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Remaking Port Milwaukee into a Great Lakes trade hub
-Nestled on the shores of Lake Michigan on Jones Island, Milwaukee’s newly updated port is emerging as a potential force in the city’s economy.
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Michigan could implement ambitious clean energy mandates and have carbon-free electricity by 2040
-Michigan is on the verge of implementing one of the nation’s most ambitious clean energy mandates, aiming to be carbon-free by 2040.
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After a pandemic pause, Detroit restarts water shut-offs – part of a nationwide trend as costs rise
-Detroit residents with past-due bills are facing water shut-offs again after a reprieve during COVID-19. At the same time, providers are also raising rates.
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Waves of Change: Meet Executive Director Alicia Smith
-We spoke with Alicia Smith, executive director of the Junction Coalition, a community nonprofit based in Toledo, Ohio.
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Points North: Ghost towns lost and found
-David Exelby was scrolling through Reddit when he came across a mysterious post. This guy had stumbled on a ghost town in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The problem was no one could find it.
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As Great Lakes warm, collaboration and Indigenous self-determination are keys to adapting
-The Great Lakes are among the fastest-warming bodies of water. They contain one fifth of the world’s freshwater, and climate change is affecting everything that depends on them.
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Do snitches net fishes? Scientists turn invasive carp into traitors to slow their Great Lakes push
-Wildlife officials across the Great Lakes are looking for spies to take on an almost impossible mission: stop the spread of invasive carp.