Green Bay Wisconsin Waterfront News & Great Lakes News

NOAA forecasts harmful algal bloom in Lake Erie

On: July 12, 2024

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released a forecast predicting a moderate to above moderate harmful algal bloom in the western Lake Erie basin this summer. Read the full story by WYSO – Yellow Springs, OH.

Original Article

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240712-hab-forecast

James Polidori

A quirk in the law stymies lead pipe removal in Superior

On: July 12, 2024

In: Daily News

A Wisconsin state law forbids lead pipe replacement when a private water utility is involved. Superior Water, Light & Power – the only private water utility statewide – and local officials are pushing to change the law in order to accelerate lead pipe replacement. Read the full story by the Superior Telegram.

Original Article

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240712-lead-removal

James Polidori

Oil spill reported in St. Clair River

On: July 12, 2024

In: Daily News

An oil spill from a service line adjacent to the marine dock in Sarnia, Ontario, was reported Thursday evening in the St. Clair River. The spill was cleaned up by around 11:15 p.m. Read the full story by Sarnia News Today.

Original Article

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240712-oil-spill

James Polidori

Bad River Band offers Enbridge a new idea to fix erosion near Line 5 oil pipeline

On: July 12, 2024

In: Daily News

The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has proposed a new project to mitigate the immediate risks of erosion along the Line 5 oil pipeline, a move that comes amid fraught conflict between the Band and the Canadian oil giant Enbridge. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Original Article

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240712-erosion-prevention

James Polidori

NRC launches environmental review of plan to restart Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan

On: July 12, 2024

In: Daily News

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has launched an environmental review of the potential impacts of repowering the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in west Michigan’s Covert Township. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

Original Article

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240712-nuclear-plant-restart

James Polidori

Dredging clears the way for commercial and recreational vessels

On: July 12, 2024

In: Daily News

Dredging operations are underway in Michigan’s Manistee Harbor to improve ship navigation through the channel. Read the full story by Ludington Daily News.

Original Article

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240712-dredging-project

James Polidori

A very heavy piece of Great Lakes shipping history relocates back to Sturgeon Bay

On: July 12, 2024

In: Daily News

The historic 1,000-pound anchor from the Oak Leaf, a schooner-turned-barge that sank in Wisconsin’s Sturgeon Bay in 1928, was recently moved to Bullhead Point, a small spit of land jutting into the Sturgeon Bay channel which is now on the National Register of Historic Places as a Historical and Archaeological District. Read the full story by the Green Bay Press-Gazette.

Original Article

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240712-anchor-relocation

James Polidori

High bacteria levels cause closures along Michigan beaches

On: July 12, 2024

In: Daily News

As of Wednesday, eight Michigan beaches were closed due to high Escherichia coli, or E. coli, levels in the water within Arenac, Bay, Macomb, Oakland, Lenawee, and Allegan counties. Beach closure information is updated regularly on BeachGuard, a site run by the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. Read the full story by The Alpena News.

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