Saving Place, Saving Grace is the story of a Trappist monastery’s struggle for reformation of their home by embracing an intense sustainability initiative. Witness the monks’ land stewardship, contemplative prayer, […]
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The Month of May is “Conferencepalooza” for The Great Lakes
Is Detroit becoming a hub for conferences involving the environment and the Great Lakes? If the month of May is an example, the answer would have to be yes. At […]
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Chicago water summit to focus on people, not “technocratic solutions”
When Dr. Rachel Havrelock planned this year’s Chicago water summit – Untrouble the Waters – she wanted more than a slightly different version of a typical Great Lakes conference. […]
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High Water Levels along Lake Ontario causing flooding
By Veronica Volk from Great Lakes Today Jim Peer shows me his attached garage. It’s almost a hundred feet from the shoreline, but right now, it’s covered in water. “Since […]
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Budget deal spares Great Lakes $50 million cut
But long term threat remains The Great Lakes appear to have survived an attempt by the Trump administration to immediately slash 2017 funding for the lakes by $50 million. Congressional […]
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Celebrate Earth Day and the Great Lakes
Help Detroit Public Television’s Great Lakes Bureau celebrate Earth Day! For Earth Day 2017, Great Lakes Now is asking you to share a Great Lakes memory by posting a photo (and […]
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Gold Mine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula on Menominee River gets Key Approval
A controversial open pit sulfide mine proposal on the Menominee River in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has received a key permit, moving the project closer to reality. Toronto-based Aquila Resources announced that it […]
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Pipe Great Lakes water to Phoenix? It’s likely, NASA scientist says
By Dave Rosenthal from Great Lakes Today States surrounding the Great Lakes have a recurring nightmare about proposals to siphon off water for parched areas in U.S. or other countries. So they might be staggered […]
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Researchers ponder whether low ice coverage is the Great Lakes’ new normal?
“Two years ago, after the polar vortex put the Upper Midwest into a deep freeze for a second straight winter, scientists thought the weather phenomenon could reverse a 15-year stretch […]
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Hackathon aims to clean up Lake Erie
By Elizabeth Miller from Great Lakes Today Pollution and other problems plague areas all over the Great Lakes region. And they can make drinking or swimming dangerous. There’s plenty of […]