Echo
Don’t let myth-making distort Great Lakes progress
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Gary Wilson takes a look at some of the common myths surrounding the Great Lakes and how they have come to be perceived as realities.
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Great Lakes Month in Review: Asian carp and petcoke
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Current State checks in monthly with Great Lakes commentator and journalist Gary Wilson for updates on environmental stories from around the basin. For today’s Great Lakes Month in Review, we’re focusing on petcoke piles and Asian carp.
Water
IJC algae action, Waukesha request, fracking worries
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Each month Echo commentator Gary Wilson recaps news from around the basin.
This week, Gary reflects on Great Lakes Week, the International Joint Commission’s recommendations to fight algal blooms and water use in fracking.
Echo
Water diversion heats up in Milwaukee
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Great Lakes water diversion and lake levels are among the hot issues during Great Lakes Week in Milwaukee. Echo commentator Gary Wilson reports on these issues on Current State.
Michigan’s groundwater tool: Oversold, overhyped and in question
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Echo commentator Gary Wilson points out that Michigan’s water assessment tool is no substitute for people measuring and monitoring water flows.
Echo
What’s up with the Great Lakes govs’ summit on Mackinac Island?
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This weekend’s Great Lakes Governor’s Summit agenda features less environment and more economic development issues.
Echo commentator Gary Wilson provides his take on Current State.
Energy
Proposed Trump rollback of fuel standards triggers urban health concerns
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Administration cites safety factor to justify move; Cautious auto industry response.
Algae
Scientists expect Lake Erie’s 2018 algae bloom to be “significant”
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Charter boat captain says business is down by 25 percent.
Echo
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula storm: “The new normal”
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Scientist says many in area lack a “sense of urgency.”
Water
A Great Lakes tragedy: growing up near a toxic harbor
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Author reflects on toxic sites ten years after seminal book.