/news/tags/great-lakes-restoration-initiative Great Lakes Restoration Initiative en-US Copyright Tue, 01 Nov 2022 18:34:40 GMT /news/environment-energy/2022-11-01/next-steps-shared-on-gorge-dam-demolition Community members received an update on the project to remove the Gorge Dam last night. Tue, 01 Nov 2022 18:34:40 GMT /news/environment-energy/2022-11-01/next-steps-shared-on-gorge-dam-demolition Abigail Bottar /news/environment-energy/2022-02-17/president-biden-visits-lorain-promises-1-billion-for-great-lakes-river-cleanup Near the mouth of the Black River in Lorain, Biden talked about the 1987 International Joint Commission, formed by the United States and Canada, that identified 43 places in the Great Lakes region where pollution threatened the area's health. Thu, 17 Feb 2022 18:53:59 GMT /news/environment-energy/2022-02-17/president-biden-visits-lorain-promises-1-billion-for-great-lakes-river-cleanup Matthew Richmond /news/environment-energy/2020-10-07/epa-administrator-visits-cleveland-for-an-update-on-lake-erie-conservation Updated: 2:10 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020 The Ashtabula River is on its way to being removed from a list of areas of concern for environmental degradation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler said Wednesday during a visit to Cleveland for an update on Lake Erie and the surrounding watershed. Thu, 08 Oct 2020 00:30:07 GMT /news/environment-energy/2020-10-07/epa-administrator-visits-cleveland-for-an-update-on-lake-erie-conservation Taylor Haggerty /news/environment-energy/2020-07-21/great-lakes-restoration-initiative-gives-grant-to-akron-to-remove-gorge-dam The city of Akron is getting a $1 million grant from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to help pay for removing the Gorge Dam from the Cuyahoga… Tue, 21 Jul 2020 22:54:19 GMT /news/environment-energy/2020-07-21/great-lakes-restoration-initiative-gives-grant-to-akron-to-remove-gorge-dam Abigail Bottar /news/community/2020-02-25/morning-headlines-akron-rejects-citys-33rd-discount-store-175-self-quarantined-for-coronavirus Here are your morning headlines for Tuesday, Feb. 25:Akron rejects city's 33rd discount store175 self-quarantined for coronavirus;Attorney General says… Tue, 25 Feb 2020 11:38:02 GMT /news/community/2020-02-25/morning-headlines-akron-rejects-citys-33rd-discount-store-175-self-quarantined-for-coronavirus Amanda Rabinowitz /news/government-politics/2019-04-04/senator-criticizes-administration-flip-flop-on-great-lakes-funding As Congress looks over President Donald Trump’s budget, Democratic U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown is criticizing the administration for proposing a 90% cut to… Thu, 04 Apr 2019 23:02:04 GMT /news/government-politics/2019-04-04/senator-criticizes-administration-flip-flop-on-great-lakes-funding Andy Chow /news/community/2018-03-23/morning-headlines-hof-village-pays-millions-in-outstanding-costs-akron-sewers-clogged-with-grease Here are your morning headlines for Friday, March 23:Appeals court denies NAACP request for Tamir Rice grand jury transcript;University of Akron president… Fri, 23 Mar 2018 12:57:32 GMT /news/community/2018-03-23/morning-headlines-hof-village-pays-millions-in-outstanding-costs-akron-sewers-clogged-with-grease Amanda Rabinowitz /news/community/2018-03-22/morning-headlines-congress-to-fund-great-lakes-restoration-initiative-stark-joins-opioid-lawsuits Here are your morning headlines for Thursday, March 22:Final debate among Democratic candidates for governor scheduled for April 10;'Serious structural… Thu, 22 Mar 2018 13:53:32 GMT /news/community/2018-03-22/morning-headlines-congress-to-fund-great-lakes-restoration-initiative-stark-joins-opioid-lawsuits M.L. Schultze /news/community/2018-03-06/morning-headlines-feds-to-release-prescription-painkiller-data-pence-campaigns-for-renacci Here are your morning headlines for Tuesday, March 6:Akron expected to dip into cash reserves to make ends meet;Cleveland to spend $1.3 on home… Tue, 06 Mar 2018 13:24:09 GMT /news/community/2018-03-06/morning-headlines-feds-to-release-prescription-painkiller-data-pence-campaigns-for-renacci Amanda Rabinowitz /news/environment-energy/2018-02-15/coalition-pushes-congress-to-save-great-lakes-funding-from-trump-budget-cuts Healing Our Waters, a coalition of environmental groups involved in protecting the Great Lakes, says President Trump’s 2019 budget and infrastructure plan… Fri, 16 Feb 2018 00:53:13 GMT /news/environment-energy/2018-02-15/coalition-pushes-congress-to-save-great-lakes-funding-from-trump-budget-cuts Elizabeth Miller