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Climate ChangeCollaborationCOP26Latest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchYou Can’t Beat Climate Change Without Tackling Disinformation
-Over more than a century, PR firms built and fine-tuned a machine to deceive the public.
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Drinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupFeature HomepageIllinoisIndigenous CommunitiesInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganMinnesotaNew YorkNewsOhioOntarioPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeDrinking Water News Roundup: Infrastructure funding in Minnesota, Wisconsin, false confidence in Michigan water
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMore people are worried about the health of the Great Lakes, according to poll
-The poll by the Great Lakes Water Quality Board asked 4,500 people to rate the current status of the environmental health of their favorite Great Lake.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipFish, Birds and AnimalsInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreational Hunting and FishingScience, Technology, ResearchFor the first time, “rock snot” nuisance algal blooms found in Lower Peninsula trout stream
-“It tends to look like a cotton wooly substance. And despite the term ‘rock snot,’ it’s not slimy; it’s actually quite coarse,” said Joanne Foreman, Invasive Species Communications Coordinator with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
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Feature HomepageIllinoisIndianaLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNew YorkNewsOhioPennsylvaniaPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeTaylor HaeltermanWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinLower Rates: New flood risk assessment will reduce insurance rates in the Great Lakes region
-Michigan in particular will see a drop in flood-related insurance premiums. But overall, every Great Lakes state will have a larger percentage of residents receiving immediate rate decreases than the national average of 23%.
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ChicagoDetroit RiverFeature HomepageHabitat RestorationIllinoisIndianaJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsProtectScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinGreat Lakes Moment: Small habitat patches can have big ecological impact
-Researchers found that preserving small, isolated patches of land is just as critical to biodiversity and saving species as preserving large swathes of it. Key examples reside in Detroit and Chicago.
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Alex HillDrinking WaterFeature HomepageLake HuronLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyMapping the Great Lakes: Find out if Lake Huron water ends up in your faucet
-Where do we get our water? It’s a critically important and highly regulated question, yet it took some digging to find the answers.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyRising Cost of Water in Michigan Leads to Affordability Problems
-A growing number of Michigan households are burdened by high water bills, report finds.
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Spike Sustained: As COVID-19 policies relax, park attendance (mostly) remains strong
-Continued fluctuations in park attendance are causing adjustments to how some parks operate.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDetroit RiverIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsAnother seawall collapse due to gravel pile stored too close to Detroit River
-Part of a seawall along the Detroit River collapsed on Friday, believed to be caused by a pile of aggregate material stored too close to the shoreline at the Revere Dock.
