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Points North: Copper Country’s Conundrum
-Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is Copper Country. Some see copper mining as an economic boon for the region, but others worry it could come at the cost of some of the Great Lakes’ most pristine wild spaces.
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Millions sweating it out as heat wave nears peak from Midwest to Maine
-A heat wave extending from the Midwest to New England moved closer to a breaking point Thursday, with millions of people sweating it out for another day.
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Energy News Roundup: Great Lakes shipping industry says it could use decarbonization funding too
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsNewsThe CheckupHeat Islands in the Great Lakes: Community, infrastructure and fresh water solutions
-Heat is becoming a threat in cities everywhere. Here is the second half of our two-part series which looks at the connection between heat and health, the role water plays, what’s being done, and where these cities have room to improve.
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I Speak for the Fish: What’s a true bass?
-White bass are like freshwater wolves: elusive, with a love of wide open spaces and killer teamwork.
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Heat Islands in the Great Lakes: The human health cost
-Heat is becoming a threat in cities everywhere. Here is part one of our two-part series that takes a looks at the connection between heat and health, the role water plays, what’s being done and where these cities have room to improve.
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Butterflies race for state insect status
-Three butterflies are racing to become Michigan’s official state insect – and one of them is ahead, at least politically.
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Points North: To catch an arsonist
-It’s a dry spring – 1984 in Wisconsin – and all these suspicious fires are popping up. A conservation warden named Dave is pretty sure it’s arson, but he can’t catch a break. So, he and a pilot decide to get creative.
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A freighter ship in Lake Superior collided with something underwater, Coast Guards says
-The U.S. Coast Guard says a freighter in Lake Superior has hit something underwater and started taking on water.
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Energy News Roundup: Coal ash still a concern in Indiana Superfund town near Lake Michigan
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news.
