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Author Archives: Bill Kubota

Posted inNews, Play, Protect, Video

Detroit’s riverfront recovery, documented

by Bill Kubota April 6, 2018November 10, 2025

A new film shows the progress on the waterfront Randin Brown grew up in Farmington Hills, Michigan. She’s working these days in Los Angeles as an assistant director on television […]

Posted inNews, One Detroit, Video

Chasing Fugitive Dust in Detroit

by Bill Kubota January 3, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inFlint, News, Protect, Video, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Fighting for air in Southwest Detroit

by Bill Kubota December 8, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inArticle, News, Protect, Video

Oh, the water. Is it back on yet?

by Bill Kubota August 17, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inInterview, News, Protect, Video

Fighting Great Lakes Invasives on YouTube

by Bill Kubota July 9, 2017
Posted inLatest News, News, Protect, Video

Toxic Town: Michigan’s most polluted zip code

by Bill Kubota June 19, 2017November 10, 2025

Latest News

  • ‘The outlook is pretty bleak’: Farmers brace for a difficult season
    A new study says 70% of farmers can’t afford fertilizer, growers across the Great Lakes region say global supply disruptions are forcing difficult decisions.
  • Cleveland Metroparks receives $1.1M to redevelop 106 acres of lakefront
    Federal money will aid a long-term project to convert 106 acres of shoreline into publicly accessible greenspace.
  • Why mining in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters matters to Wisconsin
    Wisconsin lawmakers in both chambers of Congress voted on a bill overturning a 20-year mining ban in the area surrounding the Boundary Waters — Republicans voted to overturn the ban, and Democrats to sustain it.

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