Great Lakes Now Featured Articles About Detroit
Flooding Tells ‘Two Different Stories’ In Michigan
Climate disruption is revealing economic inequality.
Water Access: As moratoria on shutoffs end, old problems return to the forefront
As moratoria expire across the Great Lakes region, advocates say ongoing affordability and debt relief are key.
Great Lakes Moment: A Great Lakes Way stretching from southern Lake Huron through Western Lake Erie
The Great Lakes Way would be an interconnected set of 156 miles of blueways or water trails and 160 miles of greenways stretching from southern Lake Huron through western Lake Erie.
In flooded Michigan neighborhoods, who should pay for sea walls?
For two straight summers, residents of Detroit’s Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood watched water pour into basements and pool in streets, a result of coastal flooding that will become increasingly common throughout the Great Lakes as climate change progresses.
Save Water, Save Nature: Kids calendar art contest promotes healthy water management
GLN Host Ward Detwiler interviewed this year’s Kids Clean Water Calendar Contest winner about his artwork promoting clean water.
Air, Wind, Solar: In the Great Lakes region, energy stands out in President Biden’s efforts
What sort of impact could President Biden’s executive orders and his various campaign promises have on the Great Lakes region?
Great Lakes Moment: From the Rouge River to Persian Gulf, oil spill cleanups are handled by a Detroit company
Marine Pollution Control was founded in Detroit in 1967 as the first oil spill cleanup company in the Great Lakes and one of the very first in the nation.
Pilot state program seeks to reduce water waste in homes
Some residents in southwestern Michigan and the Detroit area will get plumbing repairs in their homes as part of the “Water Leak Pilot” program.
Speaking of Water: How Can the Biden Administration Deliver on Environmental Justice Pledges?
The Biden administration wants to correct a legacy of pollution and under-investment in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color. Two veterans of the U.S. environmental justice movement discuss how to do that.
PBS Project: Great Lakes Now and the Belle Isle Conservancy are hosting a high school intern
With funding from PBS Education, we’re offering a spring internship to a high school student to work on Earth Day-related events with Belle Isle Conservancy and produce video content about the experience.
Watch Party: Coastal Wetlands, Part 1
In this live watch party, Host Sandra Svoboda chats with WDET’s Annamarie Sysling and Friends of the Rouge River Executive Director Marie McCormick about two restoration projects around the Detroit River area.
GLWA, DWSD and Oakland County working together to reduce overflows into Rouge River
Once completed, these projects will prevent an estimated 48 million gallons of untreated rain water from flowing into the Rouge River per year.
Excited about Biden: Detroit advocate hopeful on environmental justice progress after decades of inertia
Michelle Martinez, acting executive director and statewide coordinator for Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition, spoke to Great Lakes Now about her history with Detroit, environmental justice and the new president.
Great Lakes Moment: Beavers come knocking at the Detroit River’s former Black Lagoon
Few people thought that the return of beavers to Ellias Cove would ever be possible.