$12M EPA grant keeps Great Lakes wetland monitoring alive

$12M EPA grant keeps Great Lakes wetland monitoring alive
Great Lakes Commission
The Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring Program at Central Michigan University is beginning its fourth basinwide monitoring round this year under a new six-year, $12 million cooperative agreement with the U.S. Environmental […]
The Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring Program at Central Michigan University is beginning its fourth basinwide monitoring round this year under a new six-year, $12 million cooperative agreement with the U.S. Environmental […]
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$12M EPA grant keeps Great Lakes wetland monitoring alive

Bald eagle success story faces new threats

Bald eagle success story faces new threats
Great Lakes Echo
By Isabella Figueroa Nogueira The number of bald eagles in Michigan is declining. Workers are finding empty and damaged nests, malnourished eaglets and adult bald eagles attempting to nest a second time after failed attempts. Funding delays aren't helping.
By Isabella Figueroa Nogueira The number of bald eagles in Michigan is declining. Workers are finding empty and damaged nests, malnourished eaglets and adult bald eagles attempting to nest a second time after failed attempts. Funding delays aren't helping.
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Bald eagle success story faces new threats

Michigan chemical manufacturer BASF gets EPA approval for cleanup plan

Michigan chemical manufacturer BASF gets EPA approval for cleanup plan
Great Lakes Commission
Federal regulators have approved a Wyandotte, Michigan, chemical manufacturer’s plan to keep chemicals that have leached from contaminated soil into groundwater from reaching the Detroit River. Read the full story […]
Federal regulators have approved a Wyandotte, Michigan, chemical manufacturer’s plan to keep chemicals that have leached from contaminated soil into groundwater from reaching the Detroit River. Read the full story […]
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Michigan chemical manufacturer BASF gets EPA approval for cleanup plan

Former Duluth EPA biologists sue Trump administration, alleging they were fired illegally

Former Duluth EPA biologists sue Trump administration, alleging they were fired illegally
Great Lakes Commission
Two biologists who were fired from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lab in Duluth last year after signing a public letter criticizing the Trump administration are suing to get their […]
Two biologists who were fired from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lab in Duluth last year after signing a public letter criticizing the Trump administration are suing to get their […]
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Black River continues progress to being delisted as U.S. EPA Great Lakes Area of Concern

Black River continues progress to being delisted as U.S. EPA Great Lakes Area of Concern
Great Lakes Commission
The Black River in northern Ohio has moved a major step closer to being removed from the U.S. EPA’s Great Lakes Areas of Concern list after federal regulators approved the […]
The Black River in northern Ohio has moved a major step closer to being removed from the U.S. EPA’s Great Lakes Areas of Concern list after federal regulators approved the […]
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Two Duluth biologists fired by EPA file lawsuit against the agency

Two Duluth biologists fired by EPA file lawsuit against the agency
Great Lakes Commission
Two former biologists from the EPA’s Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division in Duluth, Minnesota, have joined five other fired EPA employees in federal lawsuits alleging they were unlawfully terminated […]
Two former biologists from the EPA’s Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division in Duluth, Minnesota, have joined five other fired EPA employees in federal lawsuits alleging they were unlawfully terminated […]
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Two Duluth biologists fired by EPA file lawsuit against the agency

EPA begins month-long Great Lakes water quality survey

EPA begins month-long Great Lakes water quality survey
Great Lakes Commission
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s largest research vessel began a month-long survey Monday to assess water quality and food-web conditions across all five Great Lakes. Read the full story by […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s largest research vessel began a month-long survey Monday to assess water quality and food-web conditions across all five Great Lakes. Read the full story by […]
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EPA begins month-long Great Lakes water quality survey

EPA clears Maumee Bay for recreational use, showing water quality improvement

EPA clears Maumee Bay for recreational use, showing water quality improvement
Great Lakes Commission
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved removing the “Beach Closings” impairment from the Maumee Area of Concern, signaling a large step for improving water quality in the Lake Erie […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved removing the “Beach Closings” impairment from the Maumee Area of Concern, signaling a large step for improving water quality in the Lake Erie […]
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EPA clears Maumee Bay for recreational use, showing water quality improvement

Activists resist efforts to eliminate some air pollution data from Detroit’s records

Activists resist efforts to eliminate some air pollution data from Detroit’s records
Great Lakes Echo
By Marissa Gonzalez Some environmental experts and activists in Detroit are concerned about a Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy request to the EPA to exclude air pollution data for 21 days with high levels of wildfire smoke.
By Marissa Gonzalez Some environmental experts and activists in Detroit are concerned about a Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy request to the EPA to exclude air pollution data for 21 days with high levels of wildfire smoke.
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EPA reaches agreement to further contain Gelman Plume

EPA reaches agreement to further contain Gelman Plume
Great Lakes Commission
The Environmental Protection Agency has come to a new agreement with Gelman Sciences, LLC, for the treatment and containment of the Gelman Plume, a massive underground contamination plume of 1,4-dioxane […]
The Environmental Protection Agency has come to a new agreement with Gelman Sciences, LLC, for the treatment and containment of the Gelman Plume, a massive underground contamination plume of 1,4-dioxane […]
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EPA reaches agreement to further contain Gelman Plume
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