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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologySturgeonWisconsin
Sturgeon Restoration: Streamside hatcheries on the Manistee, Milwaukee and Maumee rivers
-By some rivers, seasonal facilities are popping up, with the goal of improving lake sturgeon survival rates and successful natal imprinting.
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Twin Metals to appeal federal decision on proposed mine
-Twin Metals will appeal a federal decision that dealt a serious blow to its proposed copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota, the company said Wednesday.
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Utility eyes earlier shutdown of Lake Michigan power plant
-A northern Indiana utility company is looking to shutter a coal-fired power plant along Lake Michigan two years earlier than planned.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental Justice
Check this Michigan map for childhood lead levels in your community
-Overall, the percentage of Michigan children with elevated blood lead levels has been falling for more than two decades, from nearly a third of children tested in 2000 to just 2.5 percent of children tested in 2020. But those statewide gains can be deceptively reassuring.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterFeature LeadInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Why are so many Michigan water systems finding lead? They’re looking harder
-Benton Harbor is likely just the beginning. Since the southwest Michigan community’s prolonged lead-in-water crisis began making national headlines this fall, residents of Hamtramck, Wayne and Manchester have all learned that their water, too, exceeded government lead standards.
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APClimate ChangeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and Technology
Majority in US concerned about climate: AP-NORC/EPIC poll
-President Joe Biden heads to a vital U.N. climate summit at a time when a majority of Americans regard the deteriorating climate as a problem of high importance to them, an increase from just a few years ago.
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AgricultureBrian OwensFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsOntarioScience, Technology, Research
Farm Protection: Ontario invests in projects to help farms improve Great Lakes water quality
-More than $2.5 million was awarded from the Ontario government to 19 projects that ranged from green infrastructure projects to helping spread good land management practices.
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APCOP26IllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental Justice
Pritzker to visit UK, tout climate-change efforts next week
-Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker will travel to the United Kingdom next week to discuss the state’s efforts to neutralize climate change while bolstering economic development, his office said Wednesday.