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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/2022/03/michigan-global-report-climate/
By Zahra Ahmad, 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/2022/03/dnr-fishing-regulations-michigans-2022-season/
Michigan Sea Grant recently announced four new research projects with one common goal — protecting the Great Lakes. It committed almost $1 million to the projects, including $225,000 from the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. In addition, university research partners contributed over $500,000 in matching funds. Their major topics are water use, walleye, invasive mussel larvae and harmful algae blooms.
The post More money allocated for Great Lakes research first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2022/03/01/more-money-allocated-for-great-lakes-research/
By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue
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/2022/02/water-systems-pandemic-relief-funds/
Ann Arbor, Mich. – The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) today released its 2022 federal priorities, urging the Biden administration and Congress to invest in projects and programs that will protect the lakes and accelerate the national economy. The priorities are being shared in advance of Great Lakes Day, an annual event that brings together regional leaders and members of Congress who play a critical role in shaping Great Lakes policies. New this year, in collaboration with regional partners, the GLC will host a series of topical sessions on regional priorities throughout the week of February 28 through March 4, featuring remarks from state and local government officials and members of Congress.
“Harnessing the historic investments made in Great Lakes infrastructure, resiliency, and restoration through last year’s infrastructure legislation will address longstanding needs while creating jobs, fostering equity, protecting public health, and strengthening local communities,” said GLC Chair Todd L. Ambs of Wisconsin. “The Great Lakes Commission looks forward to working with our federal partners to continue building a strong and resilient Great Lakes region.”
In FY 2023, the GLC urges Congress and the Biden administration to: build a resilient Great Lakes basin; fully fund the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative; protect against invasive species; expand efforts to address harmful algal blooms; strengthen the Great Lakes Navigation System; upgrade infrastructure to ensure equitable access to clean and safe water; support coordinated regional science and data collection; and fund the GLC to fulfill its unique role in the region.
The GLC will meet with members of Congress and the federal government throughout the week to share these priorities. The GLC organizes Great Lakes Day annually to bring together the states, members of Congress and the federal government to raise awareness of Great Lakes issues. For more information on the GLC and its work, visit www.glc.org.
The Great Lakes Commission, led by chair Todd L. Ambs, deputy secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (retired), is a binational government agency established in 1955 to protect the Great Lakes and the economies and ecosystems they support. Its membership includes leaders from the eight U.S. states and two Canadian provinces in the Great Lakes basin. The GLC recommends policies and practices to balance the use, development, and conservation of the water resources of the Great Lakes and brings the region together to work on issues that no single community, state, province, or nation can tackle alone. Learn more at www.glc.org.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/news/federal-priorities-022822
As levels of chlorides continue to rise in Lake Michigan and exceed state limits in Chicago-area waterways, municipalities across the region are grappling with the urgent need to reduce the use of road salt in winter. Read the full story by Chicago Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220228-road-salt
Congress needs to heed the call of the Great Lakes governors and change the cost-share of the Brandon Road Lock and Dam project to make the carp prevention 100 percent federal, as opposed to the traditional cost-sharing arrangement between the Army Corps of Engineers and its local sponsor. Read the full story by The Hill.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220228-carp
Congress needs to heed the call of the Great Lakes governors and change the cost-share of the Brandon Road Lock and Dam project to make the carp prevention 100 percent federal, as opposed to the traditional cost-sharing arrangement between the Army Corps of Engineers and its local sponsor. Read the full story by The Hill.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220228-carp
Some futurists depict Michigan and the Great Lakes as “climate havens” that will lure people and businesses weary of worsening drought, wildfire, hurricanes and other disasters. Amid images of abundance lurk problems with pollution, overuse and deteriorating infrastructure. Read the full story by The Detroit News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220228-michigan
Some futurists depict Michigan and the Great Lakes as “climate havens” that will lure people and businesses weary of worsening drought, wildfire, hurricanes and other disasters. Amid images of abundance lurk problems with pollution, overuse and deteriorating infrastructure. Read the full story by The Detroit News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220228-michigan
Conservation groups and local governments are asking that a lock on the Champlain Canal be closed, to keep out a small non-native species, round goby, that has made its way from the Great Lakes into the Hudson River, putting it dangerously close to Lake Champlain. Read the full story by The Sun.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220228-round-goby
Coordinated efforts among local, state, and federal agencies are raising the possibility that new trails and amenities could be delivered along five miles of lakefront or major roads close to it starting within several years. Read the full story by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220228-shoreline
