A very round white throated sparrow is the heavyweight champion of the 2025 Wisconsin Fat Bird Week contest.
Posted inDrinking Water, Fish, Birds and Animals, Latest News, News, Ohio, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts
How much plastic is in the Great Lakes?
A new documentary explores the impact of microplastics in the Great Lakes.
Posted inFeatured, Latest News, News, Ontario, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Tribal Governments and First Nations
The smoke from Canada’s wildfires may be even more toxic than usual
A legacy of mining means that toxic metals could be carried along plumes of smoke.
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Smoke expected to lift in northern Michigan, but more could be on the way
This is the latest in a series of intense wildfire seasons in Canada — and smoky springs and summers in the Midwest.
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Case Western Reserve University alumni roll out microplastic filtration system for washing machines
The creators of the CLEANR filtration system says it can remove 90% of microplastics from the wash cycle. Studies show washing machines are a primary source of microplastic pollution.
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New wetland could show how Michigan can reduce agricultural runoff polluting Lake Erie
Each summer, Lake Erie is plagued by toxic cyanobacterial blooms fed by phosphorus runoff from farm fields. Michigan is struggling to reduce the pollution by 40%.
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Near westside residents have higher rates of lung disease, study says
Residents want to know if the area’s industrial past is tied to Marion County health department study findings.
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Trump administration review backs controversial oil pipeline tunnel under Great Lakes’ Straits of Mackinac
More energy news with a Michigan coal plant ordered to stay open and Ohio’s new energy law bringing big changes.
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Federal agency finds Great Lakes tunnel project poses ‘detrimental’ effects to water, wetlands
The Army Corps says Line 5 project would pose short-term effects to surface water, as well as permanent wetland loss.
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Why an Ohio ban on settlements to close ‘base load’ power plants matters for clean energy
House Bill 15 forbids settlements to close or curtail “base load” power plants, which exclude renewables. The law may pave the way for future fossil-fuel subsidies.