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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeCollaborationDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Is the Line 5 tunnel a bridge to Michigan’s energy future or a bad deal?
-With climate action on the state and national agenda, critics of Enbridge Line 5 warn that investing in new pipeline infrastructure undermines Michigan’s pathway to carbon neutrality. Experts say it’s not so simple.
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Grants to help with repairs, rehabilitation at 3 lighthouses
-More than $126,000 in grant funding from the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office have been awarded to the Crisp Point Light Historical Society, the North Manitou Light Keepers and St. Clair County Parks and Recreation.
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Judge rejects effort to extend sign-up for Flint water cash
-U.S. District Judge Judith Levy said she won’t upset a well-publicized 60-day deadline that was baked into a settlement involving Flint, the state of Michigan, residents, and other parties.
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BudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeCollaborationDetroitEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
In flooded Michigan neighborhoods, who should pay for sea walls?
-For two straight summers, residents of Detroit’s Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood watched water pour into basements and pool in streets, a result of coastal flooding that will become increasingly common throughout the Great Lakes as climate change progresses.
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More than 30,000 registrations so far in Flint water deal
-The deadline for registrations is next Monday.
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APFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIndigenous CommunitiesMichiganMinnesotaNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRecreational Hunting and FishingThe StatesWisconsin
Chippewa tribes blast wolf hunt, say it was about killing
-State-licensed hunters killed 216 wolves in four days, nearly double their quota of 119 animals. The DNR estimated about 1,000 wolves roamed Wisconsin before the hunt.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFeature HomepageInfrastructureInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsMichiganNewsNews Director's Pick-of-the-WeekRecreation and TourismResearch, Data and TechnologyTraverse City
Last dam standing: Traverse City fish restoration project on the ropes
-The FishPass project uses technology that would allow migratory fish to freely travel the river while keeping out invasive species. But some residents are suing, saying it would alter a local park.
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BudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeCollaborationDrinking WaterFeature HomepageInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Michigan’s Rural Water Systems Confront Generations of Inadequate Investment
-A critical juncture is reached for providing water to rural communities around the region.
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Books, Authors, Art and MusicCollaborationDetroitDrinking WaterFeature DetroitFeature HomepageLatest NewsMichiganNewsSandra SvobodaWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Save Water, Save Nature: Kids calendar art contest promotes healthy water management
-GLN Host Ward Detwiler interviewed this year’s Kids Clean Water Calendar Contest winner about his artwork promoting clean water.
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Shifting sand, water again reveal shipwreck from 1880s
-A change in Lake Michigan water levels has revealed the shipwreck from the 1880s that is visible in western Michigan for the first time since 2018.