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Oil pipeline bills get praise from environmental groups
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Controverisal Line 5 / the Straits of Mackinac, Credit: Controverisal Line 5 / the Straits of Mackinac
An oil pipeline that runs across part of the Great Lakes has been the target of criticism for months. Now environmental groups in the region are ap...

Bought by WBFO, North Country Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, and WCPN


  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: 01:18
  • Purchases: 5
Lake Ontario beaches damaged by flood waters
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Ontario Beach is half eroded away, half underwater., Credit: Veronica Volk
Before you head to the beach on Lake Ontario this summer, you might have to check to see if it's still there... Lake Ontario is still on the rise a...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, WCMU Michigan, WBFO, and WCPN


  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: 01:02
  • Purchases: 4
Big algae bloom predicted this summer in Lake Erie
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A NASA satellite image of western Lake Erie from May 22, 2017, Credit: NOAA
The more rain we have this spring, the bigger the Lake Erie algae bloom this summer -- and it’s been a wet spring, according to projections from th...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WKSU, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: 01:09
  • Purchases: 5
Businesses along Lake Ontario hurt by flooding
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Fran Beth took over the bar for her mother-in-law, the original Marge., Credit: Veronica Volk
Spring flooding along Lake Ontario is damaging many homes along the shoreline. It’s also hurting people who have businesses there. As Veronica Vol...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 7
Trump budget targets Great Lakes funding
From: Great Lakes Today
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The Trump administration released details of its 2018 budget plan today. As expected, it eliminates a $300 million program to help the Great Lakes....

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, WRVO Public Media, WCPN, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: May 23, 2017
  • Length: 01:07
  • Purchases: 6
Cleveland has big plans for its waterfront. But can people get there?
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Richard Pace, Credit: Matt Richmond, ideastream
Cleveland, which sits on Lake Erie, has big plans for building homes and shop along its waterfront. But the city faces some major obstacles – like ...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WCPN, and WBFO


  • Added: May 18, 2017
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 3
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending May 26, 2017
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Trump Firing of FBI Director a Threat to U.S. Rule of Law; New Trump Elect...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 17, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Part 2: City Rangers
From: Julia Caulfield
Series: Homeless in Boulder, Colorado
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With a camping ban in place in Boulder, Colorado. City Rangers are tasked with giving tickets to people they find camping in the open space and mou...

  • Added: May 11, 2017
  • Length: 04:32
Lake Ontario and Montreal are flooded. Can this dam help?
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Tom Piekunka has stacked sandbags along his property line in hopes of keeping the rising water at bay., Credit: Veronica Volk
Flooding continues for a second week along Lake Ontario – and there’s no end in sight. Many residents – and New York’s governor – say the solution ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 6
More water drained from Lake Ontario to ease flooding
From: Great Lakes Today
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As flooding continues along Lake Ontario, a nearby dam has started letting more water out of the lake. But, as Great Lakes Today reporter Veronica ...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio, and WBFO


  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: :50
  • Purchases: 3
Lessons learned -- and missed -- from a deadly water crisis
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Operators monitor Wellington's raw water, water going to residents, and tap water from the town treatment plant., Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
Before water contamination emergencies hit Flint, Michigan, a crisis in Canada became deadly. When E. coli invaded the drinking water in Walkerton...

Bought by WCPN, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: May 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 5
Flooding along Lake Ontario and Montreal linked by dam
From: Great Lakes Today
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Due to heavy spring rains, Lake Ontario is overflowing its banks. Some New Yorkers want to lower the lake by releasing water from a dam downstream....

Bought by North Country Public Radio, WCPN, WRVO Public Media, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: :45
  • Purchases: 5
Homeowners battle flood waters on Lake Ontario
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Residents assess the damage of flooding along the south shore of Lake Ontario., Credit: Veronica Volk
Residents along the south shore of Lake Ontario are cleaning up after a storm pushed flood water into their yards and homes. With heavy rains forec...

Bought by North Country Public Radio and WBFO


  • Added: May 01, 2017
  • Length: :58
  • Purchases: 2
New York town fights to keep Lake Ontario at bay
From: Great Lakes Today
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The Great Lakes are so big that they can act just like an ocean -- with punishing waves that erode the shore. And with Lake Ontario 20 inches highe...

Bought by WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, WRVO Public Media, and WBFO


  • Added: Apr 28, 2017
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 5
Drug Take Back Day helps protecting fish in Great Lakes
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Prescription Drug Take Back Day
The New York Sea Grant is urging residents and those who live in the Great Lakes basin to help protect the fresh water source.

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WKSU, and WBFO


  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: :53
  • Purchases: 5
Study: Warnings about contaminated fish fall short
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: EPA Photo / Fish Advisory , Credit: EPA Photo / Fish Advisory
The EPA Office of inspector General (OIG) issued a report regarding fish advisory risk communications. The agency found that several states and tri...

Bought by North Country Public Radio, WKSU, WCPN, and WBFO


  • Added: Apr 24, 2017
  • Length: 01:25
  • Purchases: 4
People, Power and Pipelines
From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: Eighth Fire Starters Radio
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Guests: Trenton Casillas-Bakeberg (Bee), One Mind Youth Movement, and Courtney Williams from Safe Energy Rights Group

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 20, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Michigan town raises money online to clear harbor
From: Great Lakes Today
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With its harbor closed because of silt and other sediment -- and no help in sight from the federal government -- the town of Leland found an unusua...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, and WBFO


  • Added: Apr 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 4
Nuclear plant shutdown divides Great Lakes community
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert, Mich., Credit: File photo, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Decades ago, the Great Lakes shoreline was a popular spot to build nuclear power plants, because there was plenty of water to cool reactors. Now, s...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WLPR , WCMU Michigan, WBFO, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 12, 2017
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 5
Can technology clean up the Great Lakes?
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Max Herzog of the Cleveland Water Alliance at an Erie Hack meetup event, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
Pollution and other problems plague areas all over the Great Lakes region. And they can make drinking or swimming dangerous. There’s plenty of bla...

Bought by Michigan Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 7
Teachers worry about Trump cuts to Sea Grant program
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Teachers test a classroom activity at SUNY Oswego's Rice Creek field station, Credit: Payne Horning
For years, the Sea Grant program has helped Americans learn about the oceans, the Great Lakes and other waters. Now President Trump wants to stop f...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, North Country Public Radio, WKSU and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2017
  • Length: 01:26
  • Purchases: 7
Plastic bag bans spark debate in Great Lakes region
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A plastic bag washed up on the beach at the Erie Basin Marina., Credit: Veronica Volk
Plastic bags are all around us, especially in the checkout lanes of grocery stores. They're also a persistent litter problem on land and along the ...

Bought by Michigan Radio, North Country Public Radio, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRVO Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 7
Trump recommends 2017 Great Lakes cuts
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: International Joint Commission meeting in Buffalo March 28., Credit: Eileen Koteras Elibol/WBFO
Lots of people were already upset about President Trump’s plan to slash Great Lakes funding in next year’s federal budget. Now he’s recommending a...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, North Country Public Radio, Interlochen Public Radio, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Mar 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 9
RDD: The Lake and the Doctor (part 2)
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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In a Rough Draft Diaries first, we're entering the world of science by learning about the past (and present) struggles of Lake Erie with the former...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 06:06
"Lake Effect" can bring trouble, but some companies embrace name
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Lake Effect Furies skirmish, Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Lake Effect Furies skirmish
Residents along the Great Lakes corridor are very familiar with lake effect snows. When cold dry air passes over the lakes, it generates enough sno...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, Interlochen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2017
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 6

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