Daily News (Page 70)

$37 million project breaks ground in Nipigon

On: May 6, 2024

Parks Canada broke ground on Saturday on the new Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area Administration and Visitors Centre. The center is being constructed on the Nipigon Marina and will allow visitors to learn about some of the things Parks Canada does to keep the big lake healthy. Read the full story by SN News Watch.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240505-lake-superior-national-marine-conservation-area

Theresa Gruninger

Illinois passed a law to clean up coal ash 5 years ago. What’s taking so long?

On: May 6, 2024

In 2019, the state of Illinois confirmed what advocates had long suspected, coal ash from the Waukegan Generating Station had leached into nearby groundwater right next to Lake Michigan. Plans were submitted to clean up the operation, but those plans are still on hold. Read the full story by Grist.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240505-coal-ash

Theresa Gruninger

How will a warm winter affect spring fishing? What to know before the opener

On: May 6, 2024

The Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Opener took place on Saturday and anglers were eagerly waiting to drop a line, hoping to reel in trout, bass, walleye and muskie. But the state’s unseasonably warm winter may have had an effect on fish hatch for some species. Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240505-spring-fishing-mn

Theresa Gruninger

Matt Kaplan to lead new Great Lakes Authority

On: May 6, 2024

The White House has nominated Matt Kaplan to serve as the first federal co-chair of the Great Lakes Authority (GLA). The GLA was authorized by Congress in 2022 and will promote regional economic development. Read the full story by Marine Link.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240505-great-lakes-authority

Theresa Gruninger

Caribou to be returned to Lake Superior island

On: May 6, 2024

The disappearance of wolves from a large island on Lake Superior means the timing is good for restoring its caribou herd. The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks says plans are underway to transport a dozen boreal caribou to Lake Superior’s Michipicoten Island. Read the full story by SN News Watch.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240505-caribou

Theresa Gruninger

Judge sets a deadline to put Lake Erie on pollution diet

On: May 6, 2024

Ohio’s environmental regulators will have until the end of June to finish a plan to aimed at combating toxic algae blooms that have flourished in Lake Erie since the late 1990s. The deadline is part of the settlement agreement a federal judge approved Thursday. Read the full story by AP News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240505-lake-erie

Theresa Gruninger

Oswego looks at agreement establishing costs of Lake Michigan water project

On: May 6, 2024

In Illinois, the Oswego Village Board on Tuesday will consider an intergovernmental agreement concerning costs associated with bringing in Lake Michigan water. Read the full story by the The Beacon-News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240506-oswego

COMMENTARY: Clean water is our moonshot moment for Midwest climate leadership

On: May 6, 2024

One-fifth of the planet’s surface freshwater sits in our Great Lakes. Demand for it will only grow, which gives us both an opportunity and a responsibility to speed the pace of water innovation. Over the next 10 years, a bipartisan coalition called Great Lakes ReNEW will invest millions of dollars in new technologies to recover and recycle valuable minerals, such as nickel, cobalt and lithium, from our water, and remove toxic chemicals such as per- and polyfluorinated substances, known as PFAS. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240506-pritzer

‘Rock snot’ cells found in Michigan river: What to know about this invasive algae

On: May 3, 2024

Cells from an invasive algae known as didymo or “rock snot” have been found in the Au Sable River in Oscoda County, Michigan. Didymo can create thick mats that cover river and stream bottoms which alters habitat, recreation, and food resources for fish. Read the full story by WDIV – TV – Detroit, Michigan.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240503-invasive-didymo-found

AI system to assist in St Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes traffic management

On: May 3, 2024

St Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation and Great Lakes St Lawrence Seaway have agreed a deal to deploy a new Voyage Information System from Global Spatial Technology Solutions to enhance joint management of the bi-national waterways between Canada and the United States. Read the full story by the Smart Maritime Network.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240503-ai-seway-traffic-assistance

Great Lakes legislation clears U.S. Senate committee

On: May 3, 2024

The federal government is closer to spending $500 million a year to extend a nearly 15-year effort to stop contamination throughout the Great Lakes. Read the full story by The Center Square.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240503-legislation-clears-senate

Lake Ontario water levels expected to stay near or just below average into summer

On: May 3, 2024

Early indications and forecasts from the International Lake Ontario – St. Lawrence River Board, which maintains outflow from Lake Ontario for the International Joint Commission, show that the normal mid-summer high point for Lake Ontario levels will remain slightly below average. Read the full story by WROC – TV – Rochester, NY.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240503-ontario-water-levels

