Tag: lakes
NOAA forecasts harmful algal bloom in Lake Erie – Great Lakes Commission
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released a forecast predicting a moderate to above moderate harmful algal bloom in the western Lake Erie basin this summer. Read the […]
Environmental lawyers say end of Chevron deference could hurt Wisconsin water quality – Great Lakes Commission
Environmental and administrative lawyers say that efforts to protect Wisconsin’s water from contaminants such as PFAS could be harmed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week to overturn the […]
Great Lakes Commission releases user-friendly, secure Great Lakes water use database – Great Lakes Commission
Ann Arbor, Mich. – The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) announced today that it has released an updated Great Lakes Water Use Database website that is
What is a liquid? Utilities sue to avoid coal ash cleanup — and lose | Great Lakes Now
By Gautama Mehta, Grist
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Across America, millions of tons of toxic waste are sitting in pits next to coal plants. But whether they will get cleaned up has come down to a legal debate over the definitions of words.
High bacteria levels cause closures along Michigan beaches – Great Lakes Commission
As of Wednesday, eight Michigan beaches were closed due to high Escherichia coli, or E. coli, levels in the water within Arenac, Bay, Macomb, Oakland, Lenawee, and Allegan counties. Beach […]
PFAS News Roundup: End of Chevron deference may intensify drinking water contamination by further delaying PFAS cleanup, experts warn | Great Lakes Now
In an article by the Wisconsin Examiner, legal experts cited the myriad of ways the Supreme Court ruling on Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which overturned the Chevron deference, will likely harm future PFAS litigation. The decision came just days after a group of utilities and chemical companies filed three lawsuits in the U.S.
As climate change alters lakes, tribes and conservationists fight for the future of spearfishing | Great Lakes Now
By Melina Walling and John Locher, Associated Press
HAYWARD, Wis. (AP) — Chilly nights on northern Wisconsin’s Chippewa Flowage don’t deter 15-year-old spearfisher Gabe Bisonette. He’s been learning the Ojibwe practice for so long now that when his headlamp illuminates the eye-shine of his quarry, he can communicate the sighting to his dad with hardly a word.
Bridge Culture Club reads Great Lakes memoir ‘Impermanence’ in August | Bridge Michigan
Bridge Culture Club resumes Aug. 13 with author Sue Leaf to discuss her book about Lake Superior….
FEMA will now consider climate change when it rebuilds after floods | Great Lakes Now
By Jake Bittle, Grist
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When the Federal Emergency Management Agency spends millions of dollars to help rebuild schools and hospitals after a hurricane, it tries to make the community more resilient than it was before the storm.
New river valley connects to Lake Ontario in massive Port Lands project – Great Lakes Commission
The newly built river valley in Toronto’s Port Lands has been officially connected with Lake Ontario through the Polson Slip, a milestone in the grand eastern waterfront project that brings […]