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Drinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedInfrastructureMunicipalitiesNatasha BlakelyNew YorkNewsPFASPFAS News RoundupPolicyResearch, Data and TechnologyWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: PFAS in face masks, McDonald’s and Burger King sued for PFAS in packaging
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Detroit RiverFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationJohn HartigLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioOntarioProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsRiver otters return to the Detroit River
-This special column from John Hartig celebrates that after roughly a century, there’s finally photographic evidence that otters have returned to the Detroit River.
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Commercial FishingFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchShipping and PortsU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsYears of regulation may have reduced invasive species risks in the Great Lakes, study says
-Researchers have found that ballast water regulation has been key in the fight against invasive species.
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Alex HillClimate ChangeFeature HomepageForests and PlantsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsMapping the Great Lakes: Where to find your sugar maples
-Tapping maple trees for their syrup has been a Great Lakes region tradition for a long time – Indigenous groups on both sides of the lakes have been sugaring maple trees for thousands of years.
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APClimate ChangeFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationMichiganMinnesotaNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsCanada lynx protections deal sealed by US, environmentalists
-U.S. wildlife officials have agreed to craft a new habitat plan for the snow-loving Canada lynx that could include more land in Colorado and other western states where the rare animals would be protected.
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Feature HomepageForests and PlantsLatest NewsMichiganNatasha BlakelyNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchLessons to learn from a very big mushroom
-Take some advice from the 2,500-year-old, 400,000-kilogram fungus living in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
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AdvocacyAPClimate ChangeEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPennsylvaniaPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesBig greenhouse gas state taking biggest climate step yet
-One lawsuit is already challenging Gov. Tom Wolf’s regulation and more are expected.
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APClimate ChangeEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNew YorkNewsPennsylvaniaPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsEXPLAINER: Can climate change be solved by pricing carbon?
-As climate change bakes the planet, dozens of nations and many local governments are putting a price tag on greenhouse gas emissions that are increasing flooding, droughts and other costly catastrophes.
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AdvocacyAPClimate ChangeEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchCleaner Earth: Healing ozone hole, less smog, more eagles
-For Earth Day, The Associated Press asked more than 25 environmental scientists and policy experts to share their top stories about environmental problems that the world fixed.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipFish, Birds and AnimalsForever Chemicals FeaturedLake ErieMichiganNew YorkNewsOhioPennsylvaniaPFASProtectQuebecU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWisconsinFRESH: Wisconsin Judge Strikes Down Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Cleanup Rule
-Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today.
