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APCOP26IllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticePritzker to visit UK, tout climate-change efforts next week
-Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker will travel to the United Kingdom next week to discuss the state’s efforts to neutralize climate change while bolstering economic development, his office said Wednesday.
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Billions in environmental justice funds hang in the balance
-Tens of billions of dollars for U.S. environmental justice initiatives originally proposed in a $3.5 trillion domestic spending package now hang in the balance as Democrats decide how to trim the bill down to $2 trillion.
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What is COP26? Here’s how global climate negotiations work and what’s expected from the Glasgow summit
-Over two weeks in November, world leaders and national negotiators will meet in Scotland to discuss what to do about climate change. It’s a complex process that can be hard to make sense of from the outside, but it’s how international law and institutions help solve problems that no single country can fix on its own.
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COP26 Coverage: What do you want to know about the U.N. climate change conference?
-Climate change is one of the more pressing topics that Great Lakes Now has its eye on. Come Oct. 31, one of the largest global conferences will be convening to discuss that topic, and Great Lakes Now wants to answer all your questions.
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Michigan’s balmy October means more mosquitos, peril for coldwater fish
-Nearly three weeks into October, much of Michigan remains stuck in early autumn mode, fueling frustration for fall anglers, exaltation for late-season swimmers, and itchiness for anyone who ventures outside for too long without bug spray.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Groups Lauded a Side Agreement at the Paris Climate Conference. Then It Languished.
-The fate of the Paris Pact reveals the difficulties in incorporating water into global climate agreements.
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U.N. Climate Conference: Michigan’s role at the U.N.’s COP26 and in the U.S.’s climate future
-“The take home is always, always, always water,” Liesl Clark, director of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, said during a preview of the United Nations COP26 event.
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Biden appoints Debra Shore to lead EPA Midwestern office
-President Joe Biden on Tuesday appointed Debra Shore, a wastewater treatment official in Chicago, to direct the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Midwestern office.
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Will taxpayers bear the cost of cleaning up America’s abandoned oil wells?
-Oil and gas companies have a century-old bad habit of drilling wells and ditching them. And while Congress finally has a plan to plug some abandoned wells, new proposals effectively pass the fossil fuel industry’s cleanup costs on to taxpayers and may even enable more drilling.
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Indigenous leaders face barriers to UN climate conference
-Indigenous leaders are largely being excluded from participation in the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference as the world grapples with escalating problems from floods, fires, heat, drought and other disasters.
