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Waves of Change: Meet Just Transition Northwest Indiana executive director Ashley Williams
-Ashley Williams is committed to realizing a just and equitable transition for her community.
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AuthorsChicagoFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoFish, Birds and AnimalsIllinoisKathy JohnsonLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchHow do fish survive in large urban waterways, like the Chicago River?
-The Chicago River’s hardened shorelines, stormwater pollution events and limited habitat would seem inhospitable to fish. Yet, native species are finding ways to call the city home.
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ChicagoClimate ChangeFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoIllinoisLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchChicago’s beach season is over … or is it? Lake Michigan temps are breaking records.
-Lake Michigan’s surface temperature has been above average nearly every day this year so far. All five Great Lakes are heating up.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageFoodForests and PlantsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchStaci Lola DrouillardWater Quality and Restoration EffortsNibi Chronicles: The Gift of Manoomin
-The rice harvest — manoominike — has officially started across Ojibwe country. Columnist Staci Lola Drouillard talks with her cousin about harvesting and processing wild rice, as well as the importance of water quality for growing “the good berry.”
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AuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterFeature HomepageGary WilsonGreat Lakes News CollaborativeGroundwater ContaminationLatest NewsNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGroundwater: Who’s in charge?
-As groundwater resources are increasingly under threat in the U.S. — including the Great Lakes region — regulation, oversight and planning for the long-term are diffused and often lacking.
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Algae BloomsFeature HomepageLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinWisconsin officials ask the public to report algal blooms in Lake Superior
-The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is banking on public oversight to help gauge the threat of algal blooms.
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ChicagoClimate ChangeFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoIllinoisLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchChicago reveals climate havens don’t exist — they must be created
-Extreme heat and precipitation events are becoming more frequent and intense in Chicago. It’s the city’s preparation efforts that will determine climate resiliency.
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AuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipFeature HomepageGary WilsonGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsAfter 10 million pieces of beach trash, Chicago advocates push for sustainable packaging
-As plastic items dominate beach littering, Alliance for the Great Lakes’ says we need to ramp up reusable items and sustainable packaging. What about personal responsibility?
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DetroitFeature DetroitFeature HomepageLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWho is working to preserve and restore wetlands in Metro Detroit?
-Most Michigan wetlands have been destroyed, even as climate change means we need their benefits. Here’s how groups are working to change that.
