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Posted inFeatured, Latest News, News

A Great Lakes oil pipeline faces 3 controversies with no speedy resolutions

by The Conversation September 23, 2025November 7, 2025

The disputes raise questions about the region’s economy and environment, as well as national priorities over energy, water, climate and Indigenous rights.

Posted inFeatured, Latest News, News

The golden oyster mushroom craze unleashed an invasive species – and a worrying new study shows it’s harming native fungi

by The Conversation July 24, 2025November 7, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Climate Change, Featured, Lake Erie, Latest News, News, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Toxic algae blooms are lasting longer in Lake Erie − why that’s a worry for people and pets

by The Conversation June 27, 2025November 7, 2025
Posted inLatest News, News

Ann Arbor’s sustainable energy utility aims to build the electric power grid of the future − alongside the old one

by The Conversation March 11, 2025November 7, 2025
Posted inClimate Change, Latest News, News, Science, Technology, Research

Climate misinformation is rife on social media – and poised to get worse

by The Conversation February 6, 2025November 7, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Latest News, News

No flood gauges, no warning: 99% of US streams are off the radar amid rising flash flood risks – we saw the harm in 2024

by The Conversation December 17, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inClimate Change, Featured, Latest News, News, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Science, Technology, Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments

What Trump can do to reverse US climate policy − and what he probably can’t change

by The Conversation November 8, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Latest News, News

Swing state voters along the Great Lakes love cleaner water and beaches − and candidates from both parties have long fished for support there

by The Conversation October 9, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inClimate Change, Featured, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology, Research

Americans love nature but don’t feel empowered to protect it, new research shows

by The Conversation August 29, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inFish, Birds and Animals, Forests and Plants, Latest News, News, Science, Technology, Research

It’s OK to mow in May − the best way to help pollinators is by adding native plants

by The Conversation May 17, 2024November 8, 2025

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  • The Next Deluge May Go Differently
    Changes in wetlands policy and reductions in funding mean flooding will worsen.
  • Tensions flare as Line 5 public comment deadline nears
    Public comments are due by the end of the week after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed a tunnel alternative last month.

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