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Climate ChangeEnergy News RoundupEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIan WendrowLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNewsOhioGreat Lakes Energy News Roundup: Michigan clean energy transition, pilot hydrogen production plant, Ohio nuclear bankruptcy ruling
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s fortnightly headline roundup.
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APEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesFreightersIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismAncient stone patterns in Straits of Mackinac add new wrinkle to Line 5 pipeline debate
-A group of amateur explorers raised money to look at Enbridge Inc.’s oil pipeline on the lake bottom.
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Carp Advance: Real and potential impacts of invasive fish throughout the Midwest
-A National Wildlife Federation documentary explores the potential impact of Asian carp on recreation, fishing and other industries in the Great Lakes.
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CollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNewsRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingWisconsinHunters need to avoid contaminated game
-Deer hunters have more to worry about than just COVID-19 and the flu. On the beware list: a group of chemicals known as PFAS and lead from ammunition.
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Age of NatureFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsLorraine BoissoneaultNew YorkNewsRecreation and TourismWhen a Dam Comes Down: Removal of dams allows fish passage and habitat restoration
-Razing dams and returning rivers to their more natural courses is happening throughout the world – including on the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationCOVID-19DetroitDrinking WaterFeature DetroitLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeMichigan Allocates $20 Million to Relieve Customer Water Debts
-The state is using federal CARES Act funding to help residents pay off past-due water bills that accrued during the pandemic.
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Judge: Flint must check water lines in newer neighborhoods
-Flint is in the homestretch of digging down to water lines at more than 20,000 properties and replacing them if necessary.
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Drinking WaterGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsOntarioQuebecU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsBanned: Canada takes next step toward zero plastic waste by 2030
-Plastic gets “toxic” designation, while single-use bottled water gets ban exemption.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsEGLE fines company $60,000 over 2019 Detroit dock collapse
-The Revere Dock was illegally storing limestone aggregate along the river when the site collapsed in late November 2019.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipChicagoClevelandCollaborationDetroitDrinking WaterFeature ClevelandFeature DetroitFeature-ChicagoIllinoisLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsOhioPennsylvaniaLack of Utility Data Obscures Customer Water Debt Problems
-Inadequate data hampers understanding of who is most affected by overdue water bills.
