Tag: Great Lakes News Collaborative
Feds halted work on project to stop invasive carp. Then Whitmer called Trump
The stop-work order lifted following a phone call between Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and President Donald Trump. The unplanned call was yet another example of the Democratic governorâs unique relationship with the Republican president….
Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ in US
The lakeâs name comes from the Huron Indigenous peopleâs word ‘oniatarÃ:io,’ which means ‘lake of shining waters’ and it predates European settlement in the region. The Ontario province took its name from the lake….
Line 5: Where Jocelyn Benson, John James, Abdul El-Sayed, Mike Rogers stand
Gretchen Whitmer and Dana Nessel are trying to shut down Enbridge Energyâs petroleum pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac. What would their potential successors and Michiganâs candidates for US senator do on Line 5?…
Think you’re getting old? New study says Michigan sturgeon may live to 400
Some lake sturgeon swimming in the Great Lakes today may have been alive for centuries, according to new research that suggests scientists have significantly underestimated the fishâs lifespan….
Where Michigan governor candidates stand on data centers, the environment
How would Jocelyn Benson, Chris Swanson, Perry Johnson and John James protect the Great Lakes? How would they approach data centers, climate change and energy policy?…