University of Michigan Water Center

Enbridge Energy's Line 5 pipeline, located beneath the Straits of Mackinac, has been long been a controversial topic. The line has been deteriorating and leaking, yet action to remedy the problem has been slow. Rebekah Warren and Michigan League of Conservation Voters President/CEO Lisa Wozniak were joined by Dr. Mike Shriberg, Director of the University of Michigan Water Center and a Professor of Practice and Engagement at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, to discuss the current state of Line 5.

It would be a great relief to be independent of worry about oil spills that could contaminate the Great Lakes. But those worries exist among environmentalists and many in our Great Lakes state. Enbridge Energy is moving forward with plans to build a tunnel around its Line 5 pipeline that runs through the Straits of Mackinac. The new director of the University of Michigan Water Center is Dr. Mike Shriberg. He joined WEMU's David Fair and Michigan League of Conservation Voters executive director, Lisa Wozniak, to discuss the implications.

Consumer prices are going up in virtually every sector of our lives, including safe and accessible water. WEMU's David Fair checked in with Jen Read, Director of the Michigan Water Center at the U of M Graham Sustainability Institute, to discuss the myriad of efforts underway to make policy that treats access to safe and affordable water as a right instead of a privilege.

The University of Michigan Water Center will be working with NOAA to help protect our coastlines.The center has been awarded a five-year, $20 million…