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The Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute (GLMRI) has been awarded a $750,000 US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative Grant to help reduce air emissions from a 1,000-foot Great Lakes ore carrier.
GLMRI and the UW-Madison’s Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (C-FIRE) are co-sponsoring Joan Chadde’s workshops through Michigan Technological University for K-12 teachers to learn about shipping and commerce on the Great Lakes. This summer’s program centers in Toledo, Ohio, and focuses on the lower Lakes. Also this summer,there is a separate program at Houghton, MI for teachers to learn about navigation.