Activists from Stop EtO established the nonprofit Lake County Environmental Works and got $270,000 to test the air for EtO.
The post Waukegan activists get federal grant to test for EtO that causes cancer first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/03/14/waukegan-activists-get-federal-grant-to-test-for-eto-that-causes-cancer/
It’s a mistake, environmental law attorney Nick Leonard says, for Michigan to invest so heavily in private auto transportation in place of public transit options.
Leonard was referring to the billions of dollars in subsidies Michigan has recently budgeted primarily for electric vehicle (EV) production. Investment in public transit better serves lower income groups who don’t have resources to purchase EV’s and it’s the better option to deal with climate change, according to Leonard.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2023/03/environmental-justice-expert-questions-michigans-subsidies-electric-vehicles/
By Michael Phillis and Matthew Daly, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed the first federal limits on harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water, a long-awaited protection the agency said will save thousands of lives and prevent serious illnesses, including cancer.
The plan would limit toxic PFAS chemicals to the lowest level that tests can detect.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2023/03/ap-epa-limit-toxic-forever-chemicals-drinking-water/
NCEI News Feed
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-climate-202302
NCEI News Feed
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/democratizing-data
By Kelly House, Bridge Michigan
The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; and Michigan Radio, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2023/03/few-good-options-for-shrinking-michigans-problem-deer-herds/
The Ohio Lake Erie Commission is seeking submissions for the 31st annual “Life on Lake Erie” photo contest. Read the full story by WTVG -TV – Toledo, OH.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230313-photo-contest
Researchers who study ice cover on the Great Lakes, and the mysterious happenings beneath, have a problem: There’s precious little of it. And that’s thwarting their ability to understand what declining ice cover means for everyone else throughout the region. Read the full story by The Globe and Mail.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230313-ice-cover
Scientists believe they can now better forecast toxic outbreaks on lakes using satellites to detect the shade of green that cyanobacteria creates in water. Read the full story by the Star Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230313-algae-blooms
Members from Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project and The Lake Michigan Water Front Safety Initiative- Indiana traveled to Indiana’s statehouse to testify on behalf of the need for safety stations on all Lake Michigan beaches. Read the full story by The Times of Northwest Indiana.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230313-water-safety
A ferry service that’s a lifeline for residents traveling to and from a Lake Superior island may sell its assets to new owners this year. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230313-superior-island
The Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy said Star Line, which is now known as the Mackinac Island Ferry Company, will replace two 1988 diesel engines with new electric propulsion motors on the Chippewa Ferry. Read the full story by WXYZ -TV – Detroit, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230313-mackinac-ferry
The Superior Watershed Partnership and Land Conservancy, in cooperation with Waucedah Township, Michigan has announced the purchase and protection of over four miles of waterfront property on the Sturgeon River in Dickinson County. Read the full story by The Mining Journal.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230313-sturgeon-river
A restoration project carried out by the Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission features the installation of levees to reduce flooding and the restoration of native vegetation in an area of the West Branch of the Little Calumet River in Lake County, Illinois. Read the full story by The Times of Northwest Indiana.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230313-calumet-restoration
Scientists warn that the continued misuse of phosphorous could reach a calamity termed “phosphogeddon”. Read the full story by The Guardian.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230313-phosphogeddon
Following the winter closure, Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway is set to reopen later this month. During the winter closure the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS) and St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) have coordinated to repair and upgrade canal infrastructure. Read the full story by the Project Cargo Journal.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230313-gls
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Green Bay, WI
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A bipartisan group of Great Lakes lawmakers wrote Thursday to President Joe Biden ahead of his official visit to Ottawa this month, urging him to press Canadian leaders on boosting their financial support for restoring and protecting the Great Lakes. The nine U.S. lawmakers stressed that “sustained investments” from partnerships between the U.S. and Canada are needed to clean up toxic Areas of Concern in the freshwater lakes, combat invasive species, restore habitats and reduce algae blooms. Read the full story by The Detroit News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-canadian-funding
In 2021, the U.S. Coast Guard announced it no longer needed the lighthouse that was built in 1910 at the end of the north breakwater of Duluth’s shipping canal. Rethos, a St. Paul-based historic preservation nonprofit, was awarded the Duluth Harbor North Pierhead Light by the National Park Service last month. Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-duluth-lighthouse
After a mild January and February, Lake Superior ice levels are lower than normal for this time of year, say Canadian federal observers. By the middle of February, Superior’s ice thickness in the vicinity of Thunder Bay, Ontario was estimated to be only 45 centimeters, about 20 cm less for the same time last year and 15 cm less than the seasonal average, according to data provided by the Meteorological Service of Canada. Read the full story by the Chronicle Journal.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-superior-ice-cover
The Lake Huron Forever initiative awarded grants totaling $30,000 to four community projects aimed at protecting and enhancing the water quality of Lake Huron. The initiative aims to support community conversation and action to design and complete on-the-ground work to strengthen the health and well-being of residents and their surrounding natural resources. Read the full story by Iosco County News-Herald.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-water-quality-funding
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration facility in Alpena, Michigan is partnering with its Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory to learn more about the acidification of the freshwater Great Lakes. The goal is to get a baseline understanding of acidification in the lakes now so they can study them for years in the future. Read the full story by WBKB-TV – Alpena, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-acidification-study
While the Oneida County Board discusses a resolution opposing the Pelican River Forest project, the Sokaogon Chippewa government passed a resolution in support of it. The project would protect natural resources the Sokaogon Chippewa Community and other Ojibwe Tribes have relied on like wild rice, medicinal plants, and subsistence hunting. Read the full story by WXPR – Rhinelander, WI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-conservation-resolution
Ice-breaking operations in Midland, Ontario Harbour are expected around March 18 to open the Great Lakes shipping routes around March 22. The Canada Steamship Lines bulk carrier MV Frontenac is expected to move from her winter mooring at the ADM Mill in Midland Harbour after a Canadian Coast Guard ice breaker clears a path in from the open waters of Georgian Bay. Read the full story by CTV News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-ice-breaking
Eastern Lake Ontario, with 43 known shipwrecks and one aircraft, is on the verge of becoming a national marine sanctuary. The years-long effort has been supported by local governments, including Cayuga County, and the State of New York. If the sanctuary is established, the state will co-manage it with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Read the full story by The Citizen.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-marine-sanctuary-proposal
Promote Michigan President Dianna Stampfler will swing through the Harbor Beach (Michigan) Area District Library on Wednesday, March 15, with her Ladies of the Lights presentation to talk about women in the Great Lakes region who have worked in lighthouses for Women’s History Month. The presentation includes readings from newspaper articles, autobiographies, and historic photos of the women and the lighthouses they cared for. Read the full story by Huron Daily Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-lighthouse-women
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The new signs use phrases in the Anishinabemowin language, show archaeological pictures from discovery of the petroglyphs and talk about the plants and animals that call the park home.
The post Petroglyph park near Cass City to use Native language first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/03/10/petroglyph-park-near-cass-city-to-use-native-language/
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By Kelly House, Bridge Michigan
The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; and Michigan Radio, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2023/03/michigan-mallards-decline-domestic-ducks-weakening-genes/
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Science investments focus on landscape-scale issues, natural disasters and critical minerals while preparing tomorrow’s workforce
Region 3: Great Lakes
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The heaviest thing that he has found is a full-sized safe in the Rouge River in Delray, Michigan, taking seven people with magnets and hooks to pull it out.
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/03/09/michigans-magnet-man-attracts-river-trash/
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