Businesses are eliminating plastic straws to reduce trash and save Lake Erie
Absolut Vodka and Malibu Rum have given $5,000 to the Lake Erie Foundation, after a campaign to eliminate plastic straws saved 300,000 from the Put-in-Bay trash this summer. Absolut has […]
Belle Isle flowing towards recovery
The 1987 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement designated the Detroit River as one of 43 “Great Lakes Areas of Concerns” or contaminated sites. Since then, agencies have come together to […]
How climate change is impacting the Great Lakes
The federal government recently released a National Climate Assessment report that broke down how our changing climate is expected to impact the planet region by region. Jenna Jorns is one of […]
Freshwater lakes across North America are being contaminated by excess road salt
We love traditional table salt (sodium chloride) in our food, but in the 1940’s, we acquired another use for it. Salt has long been used to melt ice and keep […]
Tiny plastics are in our Great Lakes, impacting human health and aquatic life
Around 15 years ago was when researchers first starting paying serious attention to microplastics in our waterways. A microplastic is defined as a piece of manufactured plastic that is less […]
Senate passes bill to keep ballast water containing invasive species out of the Great Lakes
Original article: Lee Burgquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved a measure that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to set rules requiring that ocean-going ships entering […]
PFAS, A threat to human health and our environment
PFAs, otherwise known as per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances are a family of more than 3,000 manufactured chemicals that were first put into production in the mid 1900’s. Manufacturers first became interested […]
Here’s Where the Post-Apocalyptic Water Wars Will Be Fought
A United Nations report published last week said we have about a decade to get climate change under control, which—let’s be honest—isn’t likely to happen. So break out your goalie […]
Lake Erie’s Water Crisis Is So Bad This Brewery Is Putting Algae in Beer
TOLEDO, OHIO — The staff at Maumee Bay Brewing Company swear that the brewery’s 150-year old building is haunted. A bartender is sure she saw a glass floating on its […]
MI groups take part in national “Imagine a Day Without Water”
FLINT, Mich. – “Imagine a Day Without Water” is the name of a series of events taking place today in Michigan and across the country to shed light on water-quality […]