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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationCOVID-19Latest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismShipwrecksTourism
COVID-19 pushed people outdoors. Michigan’s ski industry is ready for them.
-Recreational activity skyrocketed in Michigan through spring and summer. Now the state’s snowsports businesses hope they’ll get a similar burst of sales.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesFreightersIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNews
Q&A: What Michigan’s move to shut down Enbridge Line 5 means
-Those involved in Michigan’s pipeline debate said they’re expecting a lengthy legal battle before the pipeline’s fate is settled.
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Algae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeFish, Birds and AnimalsInvasive SpeciesLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and Technology
Q & A: The Great Lakes are stressed. Climate change is making it worse.
-The lead author of a new report sheds light on how climate change, invasive species, nutrient pollution and other Great Lakes problems are interacting.
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Winning Work: Great Lakes Now recognized for communication excellence by Great Lakes Protection Fund
-The Great Lakes Now initiative – our show, website, engagement efforts and educational resources – wins a Great Lakes Protection Fund Leadership Award.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationCOVID-19DetroitDrinking WaterFeature DetroitGroundwater ContaminationInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Another Casualty of COVID: Testing declines for lead poisoning in Michigan
-During the pandemic, the number of children being tested for lead poisoning has been cut in half.
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Climate ChangeCollaborationEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal Governments
As policing and pandemic dominate election, climate pushed to back burner
-Minnesota candidates haven’t pressed climate or clean energy despite rising temperatures and voter interest.
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CollaborationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismThe States
Michigan proposal’s reliance on fossil fuel money splits environmentalists
-Voters will decide next month whether to shift oil and gas royalty spending from land acquisition to park development.
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CollaborationDrinking WaterFlintGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioOntarioWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Legionella and other dangerous pathogens still lurk in U.S. drinking water
-Though less common than in the past, microbes that contaminate tap water continue to sicken — and sometimes kill — Americans.
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AgricultureAlgae BloomsCollaborationDrinking WaterFlintForever Chemicals FeaturedGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsLeadMichiganMinnesotaNewsOhioWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Across the U.S., millions of people are drinking unsafe water. How can we fix that?
-Aging infrastructure, legacy pollution and emerging contaminants are creating a growing urgency to pay attention to the quality of the water we drink.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Enbridge just wants a permit. Michigan critics want to bring down Line 5
-The case stems from a seemingly small detail in Enbridge’s larger quest to build a massive underground tunnel in the bedrock below the Straits.