Most Michigan wetlands have been destroyed, even as climate change means we need their benefits. Here’s how groups are working to change that.
Posted inAdvocacy, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Latest News, News, PFAS, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear case with broad implications for PFAS cleanup
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear a case that could have sweeping effects on state environmental regulators’ authority to force businesses to clean up PFAS pollution under the state’s spills law.
Posted inAgriculture, Cleveland, Featured, Food, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News, Ohio, Recreation and Tourism, Region
Northeast Ohio composters reduce emissions from food waste, one pile at a time
Akron-based organizations are working to reduce food waste, and greenhouse gas emissions, by diverting food scraps from landfills to compost piles.
Posted inFish, Birds and Animals, I Speak for the Fish, Latest News, News, Science, Technology, Research
I Speak for the Fish: A Sturgeon goes to Wisconsin and a Michigan muskie visits New York
An elaborate system for tracking fish movements is rewriting our understanding of how fish use the Great Lakes.
Posted inAgriculture, Featured, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region
Points North: Labor of Mixed Emotions
For more than 20 years, Nic Theisen has spent his days on his hands and knees in the dirt farming. It’s a tough way to make a living, and for years Nic didn’t always know if the farm would make it. Until something big changed.
Posted inFeatured, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News
Major federal funding aims to speed transition to clean energy in the rural Midwest
A rural electric cooperative that serves Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin is getting more than $570 million to develop four wind solar installations and four wind power installations.
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Latest News, News, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do
PFAS Roundup: Four Great Lakes states selected to test residents annually for environmental chemical exposure
Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in the Great Lakes region.
Posted inThe Catch
Like a park, but underwater!
The Great Lakes are home to three of these sanctuaries, with a fourth potentially on the way.
Posted inEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Featured, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region
Michigan’s ambitious clean energy laws face a peninsula-sized hurdle
Natural gas power plants put in place just five years ago to replace coal in the state’s Upper Peninsula are now a conundrum for regulators.
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Palisades nuclear relaunch gets more subsidies in Michigan — and more backlash
The federal government will provide more than $600 million to help two rural electricity cooperatives buy money from the nuclear plant. While proponents celebrate, anti-nuclear activists say the money could be better spent elsewhere.