Play Wheel of Ducks! (Great Lakes Region edition)

Play Wheel of Ducks! (Great Lakes Region edition)

Good morning! #ShutDownLineFive #Water
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This is *huge* for The Big Lakes.
"Running from northwestern Wisconsin into Sarnia, Ontario, the 645-mile long pipeline passes through Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, with a four-mile segment of dual pipelines running through the Straits of Mackinac, where Lake Huron and Lake Michigan meet. The pipeline carries up to 23 million gallons of crude oil and natural gas liquids through the straits each day."

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday handed Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel a victory, offering a unanimous decision that laid to rest a yearslong debate over whether her case to shut down Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline should be heard in state or federal court.
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While some might see millions of fish congregating in the warm waters as a sign of abundance, scientists say it may actually reflect an ecosystem that has fundamentally changed.
"The fact they're concentrating at thermal plumes because there's a lack of food in the main lake, is an unhealthy sign of what the mussels have done."
By “mussels,” Mandrak is referring to zebra and quagga mussels — two invasive species from Europe.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/fish-city-nuclear-plant-lake-huron-great-lakes-bruce-power-9.7164815

In the warm waters emanating from Ontario's largest nuclear plant, fish are gathering by the thousands. Ahead of an Earth Day livestream, CBC News got a rare look at what some call a 'fish city,' a striking scene scientists say may signal a changing Great Lakes ecosystem.