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Water-protecting green infrastructure installed at Meijer’s Traverse City parking lot

On: December 9, 2022

Renovation plans at Meijer’s busy Traverse City store recently led to a $1.15 million effort to keep hundreds of thousands of gallons of stormwater from rushing off the parking lot into Kids Creek, a small stream which flows into the Boardman River just before it spills into Lake Michigan’s Grand Traverse Bay. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221209-parking-lot

Connor Roessler

Michigan senators support federal water infrastructure bill, Soo Locks funding

On: December 9, 2022

U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters secured major water infrastructure investments for Michigan in the final bipartisan Water Resources Development Act. This bill authorizes projects through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to modernize the Soo Locks, stop invasive carp, prevent coastal erosion and flooding, and improve water quality in Michigan. The House and Senate are expected to pass the bill soon. Read the full story by Radio Results Network.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221209-infrastructure-bill

Connor Roessler

Bill would create Great Lakes Authority to promote regional growth

On: December 7, 2022

A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would establish a new regional authority to promote economic growth in Great Lakes states. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221207-great-lakes-authority

Theresa Gruninger

Great Lakes Moment: Detroit’s benefits of a national urban park in Windsor

On: December 7, 2022

In Ontario, Windsor’s proposed Ojibway National Urban Park hopes to promote ecotourism, protect biodiversity through conservation, and improve mental health and quality of life in its metropolitan area and within the Detroit metropolitan area. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221207-ojibway-national-urban-park

Theresa Gruninger

Gannon launching $24-million project to protect freshwater, strengthen Erie

On: December 7, 2022

Gannon University’s Project NePTWNE (Nano & Polymer Technology for Water and Neural-Networks in Erie) is a $24-million project that the university hopes will put it at the forefront of freshwater research, and with it, elevate the city of Erie and the region. Read the full story by WJET-TV – Erie, PA.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221207-gannon-university

Theresa Gruninger

Smartening up a beach could save lives

On: December 7, 2022

A system of beachside cameras developed by the University of Windsor could prevent drownings by tracking beachgoer behavior and understanding when and where rip currents form and whether people understand the danger they represent. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221207-smart-beaches

Theresa Gruninger

You can legally drive your car across Lake Superior this winter

On: December 7, 2022

When Lake Superior freezes overs, an ice road opens up in northern Wisconsin that allows drivers to reach Madeline Island on the only officially mapped ice road of the United States. Read the full story by WROK – Rockford, IL.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221207-lake-superior-road

Theresa Gruninger

Former Milwaukee Port director carries passion for equity & climate resiliency to Great Lakes seaway

On: December 7, 2022

Adam Tindall-Schlicht is the new head the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, an organization that oversees the Seaway’s 15-lock navigation system jointly operated by the U.S. and Canada. He hopes to partner with ports around the Great Lakes to build economic and climate resiliency. Read the full story by WUWM – Milwaukee, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221207-great-lakes-seaway

Theresa Gruninger

Federal grant boosts Centennial Park’s shoreline improvements

On: December 7, 2022

Plans to fortify the shoreline along Buffalo, New York’s emerging Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Centennial Park against intensifying lake weather patterns got a major boost Tuesday. A $4.5 million federal grant will advance shoreline resiliency, habitat restoration and public access to an inlet at the southern end of the park. Read the full story by The Buffalo News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221207-centinnial-park

Theresa Gruninger

Shipwreck diver’s fascinating look at one of Lake Michigan’s most dangerous places

On: December 7, 2022

For the past few years, Chris Roxburgh has been illuminating what lies beneath Michigan’s famous Manitou Passage, the shipping corridor that stretches between the Manitou islands and the mainland coast along Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221207-shipwrecks

Theresa Gruninger

Two Lake Erie islands benefit from NOAA’s record-setting coastline grant program

On: December 7, 2022

Ohio’s Put-in-Bay Township’s Scheeff East Point Preserve and Middle Bass Island East Point Preserve are just two out of several ecosystems around the United States dividing up a record amount of grant money from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to help improve the nation’s coastlines and make them more resilient to climate change. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221207-coastline-grant

Theresa Gruninger

Road salt is hurting Michigan’s environment, but what are the alternatives?

