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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 inEvents and Special Broadcasts, News, Video

Are you a “Sustainable Sailor”?

by Mary Ellen Geist May 26, 2017
Posted inEvents and Special Broadcasts, News

A Detroit Agency Combines Social Services and Sustainability

by Mary Ellen Geist May 25, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inEvents and Special Broadcasts, News

Flying the Sustainable Skies and Quiet, Clean Cars

by Mary Ellen Geist May 24, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inLatest News

“Complacency is the greatest threat to the Great Lakes” – Cameron Davis at IAGLR 2017 in Detroit

by Mary Ellen Geist May 20, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inEvents and Special Broadcasts, Latest News, News, Video

GO GREEN – GO DETROIT! SB ’17 Detroit May 22-25

by Mary Ellen Geist May 16, 2017
Posted inNews

From Cities to Farms: Shaping Great Lakes Ecosystems

by Mary Ellen Geist May 16, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inLatest News, News, Video

A River Runs Through It

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

Water/ Rage

by Mary Ellen Geist May 10, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inNews, Protect, Video

Grand Rapids once turned its back on the river. But no more.

by Mary Ellen Geist May 9, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inNews

The Month of May is “Conferencepalooza” for The Great Lakes

by Mary Ellen Geist May 4, 2017

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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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