Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Moonrise over Grand Traverse Bay tonight.  020
Reposted by Dave DempseyUPBeachBum @upbeachbum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My favorite tree 💚 www.mlive.com/environment/... #906Life #PureMichiganmlive.comOld-growth red pine forest discovered in U.P. near Lake SuperiorThe forester who found these trees named them the “Ghost on the Shore” stand, after a tune by his favorite Michigan band, Lord Huron. 2493
Reposted by Dave DempseyGary Wilson @garyglx5.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Canada's ace in the hole, the Welland Canal. 100% owned and operated by Canada. www.worldatlas.com/lakes/what-h...worldatlas.comWhat Happens If The Welland Canal Closes To US ShippingWhat happens if Canada's Welland Canal closes to US shipping? Great Lakes trade to the Atlantic would stall, but the iron-ore fleet feeding US steel rolls on. 011
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Trouble in Shared Waters, an interview. Canadians are increasingly disaffected from the US on Great Lakes issues. dempseyd.substack.com/p/trouble-in...dempseyd.substack.comTrouble in Shared Waters: An InterviewA U.S.-initiated trade war and insult spree against Canada have Great Lakes implications 001
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Saying goodbye to environmental hero Stanley (Skip) Pruss is painful, but his legacy remains-battler against Line 5, champion of clean energy and optimist flowwateradvocates.org/skip/?utm_so...flowwateradvocates.orgIn honor and remembrance of Stanley "Skip" Pruss - Flow Water AdvocatesBy Liz Kirkwood, Executive Director, Flow Water Advocates Michigan has lost one of its most valiant defenders and stewards. Stanley “Skip” Pruss, husband, father, grandfather, friend, environmental at... 000
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Americans are mostly taught that the war of 1812 was a draw, or even a victory. Canadians see it differently. Many see it as a successful resistance against a much larger, bullying power to the south. Does history repeat? www.warmuseum.ca/war-of-1812/...warmuseum.caFooter ScrapeExperience the War of 1812 on-line from the perspective of each of its major participants – Americans, the British, Canadians, including Canadian First Peoples, and Native Americans. Using historic ob... 010
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Trump does not need an arch in Washington to be remembered. His monument will be the collapse of friendly relations with Canada. It will stand for decades. www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/09/...cnbc.comCanada's retaliatory tariffs worth $27.6 billion take effect as trade rift with U.S. deepensDuties on U.S. steel and aluminum products have doubled to 50% as a war of words between Washington and Ottawa continues. 121
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 31/08/2026jim901.substack.com/p/lake-ontar...jim901.substack.comLake Ontario by Any Other Name is Lake OntarioA Great Lakes Interloper 011
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026A friend’s beautiful flower garden is attracting the monarchs and viceroys. 000
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Whitmer Administration forks over $50M in public funds to subsidize risky copper mine near Porcupine Mountains Wilderness in Michigan’s UP. bridgemi.com/business-wat...bridgemi.comFellow Democrats miffed at Gov. Gretchen Whitmer over $50M copper mine subsidy - Bridge MichiganSome lawmakers say the governor’s administration sidestepped the Legislature to award $50 million to the Copperwood Mine’s effort to bring back mining in the Upper Peninsula. 000
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Trump’s language in renaming Lake Ontario is inaccurate and inflammatory. “The United States is the greatest protector of the Great Lakes, including the body of water currently known as Lake Ontario.” Canada is an equal partner. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...whitehouse.govHonoring the American History of the Great Lakes and Renaming Lake Ontario as Lake AmericaBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and 000
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Idiocracy — Trump renames Lake Ontario “Lake America” www.cnn.com/2026/08/27/p...cnn.comTrump signs executive order to change Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ | CNN PoliticsPresident Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday afternoon to change the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” his latest escalation as he engages in a tense trade war with Canada. 000
Reposted by Dave DempseyBreezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 27/08/2026“Fix it in your constitution that no corporation, no body of men, no capital can get possession and right to your waters. Hold the waters in the hands of the people.” –John Wesley Powell, 1889 North Dakota Constitutional Convention 💦💙 172203549