The City of Monroe’s Commission on the Environment and Water Quality and River Raisin Area of Concern’s mini documentary film, River Raisin Legacy Project, has won gold in the 2021 dotCOMM Awards. The film details the extensive remediation, restoration and revitalization efforts called the River Raisin Legacy Project, illustrates the cleanup work, habitat restoration, remediation and recreational enhancements for the Michigan river. Read the full story by The Monroe News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220228-river-raisin
In an earnings call last month, Canadian National Railway shared a desire to sell off its nine Twin Ports-based Great Lakes Fleet of ore carriers. The move comes as the freight rail company reviews its non-rail business, including a trucking firm. Read the full story by The Duluth News-Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220228-shipping-sell-off
Iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes totaled 2.5 million tons in January, a decrease of 4.7 percent compared to 2021, according to the Lake Carriers’ Association. Loadings were above the month’s five-year average by 17.6 percent. Read the full story by Business North.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220228-shipping
A chemical release in a tributary of the Huron River was ongoing Friday but contained to a back channel of the river as officials work to determine its source. State and federal officials have been working to contain the leak since Monday after anglers notified city officials of a “sheen” on the river. Read the full story by The Detroit News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220228-pollution
Love staring at a map and discovering something interesting? Then “Mapping the Great Lakes” is for you. It’s a monthly Great Lakes Now feature created by Alex B. Hill, a self-described “data nerd and anthropologist” who combines cartography, data, and analytics with storytelling and human experience.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/02/mapping-great-lakes-name/
By John Flesher, Associated Press
ALLENDALE, Mich. (AP) — Dale Buist knew running a commercial greenhouse would pose challenges. He just never expected a water shortage to be among them. Not in Michigan, with its vast aquatic riches.
Yet a couple of irrigation wells yielded only a trickle.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/02/ap-water-rich-michigan-no-guarantee/
Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition
Contact:
Lindsey Bacigal, BacigalL@nwf.org, (734) 887-7113
Jordan Lubetkin, Lubetkin@nwf.org, (734) 904-1589
Advocates Urge Congress to Support Great Lakes, Climate Priorities
Coalition meetings with D.C. lawmakers come as Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report underscores need to take aggressive action to confront climate crisis.
ANN ARBOR, MICH. (February 28, 2022)—Restoring the Great Lakes, fixing water infrastructure, and confronting climate change are top priorities for Great Lakes advocates, who will be meeting with members of Congress via dozens of virtual meetings this week as part of the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition’s annual Great Lakes Days February 28-March 4.
“Our message to federal officials is simple: We’re making progress, but there’s a lot more work to do,” said Laura Rubin, director of the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition. “We cannot let our guard down at a time when many communities are still struggling with polluted water, sewage overflows, toxic contamination, and dangerous flooding. Climate change is making these problems worse. We look forward to working with members of Congress to support solutions to restore our Great Lakes, protect our drinking water, and confront the climate crisis, while helping the communities that have been most impacted by health-threatening pollution.”
The annual week of meetings with members of Congress comes as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is releasing a new report emphasizing the serious damage climate change is causing. The report notes that the large-scale restoration of habitat, wetlands, and floodplains in regions like the Great Lakes can buffer communities from some of the impacts of a warming climate; although these actions must be accompanied by efforts to drive down carbon pollution to prevent the worst impacts. The severe storms and erratic weather are already impacting the Great Lakes and communities (read the Coalition’s climate factsheet for more information), and tackling climate change is a top priority for the Coalition.
“Federal support for restoring the Great Lakes must go hand in hand with national action to curb climate pollution,” said Rubin. “Both are needed if we are to protect our environment, economy, and public health. Unfortunately, the communities most impacted by water pollution also continue to be disproportionately impacted by climate change, from increased flooding to hazardous air pollution. We urge members of Congress who have championed Great Lakes restoration over the years to urgently take steps to confront the climate crisis. Inaction will only make the problems worse and more expensive to solve.”
The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition is asking members of Congress to:
Read the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition’s policy priorities list and the full list of funding priorities for more information.
Since 2004, the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition has been harnessing the collective power of more than 170 groups representing millions of people, whose common goal is to restore and protect the Great Lakes. Learn more at HealthyLakes.org or follow us on Twitter @HealthyLakes.
The post Advocates Urge Congress to Support Great Lakes, Climate Priorities appeared first on Healing Our Waters Coalition.
Healing Our Waters Coalition
https://healthylakes.org/advocates-urge-congress-to-support-great-lakes-climate-priorities/
Last year, the U.S. ski industry had its fifth-busiest season, according to the National Ski Areas Association, and interest in the slopes shows no signs of slowing down in Michigan for the 2021-22 season.
The post Downhill ski business booming in Michigan first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2022/02/28/downhill-ski-business-booming-in-michigan/
SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — President Joe Biden travels to Wisconsin next week, the day after delivering his State of the Union speech in Washington.
