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Jan 20, 2025 | 
thenarwhal.ca | Ainslie Cruickshank |Gary Wilson |Denise Balkissoon
Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free newsletter. Candidates for president of the United States address many issues on the campaign trail as they criss-cross the country pitching their policy agendas. The economy, healthcare and immigration were among the leading topics in the runup to the 2024 election. However, it’s uncommon for a candidate to talk about the availability of water.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
greatlakesnow.org | Gary Wilson
January 14, 2025 Candidates for president of the United States address many issues on the campaign trail as they criss-cross the country pitching their policy agendas. The economy, healthcare and immigration were among the leading topics in the runup to the 2024 election. However, it’s uncommon for a candidate to talk about the availability of water.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
greatlakesnow.org | Gary Wilson
December 6, 2024 Activist group, Water Watchers, had reason to celebrate last month when water bottler BlueTriton announced it will cease operations in Puslinch, Ontario in January, 2025.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
greatlakesnow.org | Gary Wilson
November 12, 2024 A 2022 report titled Promises Half Kept at the Half Century Mark, by the Environmental Integrity Project, released on the Clean Water Act’s 50th anniversary said the law is “falling short of its original goals.” Michigan, for example, has the 4th largest number of impaired lakes, reservoirs and streams assessed for water contact recreation in the U.S. The report cited U.S. Environmental Protection Agency budget cuts, a failure to enforce permit requirements and weak...
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
thenarwhal.ca | Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood |Gary Wilson |Denise Balkissoon
The 2024 U.S. presidential election campaign is in the homestretch and results in the Great Lakes states of Michigan and Wisconsin could determine the winner. Vice-President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump covet the electors in both states and polling indicates they could go either way.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
greatlakesscuttlebutt.com | Gary Wilson
Plastic is the dominant source of beach trash in the Great Lakes region.
That’s the finding by the Chicago-based non-profit Alliance for the Great Lakes in a recently released report that analyzed beach litter picked up by its volunteers over the past 20 years.
“Twenty years of data collected by volunteers shows that 86% of the trash was either fully or partially made from plastic,” the Alliance said in a press release.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
michiganpublic.org | Gary Wilson
The 2024 presidential election campaign is in the homestretch and results in the Great Lakes states of Michigan and Wisconsin could determine the winner. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump covet the electors in both states and polling indicates they could go either way.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
planetdetroit.org | Gary Wilson
Overview: - Monica Lewis-Patrick advocates for federal involvement in creating sustainable water affordability solutions. - Detroit, Chicago, and Milwaukee have differing approaches to water shutoffs for non-payment. - Vice President Kamala Harris's Water Justice Act, though it did not progress, aimed to address water affordability and infrastructure issues. When the topic is clean, safe and affordable drinking water, Detroit’s Monica Lewis-Patrick speaks clearly.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
greatlakesnow.org | Gary Wilson
October 14, 2024 The 2024 presidential election campaign is in the homestretch and results in the Great Lakes states of Michigan and Wisconsin could determine the winner. Vice-President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump covet the electors in both states and polling indicates they could go either way.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
fr.allafrica.com | Gary Wilson
Récemment, l'ambassadeur américain aux Nations unies a annoncé le soutien de son pays à la création de deux nouveaux sièges permanents au Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU pour les États africains. Gary Wilson, spécialiste du droit international et des relations internationales, et plus particulièrement des questions liées aux Nations Unies, estime que même si l'heure de l'Afrique a sonné, il reste encore des obstacles à surmonter.