Turbine lake dispute keeps muddying waters

On: May 3, 2024

A feasibility study released in 2022 by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority did not support the placement of turbines in Lakes Erie and Ontario. This was thought to be the end to future consideration but a recent proposal from Pennsylvania says otherwise. Read the full story by The Post-Journal.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240503-wind-turbine-dispute

Wetland restoration in southeast Michigan reconnects habitat to Lake Erie

On: May 3, 2024

After 12 years and $7.5 million, the habitat restoration of a large wetland preserve in the very southeast corner of Michigan is now complete, just in time for the migratory birds heading this way. Read the full story by WJBK – TV – Detroit, Michigan.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240503-wetland-restoration

Lampricide treatments critical in Pennsylvania’s Erie streams as efforts continue to kill off invasive predator in Great Lakes

On: May 3, 2024

Efforts to kill sea lamprey larvae in Conneaut Creek in Pennsylvania were conducted in late April at the start of a six-month-long lampricide program slated for the entire Great Lakes. Read the full story by Outdoor News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240503-lampricide-treatments-underway

UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues calls for Canada and the US to decommission Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline

On: May 3, 2024

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) once again called on Canada and the U.S. to decommission the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline. Indigenous communities on both sides of the border have repeatedly called for the decommissioning to protect a broad range of human rights. Read the full story by the Center for International Environmental Law.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240503-line5-opposition

Group finds steamship that sank in Lake Superior 115 years ago

On: May 3, 2024

A 195-foot wooden steamship that vanished in 1909 on Lake Superior has been found. The vessel, The Adella Shores, was found with sonar technology in more than 650 feet of water about 40 miles northwest of Whitefish Point in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240503-shipwreck-found

Lawsuit accuses EPA of failing to prevent harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie

On: May 3, 2024

Lucas County in Toledo, Ohio, and the Environmental Law and Policy Center filed a lawsuit that alleges that the EPA’s does not measure the actual amount of phosphorus from sources like manure primarily from unregulated large-scale animal feeding operations called CAFOs. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240503-epa-lawsuit

Lucas Co. commissioners, Toledo mayor to announce lawsuit aimed at preventing pollution in Lake Erie

On: May 1, 2024

In Ohio, the Lucas County Commissioners, along with Toledo’s mayor, are set to announce a lawsuit Wednesday aimed at preventing pollution in Lake Erie. The lawsuit aims to compel the U.S. EPA to comply with its obligations under the Clean Water Act to prevent harmful algal blooms in western Lake Erie. Read the full story by WTOL-TV – Toledo, OH.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240501-erie-lawsuit

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Canadian company accused of violating probation for oily bilge water its vessels released into Great Lakes

On: May 1, 2024

Last August, the dry-bulk vessel Algoma Niagara released thousands of gallons of oily bilge water into Lakes Superior, Erie, and Michigan. The discharges are among numerous reported violations that have landed the ship’s owner before a federal judge in Buffalo, New York. Read the full story by The Buffalo News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240501-bilge-discharge

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Wooden steamship that sank in fierce 1909 gale found in Lake Superior

On: May 1, 2024

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society announced today that it has found the final resting place of a 735-ton wooden steamship, the Adella Shores, which sank in Lake Superior in 1909. The group located the ship in 650 feet of water, about 40 miles northwest of Whitefish Point in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240501-shipwreck-found

Taaja Tucker-Silva

COMMENTARY: Coal ash pollution cleanup will boost Waukegan, other Great Lakes communities

On: May 1, 2024

The historic suite of power plant pollution standards announced last week by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency include a rule that will force power plant owners to clean up their coal ash pollution. There are more than 100 coal ash waste sites along the shores of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by The Chicago Sun-Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240501-coal-ash

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Swim season is coming to Michigan. Swimmer’s itch may be going away

On: May 1, 2024

Swimmer’s itch, which is caused by a snail and bird parasite, can be reduced by relocating merganser ducklings to beaches where snails are absent. A recent study found that after three years the new method can prevent up to 99% of swimmer’s itch cases. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240501-swimmers-itch

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Are the Great Lakes the key to solving America’s emissions conundrum?

