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Climate ChangeCoal Ash ProjectEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageGroundwater ContaminationHistory and CultureIllinoisIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake MichiganLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioPennsylvaniaPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinCracking down on coal ash: Tough talk and tough choices
-The EPA says it is getting serious about enforcing federal coal ash rules. But massive challenges remain, from recalcitrant state regulators to environmental justice conundrums to ballooning costs for ratepayers.
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Climate ChangeEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy News RoundupEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageIllinoisIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentKathy JohnsonMichiganMinnesotaNewsOhioScience, Technology, ResearchWisconsinEnergy News Roundup: Power outages growing across the country, controversy over Minnesota solar project
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWhat’s in Senate climate bill for Michigan? EV credits and cheaper insulin.
-The Inflation Reduction Act, which passed the Senate Sunday, is the country’s largest-ever investment in addressing climate change. Michigan stands to benefit from money to boost domestic electric vehicle, wind and solar production, as well as prescription drug savings for older Americans.
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APClimate ChangeFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationLake MichiganMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsAs species recover, some threaten others in more dire shape
-In a forest near Lake Michigan, two scientists attached a backpack tracking device to a merlin they’d lured into a net. The mission: help prevent the predatory species from gobbling up piping plovers — highly endangered shorebirds that nest nearby.
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Capri CafaroClimate ChangeFeature HomepageLake ErieLake OntarioLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchScientists work to understand cause of Great Lakes earthquakes
-More sophisticated monitoring systems may contribute to the rise in recorded earthquakes, but that technology does not account for the underlying cause or variation in seismic magnitude.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioProtectRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMore Canada geese — and their poop — make Michigan home. Blame the heat.
-As Michigan winters warm, more geese are becoming full-time residents, rather than migrating further south. That’s convenient for the geese, but a plague on the park, golf course and beach visitors trying to evade their droppings. Solutions are limited.
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AdvocacyArticleClimate ChangeEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingNewsScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesWisconsinGreening a home — and the next generation — in Wisconsin
-A group of Wisconsin high school students recently received first-hand experience helping to reduce a home’s carbon footprint as part of a project for their AP Environmental Science course.
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Algae BloomsAPClimate ChangeFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsLake ErieMichiganNewsOhioOntarioProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsTo reduce harmful algal blooms and dead zones, the US needs a national strategy for regulating farm pollution
-The administration of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf asked the state’s high court Monday to weigh in on a legal battle over Pennsylvania’s plan to charge power plants for their emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide.
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APClimate ChangeEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPennsylvaniaPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesPennsylvania appeals court order blocking climate plan
-The administration of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf asked the state’s high court Monday to weigh in on a legal battle over Pennsylvania’s plan to charge power plants for their emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeCollaborationFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIllinoisIndianaLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorMichiganMinnesotaNew YorkNewsOhioOntarioPennsylvaniaRegionResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchShipwrecksThe StatesResearchers race to understand what lies beneath the Great Lakes
-Scientists say we have more robust data about the surface of Mars than the floor of the Great Lakes. A new effort spearheaded by academics and government aims to map the entire Great Lakes lakebed.
