The old Union Fish Co. building in Erie, Pennsylvania’s Wolverine Park Marina will soon take on new life. Gannon University is seeking $1.5 million from Erie County to transform the old building into the Great Lakes Research and Education Center. The facility will be used to test water samples for micro-plastics and other pollutants currently found in Lake Erie. Read the full story by Erie News Now.
The New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting issued a siting permit for a 33-turbine wind energy facility to be located near a wildlife management area close to Lake Ontario. However, this is raising concerns for the safety of migratory birds. Read the full story by the Poughkeepsie Journal. Read the full story
With federal authorities limited in their ability to require power plants to substitute fossil fuels with other energy sources, state efforts in New York will need to ramp up to reduce future climate risks to the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Spectrum News Buffalo. Read the full story
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper will conduct a study along 16 miles of shoreline in Buffalo, New York. Funding for the study is made possible by a $750,000 grant from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation. Read the full story by The Buffalo News. Read the full story
If your summer plans include time at your favorite Michigan lake, there’s an easy and rewarding way to show your lake some love: help the MiCorps Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program gather valuable information about water quality and fish habitat conditions. Read the full story by the Iosco County News-Herald. Read the full story
Clean Water and Air, LLC, filed a complaint accusing Tofte Wastwater Treatment Association (aka Bluefin Bay) of past and ongoing violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA), including the continued pollution of Lake Superior with “mercury, fecal matter, coliform, and suspended solids.”. Read the full story by Law Street Media. Read the full story
Two significant flood mitigation projects along Lake Ontario are now complete – one in the town of Irondequoit and the other in the Village of Sodus Point, New York. Read the full story by WXXI-TV – Rochester, New York. Read the full story
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