On: December 7, 2022

There is no question that road salt saves lives, but it also contaminates our environment. While salt laying equipment has improved over the years, a safer but also effective alternative has yet to be found. Read the full story by WXYZ-TV – Detroit, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221207-road-salt

Theresa Gruninger

Jellyfish in Michigan? It’s true, but no need to worry

On: December 5, 2022

According to the Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Information System, freshwater jellyfish were first found in Michigan in 1933 in the Huron River near Ann Arbor. Since then, they have been found in Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake St. Clair and dozens of inland lakes and streams. Read the full story by WOOD-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221205-freshwaterjellyfish-michigan

Hannah Reynolds

Ohio will contribute $25 million toward Gorge Dam removal

On: December 5, 2022

Governor Mike DeWine and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday the state will contribute $25 million towards the Cuyahoga River Gorge Dam Removal Project. The project will remove the last remaining dam on the lower Cuyahoga, restore more than a mile of river access for community use, while also reestablishing fish and wildlife habitat. Read the full story by Ideastream.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221205-ohio-gorgedam-removal

Hannah Reynolds

Great Lakes region is resource rich, so why aren’t cities ‘greener’?

On: December 5, 2022

The Great Lakes region has plenty of natural resources, yet the West Coast dominates a recent ranking of environmental policies of the nation’s 100 most populous cities. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221205-greatlakes-greencities

Hannah Reynolds

How a Cuyahoga River-front plan could change Cleveland: The Wake Up for Monday, Dec. 5, 2022

On: December 5, 2022

Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert’s real estate company on Friday joined city officials and others to formally unveil its master plan for a stretch of the Cuyahoga riverfront near downtown. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221205-cuyahogariver-waterfrontplan

Hannah Reynolds

Province not doing enough to prevent urban flooding, Ontario auditor general finds

On: December 5, 2022

The findings of the 2022 Auditor General’s Report point to the province’s failure to clarify its commitments to manage urban flooding and a failure to adequately support municipalities and homeowners to effectively tackle the problem. Read the full story by CBC/Radio-Canada.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221205-ontario-urbanflooding

Hannah Reynolds

Coast Guard Christmas ship arrives in Chicago with 1,200 trees from Michigan

On: December 5, 2022

The U.S. Coast Guard announced this weekend that its 2022 Christmas Tree Ship run has been a success. The crew of the cutter Mackinaw pulled up alongside Navy Pier a few days ago and has now finished offloading 1,200 Christmas trees, which will go to Chicago area families. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221205-lakeerie-coastguard-christmastrees

Hannah Reynolds

Brave folks take frigid dip in Lake Erie as the Polar Bear Plunge returns

On: December 5, 2022

Dozens of people took to the frigid waters of Lake Erie on Saturday as the annual Polar Bear Plunge returned to Crystal Beach in Fort Erie, ON. Entry was by donation with all proceeds from the event benefiting Brain Injury Association of Niagara. Read the full story by the St. Catharines Standard.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221205-lakeerie-polarbearplunge

Hannah Reynolds

Scientists discover microplastics in aquatic life, human blood, breast milk

On: December 5, 2022

In recent years, scientists have discovered increasing amounts plastic particles in deep oceans, Arctic snow, drinking water, and even breast milk. With some plastic specks small enough to infiltrate cells and tissues, some studies have suggested a correlation to certain cancers and various health problems, especially with microplastics leading to levels of chemical toxicity. Read the full story by CTV News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221205-microplastics-scientificdiscovery

Hannah Reynolds

COMMENTARY: Enough stalling: Michigan needs Line 5 and the Great Lakes Tunnel

On: December 5, 2022

A Line 5 shutdown would create a full-blown economic and energy crisis, which are risks Michigan manufacturers simply cannot afford — neither can the customers who rely on the products we create. Read the full story by the Traverse City Record Eagle.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221205-commentary-line5

Hannah Reynolds

“Access for All” aims to make Apostle Islands National Lakeshore a place everyone can enjoy

On: December 2, 2022

The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Bayfield, Wisconsin, has made significant changes to improve accessibility to the shoreline in recent years. Through its “Access for All” campaign, the Friends of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore group wants to continue these efforts by adding a 520-foot-long accessible ramp at Meyers Beach so people can better access the kayak launching area. Read and listen to the full story by WXPR – Rhinelander, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221202-accesible-shorefront

High winds lead to monstrous waves, damage along Lake Ontario

On: December 2, 2022

A lake effect snowstorm hit parts of Jefferson and Lewis counties, New York, causing waves of 15 to 20 feet and winds over 50 miles per hour. The high winds caused some commercial vessels to anchor on Wednesday on both ends of the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River portion of the Great Lakes Seaway and storm damage to the town of Cape Vincent. Read the full story by WWTI-TV – Watertown, NY.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221202-storm-damage

Photographer braves gale-force winds for hours to capture epic storm waves on Lake Erie—The photos are unreal

On: December 2, 2022

Enamored with the wild from childhood, Canadian photographer Trevor Pottelberg learned to brave the extreme storm season of Lake Erie to get hold of awe-inspiring images of water in motion, several of which can be viewed in this article. Read the full story by The Epoch Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221202-wave-photographs

