commission

Dismissed: Michigan advocates outraged by state’s bottled water decision

On: December 2, 2020

Water conservation advocacy groups in Michigan expressed outrage over the state’s recent dismissal of their appeal of the decision allowing Nestle Waters North America to increase the amount of groundwater it was withdrawing for bottled water. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201202-bottled-water

So Great, So Fragile: Great Lakes shorelines eroded, washed away after years of high water levels

On: December 2, 2020

High lake levels, strong winds and powerful waves have caused millions of dollars in damage to the Great Lakes shorelines. Beaches are being washed away, homes flooded, and treasured recreational spots have been reduced to rubble. Read the full story by WLS-TV- Chicago, IL.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201202-fragile

“Saving the Great Lakes”: National Geographic December issue explores the lakes and their struggles

On: December 1, 2020

The feature story of National Geographic magazine’s December 2020 issue puts a spotlight on the Great Lakes. Great Lakes Now News Director Natasha Blakely interviews the author, Tim Folger and his connection and interest in the Great Lakes region. Read the full story by GreatLakesNow.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201201-great-lakes-national-geographic

Patrick Canniff

800,000+ people risk water shutoffs in the Great Lakes state

On: December 1, 2020

More than 317,000 households serving an estimated 800,000 Michiganders throughout Michigan are known to be behind on their water bills and could face water shutoffs. The potential shutoffs are due in part to the Michigan Supreme Court repeal of Governor Whitmer’s water reconnection Executive Order in October. Read the full story by National Resource Defense Council.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201201-water-shutoff-michigan

Patrick Canniff

Long-awaited local sewage plant needed for Newmarket growth may be cancelled

On: December 1, 2020

The Regional Municipality of York’s proposed and funded wastewater treatment facility in East Gwillimbury, Ontario, part of the $715-million Upper York Sewage Solutions project, has been waiting for the green light from the province for years in the face of strong opposition from the Chippewas of Georgina First Nation. Read the full story by NewmarketToday.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201201-ontario-wastewater

Patrick Canniff

Task force reviewing proposals to strengthen rules for Michigan dam owners

On: December 1, 2020

A Michigan task force is reviewing recommendations to strengthen regulations for Michigan’s dams in the wake of the May failure of two “grossly underfunded” Midland-area dams that led to catastrophic damage. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201201-michgan-dams

Patrick Canniff

Michigan’s Governor would cause regional energy crisis in Canada

On: December 1, 2020

Sarnia’s mayor warns Line 5 shutdown would harm economy on both sides of border if Michigan succeeds in shutting down the Line 5 pipeline citing potential regional energy crisis and economic pain. Read the full story by Lake Superior News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201201-line-5-energy-canada

Patrick Canniff

Coast Guard investigates half-submerged barge, oil sheen in Grand Traverse Bay

On: December 1, 2020

Coast Guard Sector Sault Sainte Marie said it received its first report of the half-sunken barge in part of the bay near Traverse City about 9:30 a.m., Nov. 30^th. The barge was in about 10 feet of water, sitting about 100 yards from shore. View the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201201-coast-guard-oil

Patrick Canniff

$1.5M Possible for Lake Linden Trail repair

On: December 1, 2020

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has recommended that $1.5 million dollars from the Land and Water Conservation Fund be allocated to help rebuild the ATV and snowmobile trail that runs from Dollar Bay to Lake Linden. Read the full story by Keweenaw Report.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201201-michigan-trail-repair

Patrick Canniff

Experimental Lakes looking ahead to summer already

On: December 1, 2020

In a visit in the spring, Greg Rickford, the minister for northern development announced $30,000 for design work to help build new facilities, as well as $2 million in operating money that is being leveraged to bring more than $10 million worth of research. Read the full story by DrydenNow.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201201-experimental-lakes

Patrick Canniff

Cleaning up the River Raisin over the years

On: December 1, 2020

The unregulated degradation of River Raisin from the 1900s to the 1980s made the waterway and its environs one of the most polluted rivers in Michigan. This led to the designation of the River Raisin as an Area of Concern by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in 1987 as part of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of that year and fielding the way for greater restoration. Read the full story by LenConnect.com.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201201-michigan-river-pollution