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A “seismic” plan by Chicago suburbs to meet water needs by piping Lake Michigan water directly has a huge apparent leak. It doesn’t acknowledge a U.S. Supreme Court-imposed lid on Lake Michigan water diversion and the Great Lakes Compact. www.glc.org/dailynews/20...glc.orgThe $6 billion plan that would give the suburbs control over supplying Lake Michigan water - Great Lakes CommissionDuPage and Cook County, Illinois, leaders announced details of a seismic project Monday that could shift control of supplying Lake Michigan water into suburban hands and cost Chicago one of […] 000
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Great Fake Trump floats idea of renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America.” Plans to bring Reflecting Pool restoration skills to the Great Lakes. www.wxxinews.org/local-news/2...wxxinews.orgTrump's pitch to rename Lake Ontario belies its historyPresident Donald Trump mused on social implied the name of the lake is tied to the Canadian province, instead of the other way around. 010
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 16/08/2026How many times do we have to save a great place? Case in point, the Porcupine Mountains. daviddempsey.org/blog/how-man...daviddempsey.orgHow Many Times Do We Have to Save a Great Place? | Dave DempseyHow Many Times Do We Have to Save a Great Place? | The fact that the Porcupine Mountains encompass a majestic state park is not to be taken for granted. Advocates have poured 000
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Could some lake sturgeon alive today in the Great Lakes date back to the 17th Century? wwmt.com/news/local/l...wwmt.comNew study suggests some Lake Sturgeon could live more than 400 years in the Great LakesImagine a single fish swimming in the Great Lakes today that was alive 400 years ago.That's around the time of the Pilgrims, even earlier than Michigan's first 000
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 04/08/2026A little light smoke over Grand Traverse Bay last night. 010
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Two lovers of Grand Traverse Bay last evening. 000
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 01/08/2026FLOW celebrates MI Supreme Court’s ruling on Line 5 tunnel issue: public trust doctrine vindicated flowwateradvocates.org/mpsc/flowwateradvocates.orgFlow v. MPSC: MI Supreme Court issues Line 5 tunnel permit decision - Flow Water AdvocatesFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 31, 2026 Michigan Supreme Court upholds the public’s rights to the Great Lakes, orders new review of Line 5 tunnel. Traverse City, Mich., July 31, 2026 — The Michigan Supr... 020
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Michigan Supreme Court vacates petroleum pipeline Line 5 tunnel permit, remands case for further review bridgemi.com/michigan-env...bridgemi.comMichigan Supreme Court vacates key Line 5 permit - Bridge MichiganThe court ruled 6-1 that the Michigan Public Service Commission’s review of a key permit for the petroleum pipeline tunnel was overly narrow, failing to consider whether the tunnel will harm public tr... 041
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026More on Michigan House Republicans. They’re holding an oversight hearing today on Canadian forest fires. The burning of fossil fuels will not be on the agenda. 010
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026A confederacy of dunces. Michigan Republicans waste time blaming Canada for forest fires instead of climate change or weather. www.myupnow.com/lifestyle/ou...myupnow.com'Our patience has run out': Bergman, lawmakers call for Canada to prevent wildfiresMARQUETTE, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) - Amid anther round of hazardous air quality due to Canadian fires, state Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Watersmeet) has joined another coalition urging Canadian officials to take a... 000
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Environmental protection: the ultimate boutique issue daviddempsey.org/blog/environ...daviddempsey.orgEnvironmental Protection: The Ultimate Boutique Issue | Dave DempseyEnvironmental Protection: The Ultimate Boutique Issue | Does the environment really matter as a political issue? One way of looking at that is to ask the question, how many 010
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Governor Whitmer’s record on water disappointing substack.com/@garyglx5/no...substack.comGretchen Whitmer's water legacyMichigan governor pledged to right previous wrongs but did no better than her predecessor. "Following right along with the policies of the Snyder administration." 000
