Tag: Daily News
EGLE to offer $9 million in grants to ‘repower’ marine vessels
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.
On first mission to Great Lakes, NOAA ship will sonar map Lake Erie
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.
EDITORIAL: Federal cleanup project will benefit Buffalo and the Great Lakes region for generations
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.
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Effort to protect Lake Michigan poised to continue — for now
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.
Wisconsin DNR board adopts PFAS standards for drinking, surface waters
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.