Garret M. Ellison

@midwestern_ope Any map that labels Michigan as "landlocked" is a ridiculous and inaccurate map.

Shark Attacks in Nebraska: 0

@Brink_Thinker Mine did. Rode miles across town on my bike while being literally locked out of the house during summer. This was during the mid-1990s.

Be Honest.. Did parents really just let their kids wander the neighborhood all day with no phone and just say... be back before dark?

One tariff over the line for this ice fisherman.

Michigan Rep @grahamfiller's son just stole the show during a House committee hearing on nuclear energy incentives. Big Dad energy here 😀

My sympathies to any journalist or academic trying to share on this platform. What a s-itshow.

same

@annaleighclark Thanks, Anna. Your story today is excellent. I'm glad someone circled back to compare past statements with actual actions on the Nestle/bottling issue. Long overdue.

I also want to shout-out the dogged water reporting of @garretellison over the years. Michigan is lucky to have him. Here's one of his stories, from 2016: mlive.com/news/2016/12/w…

When Gretchen Whitmer campaigned for governor, she took aim at the bottled water industry — and its unfettered access to free water. Little has changed. "She’s basically kind of ignored us for the last six years. Which is sad. I mean, she didn’t ignore us before the election.”

Want to cover the environment in Michigan with @sherimcwhirter and I? MLive is hiring: recruiting.adp.com/srccar/public/…

@ecowriterohio Lake Michigan water via Holland plant, single-use packaging, owned by DeVos empire. Improvement over plastic bottles, but green cred falls far short of simply filling a reusable bottle at a tap.

@BradU42 @FishBio_Briggs @MDNR_Fisheries Where and when was this?

Another reminder never to release your pet Goldfish into the wild. They can survive even #GreatLakes winters and naturally reproduce. They can rapidly take over a waterbody and outcompete native species. 😬😔

@Enbridge mlive.com/public-interes…

The MPSC has voted to approve the @Enbridge Line 5 tunnel, with commissioner Carreon abstaining.

Big crowd for Michigan Public Service Commission meeting. Decision on @Enbridge Line 5 tunnel expected soon. (Last time I was in this room, a pipeline opponent and his grandson smeared themselves in cake batter to protest the pipeline).

I spent weeks looking at Wolverine Worldwide's financials during its liability for the biggest #PFAS clean up in #Michigan. After $189M loss in '22, it's laying off, selling brands & property - and now faces new costs from recently revealed pollution. bridgemi.com/business-watch…

This again. Private wells are contaminated in Rockford and homeowners are wondering if their ailments are linked to PFAS exposure. This time, it's next to @WolverineWW corporate headquarters. mlive.com/public-interes…

@PaulaGardner Was it as gouda you expected?

I get a lot of news releases on things I wouldn't cover. But I had to open and consider the World Cheese Awards release. I mean - cheese.

@ecowriterohio Eroding away, I assume?

Lake Erie’s Turtle Island on Sunday night. It straddles the Michigan-Ohio state line. Hard to believe it had a lighthouse from 1866 to 1904 and was used by the British for a small fort in 1794. Today, there are only 1.5 acres left.