Marinette County shipwreck added to National Register of Historic Places

On: December 2, 2022

The Northeast Wisconsin shipwreck of the Sidney O. Neff was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 7 following its listing on the State Register of Historic Places in September. The Wisconsin Historical Society says the wreck allows historians and archaeologists to study the construction of early converted wooden steambarges in the Great Lakes lumber trade. Read the full story by WLUK-TV – Green Bay, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221202-historic-shipwreck

St. Joseph Harbor dredging delayed by weather

On: December 2, 2022

In St. Joseph, Michigan, the US Army Corps of Engineers awarded a contract to King Company of Holland, Michigan to dredge the St Joseph Harbor of debris in the water that has severely limited traffic over the last five weeks. Due to bad weather causing rough waves and high winds, it could take even longer for the harbor to be fully operational again. Read the full story by WWMT-TV – Kalamazoo, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221202-dredging-delay

Report urges water-affordability strategy to help low-income Michiganders

On: December 2, 2022

An analysis released by a coalition of activists and conservation groups in Michigan finds that high water rates force many families to live in unsafe conditions, putting elders and children at risk. The report proposes that state officials adopt a water-affordability strategy that supports low-income Michiganders and does not harm residents who can afford their utilities. Read the full story by WSJM – Benton Harbor, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221202-water-affordability

Iron, salt and water could change the grid

On: December 2, 2022

Energy storage is a priority for several Great Lakes states including Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania. By using iron, salt, and water, the Great Lakes region can create a green energy future with the technology of iron-flow batteries. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221202-energy-storage

Water and Environmental Analysis Lab at UWSP, Clean Water Act mark 50 years

On: December 2, 2022

In 1972, the same year the Clean Water Act was passed, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point created the Water and Environmental Analysis Lab (WEAL). Over its 50 years, communities, student employees and hundreds of thousands of residents have benefited from its water testing programs, educational outreach and five decades of data collected from groundwater sources across the state and the nation. Read the full story by Point/Plover Metro Wire.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221202-water-lab-anniversary

Long road to new life for Grand Haven’s Harbor Island topic of upcoming forum

On: December 2, 2022

After more than 100 years of industrial use and environmental contamination, a new, cleaner life is in the future for Grand Haven’s Harbor Island – but it will take at least six years to get there. Before redevelopment can occur, a massive effort to clean up contamination must be mounted. Read the full story by MLive.com.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221202-contamination-cleanup

December marks opening for lake trout season on Superior

On: December 2, 2022

The Wisconsin DNR reminds anglers that the opening of Lake Superior’s lake trout season is December 1, running until September 30, or until the harvest cap is met. Anyone looking to harvest lake trout must purchase a Great Lakes trout and salmon stamp in addition to their fishing license. Read the full story by WEAU-TV – Eau Claire, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221202-trout-season

Ohio’s proposed transfer for manure oversight is denied after 20-year debate

On: November 30, 2022

After 22 years of being in a state of largely self-imposed bureaucratic limbo, Ohio has learned that its effort to shift oversight of CAFO-generated manure discharges away from state environmental regulators has been denied by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221130-manure-discharge

Patrick Canniff

Why Line 5 will likely remain open despite Democratic control of Lansing

On: November 30, 2022

The Enbridge Line 5 pipeline was one of few environmental issues to take center stage this campaign season. Despite the outcome of the election, the battle for the pipeline’s future lies mostly in federal courts and international diplomats’ negotiating rooms. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221130-line-5

Patrick Canniff

Researchers in Minnesota acquire first genome for doli algal bloom

On: November 30, 2022

For the first time, a genome sequence has been developed for an unfamiliar species of harmful algae that’s been blooming in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221130-algae

Patrick Canniff

‘We were delighted’: Welland River water chestnut cleanup called a big success, work still remains

On: November 30, 2022

Invasive European water chestnut was first spotted in the Welland River in Ontario in 2020. Staff from the Invasive Species Centre worked this summer to eradicate the invasive plant from the river but warn that the fight isn’t over yet. Read the full story by the Welland Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221130-invasive-plant

Patrick Canniff

Officials: Sturgis Twp. groundwater contamination site continues to improve

On: November 30, 2022

After detection approximately two decades ago, an area of contaminated groundwater in Sturgis Township, Michigan, continues to improve. Three wells in 2021 and four wells in 2022 were replaced, changing out from deep wells to shallow units. Read the full story by the Sturgis Journal.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221130-pollution