Patrick Canniff

DNR turns to helicopters for restocking fish populations in remote Minnesota lakes

On: November 30, 2020

For years Minnesota biologists stocked remote lakes with trout by dropping them out of planes in sometimes risky conditions from about 100 feet. With better equipment, they began using safer and more gentle helicopters in 2020. Read the full story by the Star Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020130-helicopter-fish-stocking

Whitmer’s office slams Enbridge over lawsuit seeking to block state’s Line 5 shutdown order

On: November 30, 2020

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s office assailed Enbridge Inc. for filing a lawsuit last week in an effort to reverse the state’s order to shut down controversial pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac, saying the oil giant was endangering the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Detroit Metro Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020130-enbridge-lawsuit

Sleeping Bear Dunes piping plover spotted in South Carolina, heralded as “true survivor”

On: November 30, 2020

After a troublesome nesting season for some Great Lakes piping plovers, one little bird’s big trip this fall is being celebrated as a victory. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020130-piping-plover

Tribe funds continued dredging as Lake Superior mine waste threatens harbor

On: November 30, 2020

The cold-weather dredging at Grand Traverse Harbor in Lake Superior, on Upper Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula, is ongoing and being funded by the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community. Read the full story by WXPR – Ironwood, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020130-dredging

Sandhill cranes, a conservation success story, now face climate change threat

On: November 30, 2020

After making a real comeback after near extinction in the 1930s from loss of habitat and overhunting, the sandhill crane is now facing a new threat in the Great Lakes: climate change. Read the full story by WTTW – Chicago, IL.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020130-sandhill-cranes

Flushing out COVID-19: EGLE awards $10M in grants to detect virus in wastewater

On: November 30, 2020

The Michigan departments of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy and Health and Human Services have announced more than $6.5 million in grant funding, and more than $3 million in laboratory equipment purchases, for universities across the state and other partners to run 20 three-month pilot programs to test for the COVID-19 virus in wastewater. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020130-wastewater-grants

Michigan DNR awards nearly $2M in recreation grants to 18 communities

On: November 30, 2020

Nearly $2 million in recreation grants will go to local park and trail improvements and developments across eighteen communities, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Read the full story by WDIV-TV – Detroit, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020130-recreation-grants

Famous Lake Michigan view featured on National Geographic’s December issue

On: November 30, 2020

A famous view of Lake Michigan graces the cover of December’s National Geographic. The image features Empire Bluff, part of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Leelanau County. Read the full story by the Manistee News Advocate.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020130-national-geographic

U.S. Coast Guard cutter is carrying ‘Christmas Tree Ship’ load across Lake Michigan

On: November 30, 2020

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw will be angling west toward Chicago, carrying a load of more than 1,000 Christmas trees as it recreates the holiday spirit of Michigan’s ill-fated Christmas Tree Ship, which sank in late November 1912. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020130-christmas-tree-ship

Seasonal relief coming from high Great Lakes water levels

On: November 30, 2020

As winter sets in, Great Lakes water levels’ seasonal decline is well underway. But the threat of more shoreline erosion and flooding from unusually high water remains for summer 2021. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020130-water-levels

So Great, So Fragile: Climate change linked to severe weather in cities along the Great Lakes

On: November 25, 2020

Scientists link planet’s warming to changing weather patterns in Great Lakes series from ABC7 Chicago, National Geographic. Read the full story by WLS-TV- Chicago, IL.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020125-climate-change

Waterkeeper completes 3-year restoration project on Spicer Creek at River Oaks

On: November 25, 2020

Recently, Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper conducted a tree planting on Grand Island on Spicer Creek, New York, that helped to restore the shorelines that have been eroding for years. Read the full story by Buffalo Rising.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020125-waterkeeper

