Federal and state policy changes mean more doctors can prescribe a drug known to help patients fight addiction. But advocates say stigma and other barriers keep Michigan patients from accessing medication assisted treatment…. Read the full story
The Thames Valley District school board is at the beginning stage of its safe schools review process Read the full story
See where Democrats, Republicans, Joe Biden and Donald Trump stand on top issues including abortion, autos, the environment, health care, immigration, foreign policy and more…. Read the full story
Lucas County in Toledo, Ohio, and the Environmental Law and Policy Center filed a lawsuit that alleges that the EPA’s does not measure the actual amount of phosphorus from sources like manure primarily from unregulated large-scale animal feeding operations called CAFOs. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan. Read the full story
Twenty-two million pounds of plastic waste end up in the Great Lakes every year. About half of that waste ends up in Lake Michigan alone. Samira Hanessian, energy policy director with the Illinois Environmental Council, discusses why buying sustainable matters. Read the full story by WLS-TV – Chicago, IL. Read the full story
The city of Toledo, Ohio, and the Lucas County Board of Commissioners will join the Environmental Law & Policy Center in suing the U.S. EPA over what they believe is a “facially inadequate plan” to reduce phosphorus runoff in the Western Lake Erie Basin. Read the full story by The Blade. Read the full story
The Mississippi River Basin and the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin supply freshwater and drain wastewater for millions of people.
Two of the largest watersheds in the U.S., they span state and political boundaries.
The post Covering watershed policy and identity first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.
Students at an east London high school are a step closer to free rides on London Transit buses after city councillors voted Tuesday to support a pilot program that could open the door for free public transit for all high school students. City council’s strategic priorities and policy committee voted 13-2 to have city hall […]
An hourlong presentation about western Lake Erie was made Monday to a Washington-based policy center with ties to Congress, an online event that reminded viewers they are about three months away from battling another season of toxic algal blooms. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade. Read the full story
Job Opportunities Great Lakes Commission Position Available: Financial Operations Specialist Application deadline: April 15, 2024 | Download PDF Description The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) has an immediate opening for a financial operations specialist to assist with administrative and financial duties for the GLC. The GLC manages dozens of federal and nonfederal grants and contracts, ranging…
The Great Lakes Commission is calling on the federal government to invest in addressing algae blooms, funding research, and keeping the Great Lakes open for shipping and recreation. A reporter spoke with the Great Lakes Commission’s Executive Director Erika Jensen about the chance of funding passing in Congress. Read the full transcript of their conversation…
The year is 1998 and a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation headline reads “Great Lake water deal draws criticism.”
The “deal” to which the CBC referred was an under-the-radar but legal endeavor by a Canadian company to tap Lake Superior water and ship it via tanker to Asia for profit.
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