Patrick Canniff

Michigan state park ranked ‘most beautiful’ in U.S. – beating one in Hawaii

On: November 30, 2022

At roughly 60,000 acres, Porcupine Mountains Wilderness is Michigan’s largest state park. It sits on the Lake Superior shoreline and was ranked the “most beautiful” state park in the United States according to a recent study by Travel Lens. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221130-porkies

Patrick Canniff

Seeking the snowy owl on Lake Erie’s winter shores

On: November 30, 2022

In the age of COVID-19, birdwatching has taken off in Northeast Ohio, drawing new, young bird enthusiasts to the hobby. And it doesn’t slow down during winter, when the snowy owl arrives on Lake Erie. Read the full story by Cleveland Magazine.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221130-snowy-owl

Patrick Canniff

Exploring Lake Huron sinkholes may help find life on other planets

On: November 30, 2022

In Alpena, Michigan, special microbial mat systems in Lake Huron sinkholes are helping scientists search for extraterrestrial life. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221130-sinkholes

Patrick Canniff

What causes lake-effect snowstorms? And why are the eastern Great Lakes most at risk?

On: November 30, 2022

Lake-effect snow typically happens in the late fall and early winter when the lakes are ice-free and the water is still relatively warm. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221130-lake-effect-snow

Patrick Canniff

The Brig Niagara model at the Erie courthouse has no maker’s plaque, but maybe not for long

On: November 30, 2022

There’s no plaque that indicates who crafted the wooden model of the U.S. Brig Niagara on display at the Erie County Courthouse in Pennsylvania. An Erie resident hopes to get recognition for her grandfather who made the model in the 1930s. Read the full story by the Erie Times-News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221130-model-ship

Patrick Canniff

Great Lakes marine debris removed

On: November 28, 2022

The Superior Watershed Partnership announced it has used funding awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Debris Program to host coastal cleanups, beach hikes, and diving events this past summer for the city of Marquette, Michigan plus the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and the Bay Mills Indian Community. Read the full story by the Mining Journal.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221128-marine-debris

Connor Roessler

Small-town tradition honors sailors lost, those still on Great Lakes

On: November 28, 2022

The Great Lakes Lore Maritime Museum in Rogers City, Michigan organizes annual bell-ringing ceremonies to recognize sailors past and honoring those who still serve. Read the full story by the Alpena News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221128-bell-ringing

Connor Roessler

Kaptur announces $1.5M to combat harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes

On: November 28, 2022

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded nearly $1.5 million in federal funding to projects focused on combatting harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Fulton County Expositor.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221128-erie-funding

Connor Roessler

How Northwestern Michigan College’s newest degree could help shape water cleanup projects in Michigan and beyond

On: November 28, 2022

A brand-new degree program is coming to Northwestern Michigan College next fall. The program, an associate of applied science in water quality environmental technology, will focus on training a workforce supporting the direct monitoring and cleanup of waters within the Great Lakes watershed. Read the full story by The Ticker.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221128-nmc

Connor Roessler

Environment minister says Hamilton must audit entire sewage infrastructure after 2nd leak

On: November 28, 2022

Ontario’s minister of the environment said Hamilton, Ontario must audit its entire sewage infrastructure and create a remediation plan after the city revealed it discovered sewage has been leaking into Hamilton Harbour, which is part of Lake Ontario, for the past 26 years. Read the full story by CBC News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221128-hamilton-harbour

Connor Roessler

Coast Guard crew carrying Christmas Tree Ship load is crossing Lake Michigan

On: November 28, 2022

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw motored down Lake Michigan this past weekend to Chicago, where its load of more than 1,200 Christmas trees will be used to recreate the holiday spirit of Michigan’s ill-fated Christmas Tree Ship, which sank in late November 1912. Read the full story by MLive.com.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221128-christmas-ship

Connor Roessler

Lake Huron Centre planning numerous initiatives to help keep lake clean from plastics

On: November 28, 2022

While a lot of attention is paid to the amount of plastic pollution in the oceans, the Lake Huron Centre is planning a multi-program campaign to address plastic pollution in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by CKNX – Wingham, ON.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221128-lake-huron-centre

Connor Roessler

Black Friday turns green in new program

On: November 28, 2022

The Traverse City, Michigan-based Conservation Resource Alliance plans to rebrand Black Friday as Green Friday to kick off its participation in the new Forest to Mi Faucet program. The primary focus is to make a link between forest cover and clean drinking water. Read the full story by the Traverse City Record-Eagle.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221128-green-friday

Connor Roessler

Ohio must put Lake Erie on ‘pollution diet’ under settlement terms

On: November 28, 2022

The state of Ohio must develop a mandatory cap on algae-fueling nutrient pollution entering Lake Erie under the terms of a proposed court settlement. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221128-pollution-diet

Connor Roessler