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A Political Blind Date – Episode 1030
-Can two Great Lakes mayors with opposing views agree on how to protect the region’s water?
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologySturgeonWisconsin
Sturgeon Restoration: Studying Michigan’s and Wisconsin’s current flourishing populations
-In the few locations in the Great Lakes where lake sturgeon still spawn successfully, restoration efforts are focused on studying and managing those existing populations or boosting low populations.
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Energy News RoundupEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIllinoisLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNewsPennsylvania
Energy News Roundup: Illinois clean energy bill, Michigan Weatherization Month, national increase in heating costs
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s fortnightly headline roundup.
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Michigan’s balmy October means more mosquitos, peril for coldwater fish
-Nearly three weeks into October, much of Michigan remains stuck in early autumn mode, fueling frustration for fall anglers, exaltation for late-season swimmers, and itchiness for anyone who ventures outside for too long without bug spray.
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As Michigan lawmakers ponder septic repair funds, Ohio offers a model
-When Mary Ellen Sementilli and her family moved into their creekside home in Ohio’s Appalachian region, the septic system worked like a charm. Which is to say, it was easy to forget it was there. But the family has grown in the years since, which has meant more dishwashing, showers and toilet flushes — too much for Sementilli’s septic system to handle.
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SS Badger makes final Lake Michigan crossing of season
-The SS Badger backed into its dock Oct. 10 for the last time this season, letting about 300 passengers off into Ludington and ending nearly five months of daily round trips across Lake Michigan.
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I Speak for the Fish: Setting sturgeon free
-In this month’s column, Kathy Johnson describes her encounters with baby sturgeon and reintroducing them to the Great Lakes watershed.
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APDrinking WaterFeature HomepageForever Chemicals FeaturedNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental Justice
EPA unveils strategy to regulate toxic ‘forever chemicals’
-The plan is intended to restrict PFAS from being released into the environment, accelerate cleanup of PFAS-contaminated sites such as military bases and increase investments in research to learn more about where PFAS are found and how their spread can be prevented.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental Justice
Water Groups Lauded a Side Agreement at the Paris Climate Conference. Then It Languished.
-The fate of the Paris Pact reveals the difficulties in incorporating water into global climate agreements.