On: May 1, 2024

A single cargo ship can carry enough goods to replace nearly 3,000 semi-trucks—that’s why some are calling for a shipping boom in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by National Geographic.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240501-shipping-emissions

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Remote Lake Superior island wolf numbers are stable but moose population declining, researchers say

On: May 1, 2024

Researchers forced to cut short an annual survey of wildlife on Isle Royale, Michigan, in Lake Superior this winter due to unusually warm weather announced that they managed to gather data that shows the wolf population is stable. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240501-isle-royale

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Enbridge names contractors for Great Lakes Tunnel project

On: May 1, 2024

On Tuesday, Enbridge announced it has retained a joint venture partnership between two construction companies to lead construction of the Great Lakes Tunnel in the Straits of Mackinac. Enbridge is preparing to begin construction as soon as possible following the receipt of environmental permits for the tunnel project from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Read the full story by WWTV-TV – Cadillac, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240501-tunnel-contractors

Taaja Tucker-Silva

“It’s a good thing”: Fishflies in Great Lakes region signify healthy water

On: May 1, 2024

Summertime calls for good vibes, much-needed time in the sun, and a creature many aren’t fans of — fishflies. But fishflies, or mayflies, are indicators of clean water. Read the full story by Circle of Blue.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240501-fishflies-return

Taaja Tucker-Silva

EDITORIAL: Blade reacts to beef by Great Lakes group

On: May 1, 2024

In a recent editorial, The Toledo Blade sparked controversy by implying the International Joint Commission (IJC) supported the lawsuit between Ohio municipalities and federal regulators regarding Lake Erie water pollution, though the IJC maintains neutrality. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240501-blade-editorial

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Group plans legal pushback on permit for Line 5 tunnel project

On: April 29, 2024

The Michigan Climate Action Network says it will join challenges to a permit approved last December by the Michigan Public Service Commission for Enbridge’s Line 5 tunnel project beneath the Straits of Mackinac. Read the full story by Interlochen Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240429-line-5

Theresa Gruninger

Sea Lamprey population could soon boom in Great Lakes

On: April 29, 2024

The population of sea lampreys in the Great Lakes could increase significantly in the next year or two, and it’s currently unclear how quickly the population can be culled back. Read the full story by WGN-TV – Chicago, IL.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240429-sea-lamprey

Theresa Gruninger

Geneva-on-the-Lake still needs funding to save Township Park, nearby homes from Lake Erie erosion

On: April 29, 2024

As each wave crashes into the edge of Township Park in Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio, the land continues to disintegrate. Despite emergency measures taken four years ago, more permanent action needs to be taken soon. Read the full story by WEWS-TV – Cleveland, OH.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240429-lake-erie-erosion

Theresa Gruninger

Federal funds to help restore Lake Superior sandbar

On: April 29, 2024

The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa will partner with a University of Wisconsin research reserve to preserve the western end of popular Wisconsin Point, the Lake Superior sandbar in Superior, Wisconsin, that for centuries has played an integral role for area Anishinaabe. Read the full story by the Star Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240429-sandbar

Theresa Gruninger

Changes likely for St. Louis River, Lake Superior walleye limit

On: April 29, 2024

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is considering making new rules for walleye bag limits. Exactly what the new rules will look like remains unclear. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240429-walleye-limit

Theresa Gruninger

Satellite image reveals strange warm spot in Lake Michigan

On: April 29, 2024

Last week, a few satellite images snapped over the Great Lakes revealed an odd-looking spot in the middle of the southern half of Lake Michigan. The spot represents an eddy of warm water moving westward across the lake. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240429-satellite-spot

Theresa Gruninger

DNR sets limit on diverting water from central Minnesota trout stream

On: April 29, 2024

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources issued a first-of-its-kind order to protect a central Minnesota trout stream affected by farmers pumping groundwater to irrigate their crops. Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240429-trout-stream

Theresa Gruninger

More than just a filet of fish

On: April 29, 2024

After hearing all about the 100% Fish Project that started in Iceland, the executive director of the Conference of Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers started wondering if the project could help the struggling Great Lakes fishery. He took the idea home to find out. Read the full story by Interlochen Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240429-100-fishproject

Theresa Gruninger

Senior engineering project has UT students attacking Lake Erie farm runoff

On: April 29, 2024

In Ohio, a group of senior engineering students at the University of Toledo decided to tackle remediation of farm field fertilizer runoff for a final graduation project. Read the full story by The Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240429-ut-engineering

Theresa Gruninger

Coal byproduct, other pollution sources at Waukegan and Michigan City power plants face strict regulations under new EPA rules

On: April 26, 2024

Environmental advocates in the Chicago area and northwest Indiana applauded a tough new slate of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules for coal-fired power plants, including a sweeping regulation to sharply limit greenhouse gas pollution at coal-burning plants. Read the full story by WTTW-TV – Chicago, IL.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240426-coal-regulations