Eagle Creek says Morrow Dam spill gate replacement expected by end of 2020

On: November 25, 2020

After months of delays, the Morrow Dam in Michigan is close to completion. For the past year, sediment-laden water has been flowing through the dam, polluting the Kalamazoo River, which ultimately discharges into Lake Michigan. Read the full story by WWMT-TV- Kalamazoo, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020125-dam-spill

COMMENTARY: Great Lakes states went big for Joe Biden — and he should go big for the Great Lakes

On: November 25, 2020

The Great Lakes may be the United States’ greatest natural resource, and the many challenges facing the Great Lakes should be high on both the budgetary and environmental to do-list of the new administration. Read the full story by the Chicago Sun-Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020125-biden

GRCA calls on province to reconsider proposed changes

On: November 25, 2020

The Grand River Conservation Authority is calling on the province of Ontario to reconsider changes it believes will limit its role on important issues, including flood mitigation. At issue are proposed changes included in Bill 229, which would limit Ontario’s 36 conservation authorities powers on how they regulate development in flood plains. Read the full story by The Gananoque Reporter.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020125-grca

IJC Board downsizing heading into 2021

On: November 25, 2020

The International Joint Commission’s Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board will decrease to a six-member board, with an equal number of members from the U.S. and Canada, effective December 1. Read the full story by the Niagara Gazette.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020125-ijc

Chicago, Hammond to offer competing pitches to sell Joliet Lake Michigan water

On: November 25, 2020

As the city of Joliet, Illinois, looks to sign a contract to start getting its water from Lake Michigan, the Illinois cities of Chicago and Hammond both want the potentially lucrative deal to deliver it. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020125-water-chicago

Water conservation group calls on AG to investigate Nestle

On: November 25, 2020

Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation has called for Michigan’s Attorney General to investigate Nestle on the grounds that the company’s groundwater withdrawal for its bottled water is damaging to the environment. Read the full story by Cadillac News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020125-nestle

Enbridge sues Michigan over oil pipeline shutdown order

On: November 25, 2020

Enbridge is fighting an order to shut down its oil pipeline that crosses the waterway connecting Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. The Canadian company filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, who demanded earlier this month that Line 5 be closed within 180 days. Read the full story by the Associated Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020125-shutdown

Getting the word out on blue-green algae

On: November 24, 2020

The county council of Haliburton, Ontario will be discussing what can be done to better inform residents when blue-green algae blooms are suspected on area lakes, and how to improve education for everyone, following several confirmed cases of the potentially toxic organisms. Read the full story by The Haliburton County Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020124-ontario-blue-green-algae

Patrick Canniff

Superfund cleanup begins on stretch of Kalamazoo River choked by lake mud

On: November 24, 2020

The Crown Vantage project is the first step in a new phase of Kalamazoo River cleanup, which will escalate next spring along an urbanized stretch that’s long awaited its turn with the type of remedial work that began years ago downstream in Michigan communities like Plainwell and Otsego. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020124-michigan-superfund-river

Patrick Canniff

A remarkable recovery: Bald eagles thriving in Ohio after near-extinction in 1970s

On: November 24, 2020

The most recent count documented more than 700 nests across the state, a sign that the remarkable recovery of bald eagles in Ohio is reaching new heights. The recent numbers are a far cry from around 40 years ago, when Ohio was then home to only four breeding pairs of bald eagles. View the full story by USA Today.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020124-ohio-eagles

Patrick Canniff

Port Huron Township utilizing $4.6 million state loan for water main work next year

On: November 24, 2020

Port Huron Township, MI is getting a $4.6 million loan to replace a handful of water main systems as part of a state drinking water revolving fund program. Read the full story by the Times Herald.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020124-michigan-water-systems

Patrick Canniff

Nestle water bottling in Michigan wins again – critics are fuming

On: November 24, 2020

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy late Friday announced it was dismissing a permit challenge against Nestle Waters North America. The most recent permit challenge came from the grassroots Michigan environmental protection group, Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation, and the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. Read the full story by WBBCK – FM – Battle Creek, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020124-nestle-water

