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Climate ChangeCollaborationFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience, Technology, ResearchThe CheckupHeat, pollution, and climate change anxiety are affecting children
-Hotter days make heat exhaustion a greater hazard for kids. Unusual weather events, particularly storms that cause flooding, add stress to children’s lives.
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Green infrastructure job trainings aim to support growing field
-As more green infrastructure projects are installed across the state, more workers are needed to maintain them. Local organizations offer training for workers who want to expand their skills.
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Remote-controlled robots cleaning up small Michigan beaches
-The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is using a couple of roving robots on tracks to sift through the sand on beaches, cleaning up debris.
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How much can wetland restoration reduce farm fertilizers getting into Lake Erie?
-Michigan has a program to restore a large wetland area to reduce fertilizer runoff from getting into Lake Erie because it feeds toxic cyanobacterial blooms that spread in the western basin.
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Why some municipalities are looking at putting solar panels on water
-Floating solar panels are somewhat new in the U.S. In some places, the competition for land makes putting solar panel on plastic rafts feasible.
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Birders flock to the Capitol to urge lawmakers to pass bills to improve the environment
-Audubon Great Lakes members held an advocacy day for the first time in Michigan. Wetlands topped the agenda, but was just one item in a list to improve the environment.
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Palisades “work family” reunites for shot at reopening a Michigan nuclear plant
-The Palisades Nuclear Plant in Covert Township could be the first shuttered nuclear facility to reopen in the U.S.
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CollaborationEquity and Environmental JusticeGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeUpper Peninsula tribe closer to compensation for land seized by the U.S. government
-The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community would get $34 million if legislation passed by the U.S. Senate is approved by the House and signed by President Joe Biden.
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Algae BloomsCollaborationFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsCan Michigan reduce phosphorus pollution getting into Lake Erie by 40 percent?
-Michigan won’t reach the phosphorus reduction goal by 2025 as planned. It’s uncertain when it might attain that goal to help reduce cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Erie.
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CollaborationFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience, Technology, ResearchSee a bear den? The Michigan DNR wants to know about it
-Michigan Department of Natural Resources asks the public to notify the agency if they spot a black bear den. It’s part of a program to place orphaned cubs with a mother bear.
