Author: Great Lakes Commission
Coldest weather since early 2019 poised to strike Toledo area
The single-digit cold to which Toledoans woke up Tuesday and Wednesday mornings were just a chilldown act to what’s likely to arrive Sunday night.
Activist groups, outgoing EPA regional chief believe Great Lakes will fare reasonably well under Trump
President-elect Donald Trump has pledged more drilling, less focus on climate change, and more rollbacks of environmental laws that he believes could hurt the economy.
Owl barf to that: Metroparks class offers unqiue insight
A popular class in the Toledo Metroparks system is funner than the sum of its parts. Awesome Owl Barf is a nature class that dissects Barn Owl “pellets.”
2023 renewable energy law won't be halted while appeal of Mich. agency's role is heard
LANSING — An attempt to block how the Michigan Public Service Commission implements a new state law written to help renewable energy projects be developed across the state has been struck down by the Michigan Court of Appeals.
State accuses U.S. EPA of having ‘clear political motivations’ for demanding tighter phosphorus rules for Port Clinton
PORT CLINTON — A hearing to discuss the city of Port Clinton’s wastewater-discharge permit sounded more like a war of words between a Democratic-led environmental regulator on the federal level and a Republican-led environmental regulator on the state level, with the latter accusing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of government overreach.
NRC reminds Holtec it's not beholden to the company's schedule for Palisades restart
Senior U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials gave their first indication Tuesday that the timeline announced for the historic effort to restart the mothballed Palisades nuclear plant in southwest Michigan might be too ambitious.
Ohio DNR drilling 10 water-research wells to learn more about a mysterious tri-state aquifer
BRYAN — First, there was a proposal that Pioneer Mayor Ed Kidston floated to several Toledo-area suburbs in the summer of 2018.
Ohio EPA to defend sewage permit it authorized for Port Clinton at special hearing
PORT CLINTON — A special public hearing is being held Tuesday night for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to defend itself from accusations that it failed to do enough to protect Lake Erie with a wastewater permit it issued to the city of Port Clinton in April.
Metroparks taking registrations for winter hike program
Metroparks Toledo is taking registrations for a monthly hike program called Wintering the Metroparks.
Bill introduced to extend Great Lakes Restoration Initiative another 5 years
The Great Lakes delegation within the U.S. House of Representatives wasted no time in its efforts to get one of the key pieces of funding for Great Lakes cleanup and restoration programs authorized for another five years.