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Episode 2302 Lesson Plans: How cold is melting ice?
-Lessons and activities based on the monthly Great Lakes Now program.
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APChicagoEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake MichiganLatest NewsMunicipalitiesNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeIn Chicago, adapting electric buses to winter’s challenges
-Capital City Transit has ordered seven electric buses to replace diesel models from 2010, said the operations superintendent.
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AuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsHabitat RestorationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsProtectRegionResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGreat Lakes Moment: The event that saved Humbug Marsh
-Humbug Marsh is an internationally important wetland because of its ecological impact on the Detroit River corridor and the Great Lakes Basin.
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AdvocacyDetroitDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature DetroitFeature HomepageInfrastructureMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsDetroiters can get another 1,125 gallons of water under discount program
-Detroit water rates have gone up 407% over the last 20 years, and 120% in just the last 10 years.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature LeadFlintIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsU.S. Judge: Flint has 5 months to finish long-overdue lead pipe replacement
-The $97 million project was supposed to be done by 2020. Officials blame the pandemic, supply shortages and unreliable contractors for the delay.
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APBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingHistory and CultureLake HuronLake MichiganLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismShipwrecksTourismLong-lost ship found in Lake Huron, confirming tragic story
-Now, the mystery has been solved, say officials with Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena, Michigan.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageForever Chemicals FeaturedKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioPFASPFAS News RoundupPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: Millions in federal grants to address PFAS cleanup in Wisconsin communities
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in this biweekly headline roundup.
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Ian Outside: Let’s go ice climbing
-“My plans had been foiled, I’m at the mercy of the ice. Luckily, I was in good hands.”
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AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsI Speak for the FishKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchSturgeonI Speak for the Fish: Courting Sunfish
-Sunfish offer a special opportunity for people, particularly families with children, to develop a lifelong love affair with nature and fish — no worm required.
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AuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipFeature HomepageGroundwater ContaminationLake OntarioLatest NewsNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience Says WhatScience, Technology, ResearchSharon OosthoekTorontoWater Quality and Restoration EffortsScience Says What? Microplastic pollution — how worried should we be?
-Scientists have found these tiny bits of plastic all over the world — even in mosquitoes’ bellies.
