Line 5 drill: Enbridge blankets Straits of Mackinac with spill practice

<> Line 5 drill: Enbridge blankets Straits of Mackinac with spill practice - Drill "about working the plan," not doing actual cleanup.

<> COMMENTARY: Risky Mackinac pipeline presents a test for Michigan leaders - [National Wildlife Federation] Michiganders are enormously fortunate to be in the Great Lakes State and have access to abundant fresh water and have the ultimate responsibility for stewardship of this water.

Stabenow, Peters Introduce Bill to Protect Great Lakes From Oil Spills, Improve Pipeline Safety

<> Stabenow, Peters Introduce Bill to Protect Great Lakes From Oil Spills, Improve Pipeline Safety - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters (MI) today introduced the Pipeline Improvement and Preventing Spills Act to ban shipping of crude oil by vessel on the Great Lakes and require a comprehensive, top-to-bottom review of hazardous pipelines in the region.  Bill would ban Great Lakes crude oil shipping, boost federal pipeline scrutiny

Food and Water Watch to hold Sept. 24 press conference to call for preventing oil spill in Straits of Mackinac

<> Food and Water Watch to hold Sept. 24 press conference to call for preventing oil spill in Straits of Mackinac - While Enbridge conducts an oil spill response drill in the Straits of Mackinac on Thursday, Sept. 24, Food and Water Watch -- a non-profit group that champions healthy food and clean water for all -- will hold a press conference to call attention to Enbridge's shaky safety record -- calling on Governor Rick Snyder and Attorney General Bill Schuette to shut down Enbridge's Line 5 before the winter ice appears.

New Facts Sheets from the GLC Greater Lakes Project

<> New Facts Sheets from the GLC Greater Lakes Project - Five fact sheets are now available to download from the Great Lakes Commission Greater Lakes project website. They present concise summaries about the project, the fractured urban water cycle and  what we learned from working with selected Great Lakes communities on adopting innovated water management strategies

Register now for the GLC 2015 Annual Meeting

<> Register now for the GLC 2015 Annual Meeting - The Great Lakes Commission 2015 Annual Meeting is an opportunity for Great Lakes stakeholders to convene with colleagues and share perspectives on important Great Lakes issues.

Great Lakes Commission receives funding to examine water quality trading in Western Lake Erie

 

<> Great Lakes Commission receives funding to examine water quality trading in Western Lake Erie - The Great Lakes Commission will soon embark on a three-year effort in partnership with member states and the Province of Ontario to test water quality trading as a tool for improving water quality in the western basin of Lake Erie.

Bird sounds signal Great Lakes forest health

<> Bird sounds signal Great Lakes forest health - Birds reveal a great deal about the condition of a forest ecosystem, and form the basis of a new study "Sensitivity of breeding birds to the 'human footprint' in western Great Lakes forest landscapes." Sensitivity of breeding birds to the "human footprint" in western Great Lakes forest landscapes