Author: Clean Technica

Heavy storms don’t automatically create a greater risk to drinking water for residents in the Great Lakes region, but increased monitoring and better coordinated health data collection is needed, according to a report released by the International Join…

The ice cover is starting to grow on the Great Lakes and a few even have ice cover that is in line with the long-term average. Read the full story by MLive.

The Town of Saugeen Shores on the shores of Lake Huron in southwestern Ontario will renew its membership and pay dues to the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities 2022 Initiative, despite misgivings about the value of the program to local taxpayers. Read…

The State of Michigan is continuing to replace lead service lines that are the source of lead contamination in drinking water in a southwest Michigan community. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

The shortest route to get a ship from Asia to the U.S. is through America’s West Coast ports. But given the pileup there, some ships are going the long way through eastern Canada into the Great Lakes. Read and hear the full story by National Publ…

The Badger, which was built and launched in 1952, has returned to Ludington, Michigan after an inspection and new paint job. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

In testimony before the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC), a veteran in the oil and gas industry claimed that housing Line 5 in an underground tunnel poses a risk of explosion. Read the full story by the Interlochen Public Radio.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has completed its annual Great Lakes survey season, conducted on all of our Great Lakes waters from April to November 2021. Read the full story by the Up North Voice.

Lake Superior currently has less than 10% ice coverage. The National Weather Service says this isn’t unusual. Read the full story by WLUC-TV – Marquette, MI.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will host a virtual public hearing on Feb. 2 on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement that the department has prepared for the proposed relocation of the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline in Ashland, Bayfie…