Steel production dips in Great Lakes, down 4% this year
Steel production dipped by 3,000 tons in the Great Lakes region last week, the second straight weekly decrease. Read the full story by The Times of Northwest Indiana.
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Great Lakes website launches
The Great Lakes Commission launched a new website to track progress on important environmental issues, including dealing with harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie. Read the full story by the Sandusky Register. Read the full story
Newest data on ‘forever chemicals’ has local leaders exploring testing, treatment options for drinking water
Five million Illinoisans live near water systems that utilize Lake Michigan water, which is reported to have “worrisome concentrations” of PFAS, according to a database of Illinois PFAS water testing created by the Chicago Tribune. Local leaders in Illinois have said they were aware of the latest research regarding PFAS are awaiting new guidance from the EPA. Read…
One year on from its great re-branding, here’s how Copi is doing locally
One year ago, the Illinois DNR, as part of a national initiative, began calling invasive carp “Copi”, a play on the word copious and a reference to the vast number of carp swimming in state waters. Read the full story by The State-Journal Register. Read the full story
Will offshore wind someday power the Great Lakes states? A Lake Erie project may soon find out.
If all goes as planned, a renewable energy revolution could begin in a few years with a pilot project rising just eight miles off the Cleveland’s shoreline, above the waves of Lake Erie. The six turbines will transform wind rolling over the lake into electricity, then supply it to a network onshore. Read the full…
Great Lakes freighter freed after running aground near Belle Isle
The M/V Mark W. Barker, a 639-foot Great Lakes freighter, was carrying 21,000 tons of salt and headed for Milwaukee when it got stuck for more than four hours in the Detroit River on Wednesday after running aground just feet from the Belle Isle shoreline. Read the full story by The Detroit News. Read the full…
Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Cities Initiative praises Canadian, U.S. Governments for committing funds for shoreline protection
The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative says that their member municipalities are willing to spend the money to protect the shoreline but are hampered by inflation and labor shortages. Read the full story by Bayshore Broadcasting. Read the full story