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The river flooded the sidewalk and trees on Island Park - Grand Ledge, Michigan, march 2026
Posted inInfrastructure

Extreme rain on snow is testing aging dams across Michigan and Wisconsin — this is the future in a warming world

by The Conversation April 22, 2026April 22, 2026

Days of intense rain and snowmelt overwhelmed old dams and breached roads, forcing evacuations. Nearly half the counties in Michigan — often seen as a climate haven — were under a state of emergency.

Posted inFeatured

Supreme Court’s Michigan pipeline case is about Native rights and fossil fuels, not just technical legal procedure

by The Conversation March 2, 2026March 2, 2026
Posted inUncategorized

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

by The Conversation February 3, 2026February 3, 2026
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
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

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  • This northern Michigan program hopes to cultivate the next generation of farmers
    “Nobody gets into farming for sane reasons, other than the sanity of knowing where your food comes from and just general health,” said one student at the Great Lakes Incubator Farm, which teaches people how to work in agriculture.
  • Great Lakes shipping lost third of season to ‘inadequate icebreaking’
    The Lake Carriers Association said in a report that it lost 82 shipping days this year because the US Coast Guard failed to break enough ice. Despite repeated attempts, Congress hasn’t invested in a new icebreaker for the Great Lakes.
  • Whitefish waning. Should Michigan have commercial trout, walleye catches?
    Bills under consideration in the House aim to expand commercial access to walleye and trout as whitefish catch rates plummet. Recreational fishing advocates and state fishing regulators object.

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