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AuthorsDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGreat Lakes Moment: Lest we forget – A history of Detroit River oil pollution
-Today, the Detroit River is much cleaner, and sentinel wildlife species have returned. It is good to look back at the 1960s pollution of the river, notably oil pollution, and recognize how far we have come.
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APFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWarm weather forces park officials to suspend Isle Royale wolf count for first time in decades
-A stretch of unusually warm weather has forced federal officials to suspend researchers’ annual wolf-moose count in Isle Royale National Park for the first time in more than six decades.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsOntarioOntario sides with Enbridge Gas in fight to connect new homes to natural gas
-Saying fossil fuel use will decline, the Ontario Energy Board told Enbridge Gas to charge developers, not homeowners, for new natural gas hookups.
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I-500 Snowmobile Race moving ahead despite warmer weather
-The race takes place on a one-mile track of ice, so snow isn’t critical. But even though the race doesn’t need a lot of snow, the region’s trails do.
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ClevelandFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIllinoisLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioScience, Technology, ResearchPoints North: Doe, A Deer, A (Sterilized) Female Deer
-Deer culling is common across the Midwest. Cities often hire sharpshooters or allow hunters to kill a certain number of deer.
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Flint residents reach $25M settlement with engineers in water crisis case
-Engineering company Veolia North America settles class-action lawsuit before a trial was set to begin. The company consulted the city of Flint after its disastrous 2014 water switch.
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Chicago could be first major Midwestern city to ban gas in new construction
-Buildings are Chicago’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, but efforts to decarbonize them are facing union opposition.
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DetroitEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature DetroitFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeParts of Detroit could be radically transformed by city solar plan, for better or worse
-Residents are divided over whether financial benefits outweigh risks.
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Mandated East Palestine creek cleanup is entering final phase, environmental officials say
-Cleanup efforts are still underway in East Palestine nearly a year after a train derailed. Officials say progress is being made at restoring water quality and aquatic life.
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Climate ChangeLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsOhioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchSmart buoys help brace Great Lakes for environmental challenges
-Lake Erie is the first of the Great Lakes getting connected to the internet with a series of offshore “smart” buoys. And it’s not just for sending texts on the water.
