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Author Archives: Mary Ellen Geist

Mary Ellen Geist, Great Lakes Bureau Chief
Mary Ellen Geist is an award-winning broadcast journalist and author who was born and raised in the Detroit area. She began her career as a broadcast journalist in Northern Michigan where one of her first investigative reports involved the discovery of trichloroethylene in the ground water of a small town. She later won several awards...Read more

Posted inLatest News, News, Video

“Water is Our Infrastructure”: Great Lakes Commission meeting Duluth, MN

by Mary Ellen Geist September 21, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inEnbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Industry, Latest News, News, Politics, Protect, The States, Video

Team of Academic Experts to Complete Line 5 Pipeline Risk Analysis

by Mary Ellen Geist September 19, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inEnbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Industry, Latest News, News, Protect, Video

What’s next for Line Five?

by Mary Ellen Geist September 15, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, News, Protect, Video, Water Quality

Agriculture and Algae: Is the GLRI making a difference?

by Mary Ellen Geist September 11, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inLatest News, News, Protect

Enbridge: “No Evidence of Corrosion along Pipeline”

by Mary Ellen Geist September 6, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inBooks, Authors, Art and Music, Culture, News, Video

The Great Lakes Author Series – Writers On Water: Elizabeth Kolbert

by Mary Ellen Geist August 29, 2017
Posted inAudio, News, Video

Stone Lab: Ground Zero in the fight for the health of Lake Erie

by Mary Ellen Geist August 28, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inAudio, Budget, News, Politics, Protect

The Cost of Keeping the Great Lakes Safe: An Interview with Great Lakes Now’s Gary Wilson

by Mary Ellen Geist August 28, 2017
Posted inInvasive Species, News, Protect, Science, Technology & Research

The Carp Autopsy: “No Good News”

by Mary Ellen Geist August 23, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inAudio, Latest News, News

Audio from WDET: Environmental Reporters Talk Great Lakes Issues

by Mary Ellen Geist August 17, 2017November 10, 2025

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Latest News

  • Line 5 tunnel in Michigan clears major permitting hurdle, in blow to opposition
    Despite "adverse" impacts on ecological and tribal resources, state regulators said it's better than an oil spill in the Great Lakes.
  • Air quality alerts issued for northern Michigan as wildfire smoke blankets region
    Events were canceled and people were urged to stay indoors amid warnings of health risks from the plume drifting down from Minnesota and Canada.
  • The AI Boom Is Prolonging Indiana’s Fossil Fuel Era, With Hidden Costs for Water
    Gas turbines and an old coal plant are expected to consume nearly 7 billion gallons of water annually in service of a new Amazon data center.

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