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Commentary

Opinion and commentary about Great Lakes issues.

Water

The sorry state of Michigan’s environmental watchdog

By Gary Wilson | November 13, 2015

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s environmental legacy at stake.

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Chicago conferences focus on Asian carp, toxic algae, oil pipelines

By WKAR Current State | October 2, 2015

Great Lakes Week brought government officials and environmentalists together to talk about the region’s most pressing environmental issues.

Water

Great Lakes Week 2015: boulders, birds and…bland

By Gary Wilson | September 28, 2015

Algae, PAHs, invasives and managed grazing are also on tap for Great Lakes confab. But where is Waukesha?

Nearshore

EPA exec.: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative scores successes

By Cameron Davis | September 11, 2015

A senior adviser to the EPA administrator describes the impact of federal funding to restore the Great Lakes.

Water

Echo’s King Solomon hits air waves

By David Poulson | September 10, 2015

Wilson on Waukesha.

Water

Waukesha’s drinking problem causes regional hangover

By Gary Wilson | September 4, 2015

When no water means some water, it’s time to make a deal.

Enbridge Line 5, Straits of Mackinac
Nearshore

Pipelines, fish tanks and environmental risk

By David Poulson | August 12, 2015

Weighing water risks.

Nearshore

Great Lakes month in review: nuclear waste, pipelines, algae

By Gary Wilson | August 4, 2015

Current State reviews this month’s biggest environmental stories from around the basin, including algae blooms, nuclear waste and oil pipelines.

Water

Tracking a herd of Great Lakes elephants

By Gary Wilson | July 17, 2015

If you’re going to praise politicians, you have a responsibility to criticize them too. Too often Great Lakes advocates are like referees who swallow their whistles, afraid to make the tough calls.

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Great Lakes Month in Review: phosphorus and diversion

By WKAR Current State | July 8, 2015

Current State’s Great Lakes Month in Review for June looks at reducing phosphorous runoff into Lake Erie and a Wisconsin town that wants to draw its drinking water from Lake Michigan.

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Environmental news of the Great Lakes region from the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University.

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