In 2010, an Enbridge pipeline spilled one million gallons of tar sands oil into the Kalamazoo River, a tributary of Lake Michigan. Dane County wants Enbridge to carry extra insurance in case of a similar disaster with the pipeline here; Enbridge has taken to the courts to remove this requirement. For the first segment of […]
The Great Lakes: Ecology and Public Health
The Great Lakes covers 94,000 square miles of surface area and accounts for twenty percent of the world’s fresh surface water. In many ways, their health is our health. Today in the studio, guest host Rebecca Kemble speaks with Dan Egan about his research on the Great Lakes. They cover invasive species and pollution, the […]
DNR Approves Racine Permit to Use Water from Lake Michigan for Foxconn...
The Department of Natural Resources has approved a permit for the city of Racine to divert water from Lake Michigan for Foxconn. The Taiwanese tech manufacturing giant plans to use 7 million gallons of water a day for their planned 10 billion dollar LCD display screen factory in rural Racine County. Racine says it will […]
The Great Lakes: An Environmental Assessment
The world’s largest area of freshwater faces an uncertain future. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Environment Canada just released a joint report on the overall state of the Great Lakes. The study looks at a variety of environmental indicators including drinking water, beaches, fish consumption, habitats and species, toxic chemicals, nutrients and algae, groundwater […]
Waukesha Approved to Receive Water from Lake Michigan
On June 21, representatives of the eight states that border the Great Lakes unanimously approved a request from the City of Waukesha, Wisconsin to receive drinking water from Lake Michigan. This marks the first time the signatories to the Great Lakes Compact have authorized diverting water out of the Great Lakes watershed. Waukesha, a city […]
