Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, his health director and other ex-officials have been told they’re being charged after a new investigation of the Flint water scandal, which devastated the majority Black city with lead-contaminated water and was blamed for a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease. Read the full story by the Associated Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210113-flint

Ken Gibbons

In a letter to Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Enbridge Energy stated that it will not stop operations on its Line 5 oil pipeline despite Gov. Whitmer’s November revocation of the pipeline’s 67-year-old easement and her May deadline for the line’s closure. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210112-enbridge

Ned Willig

The U.S. Coast Guard wants to replace one of its oldest cutters on the Great Lakes but delays in funding and congressional appropriations mean that a replacement boat may be several years away. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210112-coast-guard-cutter

Ned Willig

The U.S. Justice Department announced charges against a Flint, Michigan-based oil processing company for dumping leachate into Flint’s sewer system in violation of the company’s discharge permits. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210112-usjd-flint

Ned Willig

Akron Council has given initial approval of a deal to allow horizontal drilling and fracking under 475 acres of public land at the La Due Reservoir, which is upstream from the city’s main drinking water supply along the Cuyahoga River. Read the full story by the Akron Beacon Journal.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210112-akron

Ned Willig

The Lake Erie Agriculture Demonstrating Sustainability (LEADS) initiative in Ontario announced $2.58 million in available funding for farmers to adopt environmental sustainability and water quality improvement practices in the Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair watersheds. Read the full story by CTV News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210112-leads-initiative

Ned Willig

With three lake freighters in for maintenance work, this will be the busiest winter in years for the Port Weller dry docks, according to officials at Heddle Shipyards, which has operated the dry docks for the past three years. Read the full story by the St. Catharines Standard.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210112-port-weller

Ned Willig

The ship was originally used to launch and retrieve test torpedoes and targets before being decommissioned from the U.S. Navy in 1995. It was then transferred to the Naval Sea Cadet Corps and was renamed the United States Naval Sea Cadet Ship Grayfox in 1998 when it came to Port Huron. Read the full story by the Port Huron Times Herald.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210112-black-river

Ned Willig

A bill has extended the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative through 2026, a program which was previously set to end at the conclusion of the 2021 fiscal year. The bill will increase the program’s current funding level from $300 million to $375 million in the next fiscal year and increases funding by $25 million per year until it reaches $475 million in 2026. Read the full story by the Traverse City Record-Eagle.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210111-first-nation-water

Samantha Tank

The Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation is expanding its water system to deliver clean drinking water to hundreds of residents who have been grappling for more than a decade with seven drinking water safety advisories for their previous water supply. Read the full story by The Canadian Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210111-first-nation-water

Samantha Tank

Point Pelee National Park on the shores of Lake Erie in Ontario is closed for two weeks for an annual white-tailed deer cull with Indigenous partners to control the hyperabundant species. Read the full story by the National Parks Traveler.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210111-point-pelee

Samantha Tank

A company that owns the Au Train Hydroelectric dam in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula recently released a statement about why it is attempting to transfer ownership to state jurisdiction and what can be expected with that transfer. Read the full story by WLUC-TV – Au Train, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210111-dam-license

Samantha Tank

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has signed an agreement with the State of Illinois to begin early work on an $858 million project to prevent the spread of Asian carp into the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210108-asian-carp-agreement

Samantha Tank

The increased popularity of winter angling in the past decade or more is placing unprecedented pressure on some of Minnesota’s most productive walleye lakes, among them Upper Red, Lake of the Woods and Mille Lacs. Read the full story by the Star Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210108-winter-angling

Samantha Tank

The federal appropriations bill for the 2021 fiscal year, signed into law this week, included $26.5 million to test for lead in schools and child care centers, a nod to the legacy of the Flint water crisis, which lifted the issue of lead in drinking water into the national spotlight. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210108-lead-in-schools

Samantha Tank

Among the most talked about proposals in New York State’s Trout Stream Management Plan is the creation of a statewide, catch-and-release, artificial-lures-only trout fishing season from Oct. 16 to March 31. Read the full story by New York Upstate.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210108-ny-trout-fishing

Samantha Tank

Residents from Peshtigo, Wisconsin, have reached a $17.5 million settlement with Tyco Fire products and two other companies over widespread PFAS contamination to compensate residents to exposure to PFAS stemming from the use of firefighting foam in the area.  Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210107-peshtigo

Ned Willig

The Canadian Coast Guard’s annual icebreaking season on the Great Lakes, which provides assistance to the shipping industry, is underway. Working in partnership with the United States Coast Guard (USCG) District 9, the Canadian Coast Guard has two icebreakers assigned to the Great Lakes for the entire winter season. Read the full story by Marine Log.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210107-ccg

Ned Willig

The 378-passenger ship is scheduled to debut in early 2022 and will spend its maiden season sailing itineraries to Antarctica and North America’s Great Lakes region. The ship will be followed by a sister, Viking Polaris, which will debut in summer 2022 and will offer voyages to the Arctic and Antarctic. Read the full story by Cruise Critic.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210107-cruise

Ned Willig

The 2020 Duluth-Superior grain shipping season ended with the saltie Federal Oshima departing on Dec. 18 after loading at Duluth’s Riverland Ag facility. Its cargo included 26,070 short tons of North American spring wheat bound for Italy. Read the full story by Progressive Farmer.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210107-duluth-harbor

Ned Willig

The Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority reported the water levels in Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair remain will remain above average through January, and continue to cause flooding, erosion, and shoreline damage. Read the full story by CTV News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210107-le-water-levels

Ned Willig

All five of the Great Lakes closed out 2020 at lower levels than they were a year ago. But according to new projections from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the upper lakes are still expected to remain high in 2021. Read the full story by Interlochen Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210107-lakemichigan-levels

Ned Willig

The Ausable Bayfield Maitland Valley Source Protection Committee (SPC) in Ontario released a video that highlights how marine industries in Goderich, Ontario, help to protect the Great Lakes drinking water source in Goderich. Read the full story by the Goderich Signal-Star.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210106-arctic-grayling

Ned Willig

For decades, researchers have been trying to bring back the arctic grayling to Michigan without success. Now, more than 50 collaborators think bringing back the arctic grayling has a shot at success. Read the full story by WUOM – Ann Arbor, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210106-arctic-grayling

Samantha Tank

Ohio Sea Grant, The Ohio State University and The University of Toledo are requesting pre-proposals for one- to two-year research projects from Ohio colleges and universities as part of the Ohio Department of Higher Education’s Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative. Read the full story by The Bryan Times.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210106-algal-bloom-research

Samantha Tank

The endangered piping plovers have chosen a sliver of Montrose Beach as their yearly nesting ground. The space should be added to the nearby dunes natural area, conservationists say. Read the full story by Block Club Chicago.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210106-piping-plovers

Samantha Tank

The few commercial fishing businesses that remain in Michigan are suing the state’s Department of Natural Resources over changes to industry rules, stating that the new provisions will make commercial fishing all but impossible. Read the full story by WKAR – East Lansing, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210106-commercial-fishing

Samantha Tank