Monthly Archives: September 2009

Senate passes $400M Great Lakes bill

Thursday, September 24, 2009
Deb Price / Detroit News Washington Bureau
Washington — The Senate easily passed legislation tonight containing $400 million for Great Lakes restoration by deterring invasive species, cleaning up highly polluted sites and expanding wetlands.
The funding level for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative falls short of the $475 million passed by the House in [...]

The Detroit News: New era for Michigan mining

Video interviews
Jim Lynch / The Detroit News
Republic
Upper Peninsula mines have called the fathers, brothers, sons and, eventually, the mothers and daughters of the region’s families to work for more than a century.
Days spent in the dark and the dirt searching for copper, iron and nickel put food on the table and carved out a rugged [...]

NY Times: Toxic Waters

Toxic Waters: A series about the worsening pollution in American waters and regulators’ response
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Scripps Lays Out Plan to Protect Michigan’s Waters

Placing waters in the public trust will protect the Great Lakes
— September 02, 2009
GLEN ARBOR – Speaking to a gathering of citizen activists, State Representative Dan Scripps (D-Leland) laid out his vision for protecting all of Michigan’s waters, including lakes, rivers, streams and groundwater, by affirming they should be clearly defined as a public resource, [...]

Environmental Writer Dave Dempsey Wins 2009 Michigan Author Award

Contact: Sarah Lapshan (517) 241-1736
Agency: History, Arts and Libraries

Aug. 24, 2009
The Michigan Center for the Book today announced Dave Dempsey - author of award-winning books on conservation and environmental issues critical to Michigan - as the winner of the 2009 Michigan Author Award. Sponsored jointly by [...]