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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 inDrinking Water, News, Protect, Video, Water Quality, Water Withdrawals

The impact of the Waukesha water withdrawal decision on Racine, WI

by Mary Ellen Geist April 11, 2018
Posted inBudget, Drinking Water, Flint, Latest News, News, Politics, Video, Water Quality

No more free bottled water for Flint

by Mary Ellen Geist April 10, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inEnbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Industry, Latest News, News, Protect, Video

Update on fluid spill in the Straits of Mackinac

by Mary Ellen Geist April 5, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inEnbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Industry, Latest News, News, Protect

A Spill in the Straits

by Mary Ellen Geist April 4, 2018
Posted inAlgae Blooms, News, Protect, Video, Water Quality

Lake Erie has been declared impaired. So what?

by Mary Ellen Geist April 3, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inBudget, Drinking Water, Energy, Industry, News, Politics, Protect, Water Quality, Water Withdrawals

Potash: Another Great Lakes water withdrawal

by Mary Ellen Geist March 28, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inBudget, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Industry, News, Politics, Protect

Drilling underway near the Line 5 Pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac

by Mary Ellen Geist March 16, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, News, Protect, Video, Water Quality, Water Withdrawals

“Tapping the Great Lakes” premieres on DPTV

by Mary Ellen Geist March 15, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inNews, Protect, Water Quality, Water Withdrawals

Should Michigan’s water withdrawal law be changed to help farmers?

by Mary Ellen Geist March 5, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, News, Video, Water Quality

A car that makes clean drinking water?

by Mary Ellen Geist February 22, 2018

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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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