Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
Michigan mallards are in decline. Are domestic ducks weakening their genes?
Commercial game farms have long raised and released domestic ducks for hunters to target. Research shows those ducks are breeding with wild mallards, weakening their genes and possibly threatening their survival.
Episode 2302 Lesson Plans: How cold is melting ice?
Lessons and activities based on the monthly Great Lakes Now program.
Great Lakes Moment: The event that saved Humbug Marsh
Humbug Marsh is an internationally important wetland because of its ecological impact on the Detroit River corridor and the Great Lakes Basin.
Detroiters can get another 1,125 gallons of water under discount program
Detroit water rates have gone up 407% over the last 20 years, and 120% in just the last 10 years.
U.S. Judge: Flint has 5 months to finish long-overdue lead pipe replacement
The $97 million project was supposed to be done by 2020. Officials blame the pandemic, supply shortages and unreliable contractors for the delay.
Ian Outside: Let’s go ice climbing
“My plans had been foiled, I’m at the mercy of the ice. Luckily, I was in good hands.”
I Speak for the Fish: Courting Sunfish
Sunfish offer a special opportunity for people, particularly families with children, to develop a lifelong love affair with nature and fish — no worm required.
Science Says What? Microplastic pollution — how worried should we be?
Scientists have found these tiny bits of plastic all over the world — even in mosquitoes’ bellies.
Court: Nessel can try again to return Line 5 lawsuit to state court
Legal experts say Michigan has a better chance of persuading a state court to shut down the pipeline, while Enbridge is more likely to prevail in federal court.



