Great Lakes News

The Great Lakes region is only a few steps away from obtaining a second federally protected marine sanctuary for shipwrecks. On January 6, 2017, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration…

In the face of a potential oil pipeline leak under the Straits of Mackinac, a group of businesses — including Patagonia and several Michigan breweries — has formed the Great…

At a March Michigan Pipeline Safety Advisory Board meeting, Enbridge officials admitted that the outer coating layer on Line 5 has failed in places — a repair the company usually…

Proposed cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Trump Administration has many Great Lakes environmentalists and legislators concerned. Details leaked and obtained by the National Association for Clean…

Listen up, innovators; the State of Michigan is seeking ideas on how to keep invasive bighead, silver, and black carp out of the Great Lakes, through the DNR’s Invasive Carp…

Electronics and water don’t usually mix, but at the Erie Hack Water Data and Engineering Hackathon they do! TechTown Detroit, a business incubator, hosted a local “Erie Hack” contest on…

Waterways in the United States and Canada are one step closer to becoming microbead-free, thanks to recent regulations passed in Canada. On November 4, 2016, the Canadian government ruled a…

At the end of November, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reversed its previous course and announced it had raised mandated ethanol volumes for 2017. The final ruling will require 15…

There might be another invasive species joining algae and Asian carp, and threatening the Great Lakes’ freshwater ecosystem. Starry stonewort is a fast-growing, hard-to-kill aquatic weed that has become widespread…

Former President Obama passed the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act on December 16, which will fund cleanup efforts in the Great Lakes for five more years and help…