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Riverkeeper has joined with the Sierra Club-John Muir Chapter and other partners to urge the Department of Natural Resources to uphold strong environmental protections currently in place through the Wisconsin law NR 150.
After many years of polluting Lake Michigan with toxic coal ash, the SS Badger Ferry was granted yet another exemption from the EPA, allowing the ferry to keep dumping ash into the lake for two additional years.
The Journal Sentinel published an editorial by Great Lakes activist and author Maude Barlow, titled
Senators Levin and Kirk are circulating four appropriations letters (attached below) that support funding for important Great Lakes programs, including the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI).
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circut issued a decision today that ensures the Environmental Protection Agency will have to meet a court-ordered deadline to issue regulations that finally clean up power plant water pollution. Last Friday, the EPA proposed a series of regulatory options for this pollution, and today’s decision rejects utility industry efforts to derail the schedule for finalizing a rule in May, 2014.
Three thousand volunteers lent a hand to Riverkeeper's 18th Annual Spring River Cleanup on Saturday, picking up trash, pulling out invasive species, and beautifying our natural environment.
Cheryl spoke with WUWM's Bob Bach about high water levels and how they affect the health of area rivers:
Thanks to the many people who called on their legislators to defend Great Lakes funding, Obama's draft budget includes $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, a critical project that supports cleanup efforts throughout the Great Lakes. But we still need to to call on Congress to make sure this budget provision gets passed!