Reposted by Dave DempseyMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 22/07/2026What you see in the Sun, is the Chicago skyline from the Indiana Dunes beach, across Lake Michigan. You can see it from 50 miles of distance due to a form of superior mirage, because the skyline is seen above where it's actually located. [📷 wesskywalker] Original post 24927147
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Huron whipped by winds, numerous boats have pulled out of PH to Mackinac race 0101
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Michigan’s line 5 tunnel decision: “The State of Michigan has betrayed us today, every swimmer, every boater, every fisher, every Tribal Nation, and every Michigander who loves these waters,”said Bay Mills Indian Community President Whitney Gravelle. earthjustice.org/press/2026/t...earthjustice.orgTribes React as Michigan Approves Line 5 Tunnel PermitsState regulators authorize Enbridge to build an oil tunnel below the Straits of Mackinac 021
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 12/07/2026When Trump is gone, we must think anew about environmental policy, not just roll back his rollbacks. open.substack.com/pub/dempseyd...open.substack.comWe must think anewIn environmental policy, we can't just go back to the way things were 000
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Happy Canada Day m.youtube.com/watch?v=LyyF...m.youtube.comBryan Adams - '51st State' (Official Lyric Video)YouTube video by Bryan Adams 000
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Happy Canada Day. Canada: not the 51st state, but instead a sovereign state —and friend valued in part for protecting waters shared with the US. That’s over 3000 miles of shared border waters, including the Great Lakes. 010
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 30/06/2026When Trump is gone, we cannot sinply bring back the old environmental law framework substack.com/@greatlakesf...substack.comWe must think anewIn environmental policy, we can't just go back to the way things were 000
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 26/06/2026When the EPA says carbon dioxide contributes to global warming, the Supreme Court says that’s too big a question for EPA. But when the EPA determines that roundup is not a carcinogen, the Supreme Court says EPA knows what it’s doing. www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...pbs.orgSupreme Court ruling blocks thousands of lawsuits against maker of Roundup weedkillerThe decision Thursday is a victory for the Trump administration but could complicate relations with allies who want to limit pesticide use. 020
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Have not seen rings around the sun like this before. This is from last night‘s 9:31 PM sunset in the Traverse City area. Anyone know what the rings are? They’re not an artifact of the camera. 000
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 18/06/2026And why hasn’t the EPA or the state of Michigan enforced a 40-year-old legally binding agreement requiring BASF corporation to clean up its toxic discharges into the Detroit River just upstream of the Wyandotte drinking water intake? 000
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Spectacular Mullet Lake, Michigan sunrise on Saturday. 000
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 09/06/2026The Trump EPA is desperate to claim environmental victories because there are so few. By their definition, not gutting a particular monitoring program is victory. 000
Reposted by Dave DempseyLearn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social · 06/06/2026There is no amount of money, oil, or gold that is worth more than having bees, trees, and clean water. 14079782130
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 31/05/2026The plastics industry vowed to boost recycling drastically and “voluntarily” in the 1990s when concerns about their pollution impact mounted and legislation was proposed.The strategy worked. The clamor and the bills died. The industry went back to what it had been doing. 010
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 28/05/2026It’s arguable whether Michigan’s rivers are on balance healthier than 50 years ago. No significant deterioration is a sturdier claim. BASF has been out of compliance with a Detroit River anti-pollution order for over 40 years. 000
Reposted by Dave DempseySparky MD/PhD @neurospark.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Apparently a bald eagle pair has started to build a nest across the river from our cottage in Michigan. The recovery of eagles is due to years of environmental regulations. That is the America I celebrate. 1148651
Dave Dempsey @greatlakesscribe.bsky.social · 14/05/2026After a cloudy day, the sun reveals itself over Grand Traverse Bay. 010