According to the White House, Biden and first lady Jill Biden will stop in Superior on Wednesday to discuss how the $1 trillion infrastructure law will improve the state’s roads and bridges, among other things, and create jobs.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/02/biden-state-union-address-wisconsin/
Communications Grants Filling the Gap + All About Water Convening + Ontario’s Water Infrastructure, Much Like in the U.S., Needs Support + Your Voice on Michigan’s Healthy Climate Plan + Save the Date-Freshwater Heroes Celebration, March 22, 2022
A new website created for the Benton Harbor Community Water Council will help them reach even more people in the community to provide information on how to stay safe from lead in drinking water. Now residents can sign-up to receive emails about where to get bottled water or filters. The new website will help the Community Water Council build a stronger voice for ensuring Benton Harbor residents have clean water! This is just the first of many new websites to come through our Community Based Communications Grants program. Alexis Smith manages this program for Freshwater Future and when asked about the program shared, “What I enjoy most about this project is being able to fill the gap that the technological divide has created between grassroots organizations and their opportunities. Now, even groups with smaller capacities can have their voices heard and their work given the platforms they deserve.”
In the next five years, there will be billions in federal funds to help communities upgrade water infrastructure. Thanks to the dynamic speakers at the All About Water Session last week for inspiring participants to take actions to ensure their communities can access these funds to improve the safety of drinking water.
Missed the event? Watch the recording on Freshwater Future’s YouTube Channel.
Ohio’s Deadline for Communities to Submit Application for State Revolving Funds Approaching–March 4
Ohio municipalities have until March 4, 2022 to nominate local water infrastructure projects for the annual State Revolving Fund. Certain project types, such as lead service lines, PFAS, and Harmful Algal Blooms, are accepted at any time. Talk to your neighbors and encourage your local government to pursue this record-level clean water funding soon – the process can take time and the extra funding ends in 5 years.
In Toronto, there was an oil spill into the Don River as well as water flooded streets and transit stations. In Brampton there were floods requiring evacuations. There were ice jams and flooding in Port Stanley, and a water main break in Guelph. Together these stories highlight the need for Ontario Helping Municipalities Build Storm and Wastewater Infrastructure. Currently the provincial government is investing $25 million to build clearly needed infrastructure. These funds are split with $15 million going to improve aging and outdated storm and wastewater infrastructure and $10 million going to upgrade sewage monitoring and public reporting. This investment should help improve Ontarians’ access to clean water, but much more will be needed.
In January, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) released the draft MI Healthy Climate Plan that lays out a broad vision on how the state can reach carbon neutrality by 2050, a goal set by Governor Whitmer. While there are many positive elements of the plan it lacks the urgency and details to turn the vision into reality. Please share your support for the Climate Plan and the need for more swift timelines and bolder actions by emailing EGLE today through our online take action form. (Deadline for comments is March 14, 2022).
You are invited to the 2021 Freshwater Heroes Celebration! Please join us on World Water Day, Tuesday, March 22nd at Noon (ET) as we honor several people, organizations, and communities throughout the Great Lakes Region who are committed to protecting our earth’s precious freshwater resources. This live virtual celebration is open to the public! This is a free event, but pre-registration is required.
Blog – Freshwater Future
https://freshwaterfuture.org/freshwater-weekly/freshwater-future-weekly-february-25-2022/
By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue
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/2022/02/drinking-water-pathogen-effect-black-americans/
March 2 marks the observation of Great Lakes Day, a virtual event that brings together a binational coalition of regional agencies, legislators, local communities, tribes and business, maritime and environmental groups. Read the full story by WFBO – Buffalo, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220225-great-lakes-day
President Biden will tout the $1 billion investment from the infrastructure plan to accelerate cleanup of polluted hotspots on the Great Lakes during his visit to Wisconsin’s Lake Superior coast next Wednesday. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220225-president-biden
Project Clean Lake has reduced combined sewer overflows in the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District coverage area by 1.7 billion gallons annually over the last decade, greatly reducing the amount of raw sewage making its way into streams and lakes at several locations. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220225-sewage
Next Monday kicks off National Invasive Species Awareness Week. The Great Lakes experience with invasive species offers many lessons that apply across Pennsylvania as the state grapples with a growing number of invasive plants, insects, and fish and other animals. Read the full story by GoErie.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220225-invasive-species
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy will allocate $9 million in grants to push clean energy on the state’s bodies of water. Read the full story by The Center Square.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220225-energy-grants
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is sending one of its four deep-water hydrographic survey ships into the Great Lakes for several months this year to sonar-map the lakebed under heavily trafficked areas. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220225-sonar
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is sending one of its four deep-water hydrographic survey ships into the Great Lakes for several months this year to sonar-map the lakebed under heavily trafficked areas. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220225-sonar
As this region focuses on developing a stronger “blue economy” and prepares for a likely future as a national refuge from the worst effects of climate change, this federal investment comes at a critical moment. Read the full story by the Buffalo News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220225-cleanup
Legislation that could have scuttled a long-planned sewer project intended to keep human waste out of Lake Michigan has been revised by the Senate Utilities Committee. Read the full story by the Northwest Indiana Times.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220225-sewer
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources policy board adopted that state’s first limits on so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking and surface water. Read the full story by The Associated Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220225-drinking-water
The Midwest relies on the Great Lakes for drinking water, food, livelihood and recreation. But many mysteries about the lakes remain. We get insights from a tribal leader about how First Nations thought of the lakes. And then we hear about research regarding invasive species and the lakes in winter. Listen to the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220225-explore
Summer is hands-down the most popular fishing season on the Great Lakes because people on vacation want to fish.
