The Conversation, Author at Great Lakes Now

In the world of cost benefit analysis, if an impact isn’t monetized, it doesn’t exist. A former EPA official explains what’s changing now and why it matters.

Author Archives: The Conversation

EPA’s new way of evaluating pollution rules hands deregulators a sledgehammer and license to ignore public health

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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