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Nov
6
Lake Michigan Is The New Kennebunkport
Filed Under Barack Obama, Lake Michigan | 1 Comment
Shore Magazine’s election wrap-up email arrived in my inbox with an interesting tid-bit of information that bodes well for Lake Michigan communities in Southwest Michigan and possibly Northwest Indiana, if the presidential power-brokers discover Beverly Shores.
Democrats have been weekending and vacationing in second homes—usually known as cottages—along Red Arrow Highway for generations. … We (blue Southwestern Michigan) have been promoted to Kennebunkport.
The magazine’s email even notes that there is a rumor that Barack and Michelle Obama spent some time on Lake Michigan’s shore this summer.
Dec
23
Less pollutants are going into Lake Michigan than in the past, but millions of pounds are still making their way into the Great Lake.
The Post-Tribune’s Gitte Laasby writes about the Clean Water Act’s effect in Northwest Indiana in today’s paper.
The Clean Water Act set out to “virtually eliminate” discharges to U.S. waterways by 1985. But a Post-Tribune analysis shows Indiana’s major facilities discharged more than 378 million pounds of pollutants into Lake Michigan and its tributaries in just one year.
Dumping of nearly all pollutants discharged by Indiana’s 33 major polluters has fallen dramatically since 1979. The Clean Water Act has made a difference.
But it hasn’t reached its goal of zero discharges, or come near it.
Nov
28
Will Climate Change Drain Lake Michigan?
Filed Under Lake Michigan, environment, global climate change, global warming | 4 Comments
Scientists predict bad things for Lake Michigan if temperatures in Chicago and Northwest Indiana continue to rise.
A report predicts in 2050 that rising temperatures could cause Lake Michigan’s water levels to plummet because of evaporation and diversion.
That concerns scientists behind a new report: “Climate Change and Great Lakes Water Resources.” The report predicts lake levels may drop by as much as 4.5 feet by 2050 as a result of less precipitation and more evaporation.