But Great Lakes fishing is a year-round sport. With a range of fish that offer a tasty meal, a challenge to land or both, anglers can have 365 days of fun on the lakes and their tributaries.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/02/top-10-fish-catch-great-lakes-fishing/
Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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Ann Arbor, Mich. – In advance of Great Lakes Day events next week, a binational coalition of regional agencies, legislators, local communities, tribes, and business, maritime and environmental groups today released shared priorities for restoring the Great Lakes and supporting the region’s economy. Great Lakes Day, which will take place virtually on Wednesday, March 2, is an annual event that brings together regional leaders and members of Congress who play a critical role in shaping Great Lakes policies. New this year, the regional partners will also host a series of virtual topical sessions on Great Lakes priorities throughout the week of February 28 through March 4.
“Our organizations support these priorities to accelerate progress, foster equity, build resilience, and ensure the Great Lakes are a source of drinking water, environmental treasure, and economic engine for North America,” the priorities read. “We commend the historic federal investment in Great Lakes restoration, water infrastructure, and climate resilience through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act… and appreciate Congress’ recognition that supplemental appropriations will accelerate progress for important restoration and infrastructure programs in addition to annual appropriations.”
The agenda urges Congress and the Biden administration to: appropriate no less than $400 million for the GLRI in FY 2023 in addition to the supplemental investment through the recent infrastructure legislation; invest in drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure to tackle historic inequities; enhance the region’s resiliency to the impacts of a changing climate; develop coordinated regional science and workforce opportunities; strengthen Great Lakes ports and the maritime transportation system; support federal programs to address harmful algal blooms; and protect the Great Lakes basin from invasive carp and other aquatic invasive species.
The 2021 Great Lakes priorities are endorsed by the Great Lakes Commission, Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition, Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority, Great Lakes Metro Chambers Coalition, American Great Lakes Ports Association, Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Legislative Caucus, the Lake Carriers’ Association, and the Great Lakes Business Network.
The Great Lakes Commission, led by chair Todd L. Ambs, deputy secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (retired), is a binational government agency established in 1955 to protect the Great Lakes and the economies and ecosystems they support. Its membership includes leaders from the eight U.S. states and two Canadian provinces in the Great Lakes basin. The GLC recommends policies and practices to balance the use, development, and conservation of the water resources of the Great Lakes and brings the region together to work on issues that no single community, state, province, or nation can tackle alone. Learn more at www.glc.org.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/news/regional-priorities-022422
From lead pipes to PFAs, drinking water contamination is a major issue plaguing cities and towns all around the Great Lakes. Cleaning up contaminants and providing safe water to everyone is an ongoing public health struggle.
Keep up with drinking water-related developments in the Great Lakes area.
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Illinois:
Illinois American water plans to donate over $16 million to help maintain and transform the municipal water system for the city of Jerseyville.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/02/drinking-water-news-roundup-water-contaminants-oil-spill/
Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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NCEI News Feed
http://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/nasa-develop-ncei-spring-2022-term
For Maude Barlow, the importance of hope was instilled by her parents as a child while having her morning oatmeal. It grew into a “lifelong mantra” that took her through the travails of 40 years of social justice and environmental activism in Canada and on the international stage.
Now, Barlow chronicles that hopeful trek in her 20th book, Still Hopeful: Lessons From A Lifetime Of Activism.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/02/maude-barlow-activism-book-still-hopeful/
State of Michigan officials are investigating an apparent chemical spill in a Huron River side channel near Detroit. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220223-chemical-spill
Former Deputy Director of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Todd Ambs weighs in on the importance of science-based, forward-thinking water policy. Read the full story by WUMW-TV – Milwaukee, WI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220223-water-policy
The president and CEO of The Joyce Foundation discusses the importance of the $1 billion investment from the bipartisan infrastructure law to clean up toxic pollution in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220223-cleanup-investment