As cleanup efforts target Michigan lakes, debate follows about who benefits

On: April 26, 2024

Through expansive cleaning efforts, Muskegon Lake in Muskegon, Michigan, has gone through every step required to remove its designation as an Area of Concern. However, residents of lower socioeconomic communities are raising concerns that the cleaned-up shoreline would be taken over by private interests. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240426-cleanup-equity

Marbled crayfish raises eyebrows, and concerns

On: April 26, 2024

Last winter, the ponds in the park where marbled crayfish – a Great Lakes invasive species – were first discovered in Ontario were drained in hopes that the crayfish would freeze to death. But that didn’t happen, likely thanks to the unseasonably warm weather and their burrowing ability. Now the Invading Species Awareness Program of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters has launched a regional sweep from Ottawa to Windsor. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240426-invasive-crayfish

Oldest living endangered Great Lakes piping plover spotted at Sleeping Bear Dunes

On: April 26, 2024

A 15-year-old piping plover, known by researchers as Of,gb:X,Y, or “Gabby,” was confirmed this week as having once again migrated from her wintering grounds in Cumberland Island, Georgia, to the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan for another summer breeding season. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240426-plover-breeding

Thunder Bay project preventing microplastics from entering waterways gets $45K from Ontario

On: April 26, 2024

A project that helps prevent plastic pollution from entering Lake Superior and Thunder Bay’s local waterways is receiving $45,000 in funding from Ontario. Cutting-edge catch basin filters called LittaTraps will be placed at city parks, waterfront areas and parking lots to capture microplastics before they enter marine ecosystems. Read the full story by CBC News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240426-plastic-cleanup

EPA kicks off Rouge River dredging project around Zug Island

On: April 26, 2024

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency kicked off an $84 million dredging project in the lower Rouge River around Zug Island in southeast Michigan this month, aiming to remove the pollution that makes the Rouge one of the most toxic sites in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240426-dredging-project

Cutting-edge cement carrier coming to Great Lakes next year

On: April 26, 2024

A cutting-edge, high-efficiency cement carrier will make its way to the Great Lakes next year. According to Eureka Shipping, the state-of-the-art mechanical/pneumatic cement ship is designed to replace two older vessels while maintaining the same cargo capacity. Read the full story by the Welland Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240426-ship-replacement

Kenosha Sportfishing and Conservation Association receives thousands of chinook salmon to be released into Lake Michigan

On: April 26, 2024

The Kenosha Sportfishing and Conservation Association has received 40,000 chinook salmon from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to eventually be released into Lake Michigan. Before the chinook salmon arrived, the association made several changes to its salmon rearing pond in hopes of having more fish survive while in their care. Read the full story by Spectrum News 1.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240426-salmon-release

This trash robot is cleaning up Michigan’s shores, keeping plastic out of the Detroit River

On: April 26, 2024

A new roving trash collector called BeBot will soon hit the shores of Belle Isle State Park in Michigan to not only keep beaches clean for residents, but also prevent harmful trash from ending up in the waterways in the Great Lakes region. Read the full story by CBC News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240426-trash-cleanup

COMMENTARY: Palmyra Township farm working with MSU to fight climate change by improving water quality, drainage

On: April 26, 2024

The owners of Sunrise Farms in Palmyra Township, Michigan, are helping Michigan State University improve the water quality and reduce toxic algae in the area. The farm is implementing no-till and strip-till systems, cover crops, filter strips and water retention structures to keep nutrients on the farm. Read the full story by The Daily Telegram.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240426-farm-sustainability

Whitmer pushes through $290 million expansion to MI Clean Water Plan

On: April 24, 2024

Michigan is adding $290 million in infrastructure investments to the MI Clean Water Plan. Municipal and community water systems will be eligible to apply for low-interest loans to help public water suppliers ensure safe and clean drinking water. Read the full story by WXMI-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240424-mi-clean-water

Theresa Gruninger

Environmental expert discusses Great Lakes plastic pollution, changes we can make on Earth Day

On: April 24, 2024

Twenty-two million pounds of plastic waste end up in the Great Lakes every year. About half of that waste ends up in Lake Michigan alone. Samira Hanessian, energy policy director with the Illinois Environmental Council, discusses why buying sustainable matters. Read the full story by WLS-TV – Chicago, IL.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240424-plastic-pollution

Theresa Gruninger

Earth Day: How low ice coverage is changing the future of Lake Michigan, the Great Lakes

On: April 24, 2024

This past winter was one of the warmest on record. It led to record-low ice coverage on all five Great Lakes, a sign that the world’s largest freshwater system is not immune to climate change. Read the full story by WLS-TV – Chicago, IL.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240424-ice-coverage

Theresa Gruninger