The first Progress Report on Great Lakes Strategy was released on March 22nd, coinciding with World Water Day and Canada Water Week. The Ontario Ministry of Environment and Climate is bound under the Great Lakes Protection Act to report on key accountabilities every three years. The first Progress Report details how much the Ministry and its partners have accomplished since …
A short documentary by MotherBoard called "The Dirty Secret at the Bottom of the Great Lakes: Oil and Water", released in August 2015, explores anxiety over an aging oil pipeline in the Great Lakes. It is said to be a "ticking time bomb" by a National Wildlife Federation rep in the video. Over 60 years old, the oil pipeline in …
It wasn't quite a photo finish, but 20,000 tonnes of metric weight might slow you down a bit, too. Thunder Bay Port Authority, industry professionals, and shipping enthusiasts watched with baited breath to see whether the MV Tecumseh or the MV Algoma Equinox would be the first to make it into Thunder Bay's harbour on Saturday. The MV Tecumseh managed …
The New England Journal of Medicine has a few choice words for officials responding to the Flint water crisis, and they aren't pretty. Yesterday, the Journal posted a lengthy editorial piece titled "Lead Contamination in Flint - and Abject Failure to Protect Public Health" by Dr. David Bellinger. There is an interview with Dr. Bellinger attached to the article. Dr. …
Sport fishermen are celebrating a new season of steelhead fishing along North Shore tributaries. Here are four key links to celebrate the upcoming thaw! In an article via Stevens Point Journal, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources report that their biologists recorded an increase in steelhead numbers during a count last September. DNR Biologist Paul Piszczek says the 2015 …
