Monday, February 24, 2014

Great Lakes News

<> A clear day finally gives us a spectacular look at Michigan's Great Lakes ice from space - Clear skies show the differing levels of ice cover across each of the Great Lakes. . .

<> FLOW's Transparent Open Door Fracking Program - an apolitical and pragmatic solution for communities who approach FLOW (For Love Of Water) and voluntarily participate in the program. Our approach is based on factual information regarding the potential risks of fracking and oil and gas development, and what local governments can and cannot do. . .

<> Duluth receives U.S. EPA's first Great Lakes Shoreline Cities Green Infrastructure Grant- U.S. EPA announced the award of a $250,000 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant to the City of Duluth to fund green infrastructure projects to improve water quality in the Lake Superior Basin. Duluth is the first of 16 cities to receive funding in the initial round of EPA's new Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Shoreline Cities grant program.