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APIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureNewsOhioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsNew Ohio law eases state regulation of some streams
-State regulation of streams that flow temporarily after rainfall will be restricted under legislation signed into law by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine.
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DetroitIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchTorontoTourismWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWaterfront DevelopmentGreat Lakes Moment: Similarities between the Don and Rouge rivers, and one big difference
-In this month’s column, John Hartig discusses the lessons that can be learned from the naturalization of Toronto’s Don River.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDetroitDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFlintIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater's True CostAfter Decades of Neglect, Bill Coming Due for Michigan’s Water Infrastructure
-Federal and state governments begin to reverse course on underinvestment to address water’s true cost.
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Commercial FishingFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchShipping and PortsU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsYears of regulation may have reduced invasive species risks in the Great Lakes, study says
-Researchers have found that ballast water regulation has been key in the fight against invasive species.
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APIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPennsylvaniaPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesCoal interests sue to block Pennsylvania’s carbon policy
-Coal-related interests sued to block the centerpiece of Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to fight climate change, a carbon-pricing policy that will impose a cost for emitting planet-warming carbon dioxide from fossil fuel-fired power plants.
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Alex HillClimate ChangeFeature HomepageForests and PlantsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsMapping the Great Lakes: Where to find your sugar maples
-Tapping maple trees for their syrup has been a Great Lakes region tradition for a long time – Indigenous groups on both sides of the lakes have been sugaring maple trees for thousands of years.
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CollaborationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLake ErieLake OntarioMunicipalitiesNewsOntarioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe ProvincesTorontoU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWhat’s missing from Doug Ford’s proposed expansion of the Ontario Greenbelt
-The Ontario government initially planned more ambitious additions to the Greenbelt. But after pushback from cities and industry, what’s left are a series of river valleys that were already protected.
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AdvocacyAPClimate ChangeEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPennsylvaniaPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe States
Big greenhouse gas state taking biggest climate step yet
-One lawsuit is already challenging Gov. Tom Wolf’s regulation and more are expected.
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APClimate ChangeEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNew YorkNewsPennsylvaniaPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsEXPLAINER: Can climate change be solved by pricing carbon?
-As climate change bakes the planet, dozens of nations and many local governments are putting a price tag on greenhouse gas emissions that are increasing flooding, droughts and other costly catastrophes.
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CollaborationEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingGroundwater ContaminationIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsNorthern Indiana residents doubt outcome of coal ash cleanup
-Some northern Indiana residents remain skeptical that communities in the area will be free of contamination from toxic coal ash, despite a renewed commitment to clean up polluted sites and transition to renewable energy sources.