Patrick Canniff

Halton leaders fight back against conservation authority changes from province

On: November 24, 2020

Halton’s mayors and the board of Conservation Halton are calling on the province to scrap planned changes to the Conservation Authorities Act, which many say will drain conservation authorities of their ability to protect the environment. Read the full story by the Hamilton Spectator.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020124-conservation-authorities-act

Patrick Canniff

108 years ago today, the “Christmas Tree ship” foundered in Two Rivers

On: November 24, 2020

On Nov. 23, 1912, the 44-year-old schooner ROUSE SIMMONS, also known as the Christmas Tree Ship, foundered in Lake Michigan near Two Rivers, with all on board. A piece of it lives on right here in Milwaukee. Read the full story by On Milwaukee.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020124-shipping-rouse-simmons

Patrick Canniff

These unique maps show what’s in Milwaukee’s Harbor

On: November 24, 2020

A unique set of maps is guiding current restoration efforts that could help remove Milwaukee’s harbor from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s list of areas of concern and stimulate the local economy. Read the full story by Milwaukee Magazine.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020124-milwaukee-harbor-restoration

Patrick Canniff

Enbridge gets final federal permit for Line 3

On: November 24, 2020

Enbridge has received the last federal permit needed to replace its Line 3 oil pipeline across Minnesota, leaving only a few state approvals before construction can begin. Read the full story by WDIO – TV – Duluth, MN.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020124-line-3-minnesota

Patrick Canniff

Twin Ports woman takes helm of Eat Wisconsin Fish initiative

On: November 24, 2020

As the new outreach specialist for the Wisconsin Sea Grant’s Eat Wisconsin Fish initiative, Sharon Moen plans to share her enthusiasm for aquatic edibles with consumers throughout the state. Read the full story by Superior Telegram.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020124-wisconsin-sea-grant-fish

Patrick Canniff

State dismisses case challenging Nestle’s water withdrawal permit in Michigan

On: November 23, 2020

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy on Friday rejected a case challenging Nestle Waters North America’s permit to increase their water withdrawals from its facility in Osceola County. Read the full story by WDIV-TV – Detroit, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020123-nestle-case-dismissed

Tackling a tasty invader: Michigan vs. red swamp crayfish

On: November 23, 2020

Michigan environmental officials are turning to radio telemetry and modified shower loofas in their fight to contain a tasty invader in the state: the red swamp crayfish. Read the full story by WOOD-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020123-michigan-invader

Raw sewage discharged into Flint River after power outage at pumping station

On: November 23, 2020

A power outage at a pump station led to raw sewage being dumped over the weekend into mid-Michigan’s Flint River. Water quality tests on the Flint River will be performed, with the results posted on the State of Michigan website. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020123-flint-river-sewage

Kettle Moraine Springs hatchery renovation slated for 2021 start-up

On: November 23, 2020

A long-awaited renovation of a Lake Michigan trout and salmon hatchery, promised by state officials since 2013, is getting closer to completion but is still not ready to take fish. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020123-hatchery-renovation

Legal Translation: Environmental attorney explains the latest on Enbridge Line 5 news

On: November 23, 2020

The director of the environmental law clinic at University of Detroit Mercy updates viewers about the latest legal actions on Line 5 and provides a refresher about what the pipeline is all about. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020123-line-5-news

See 1,500 tons of rock being placed to shore up beloved Michigan lighthouse

On: November 23, 2020

After a successful fundraising effort to purchase loads of big riprap rock to protect the iconic Round Island Lighthouse from damaging ice and wave action, contractors shipped out 1,500 tons of big rock on barges to the island. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020123-michigan-lighthouse

3 days of court hearings planned for arguments in Ann Arbor dioxane pollution case

On: November 23, 2020

Three days of court hearings are expected to take place in January in the legal case against polluter Gelman Sciences, whose toxic chemical plume of dioxane continues to spread through Ann Arbor’s groundwater in southeast Michigan. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020123-dioxane-pollution

Copy of: 2020 lake ice forecast: Will it freeze over?

On: November 23, 2020

With a La Niña in place this winter, what does that mean for the Great Lakes? Will they freeze over? Read the full story by WZZM-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2020123-ice-forecast