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Climate ChangeFeature HomepageGary WilsonInfrastructureLake MichiganLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Does extreme weather threaten the hazardous waste sites that border Lake Michigan?
-New report highlights concern that intense storms, high lake levels may put nuclear and contaminated waste storage facilities at risk.
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Alex HillEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLake HuronMichiganNewsU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Mapping the Great Lakes: Power up
-Around the region, you can find power plants for hydro, solar, wind, coal and more. In this map, see where those plants stand.
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Feature HomepageIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectScience, Technology, Research
Holding in the deep: What Canada wants to do with its decades-old pileup of nuclear waste
-Canada plans to store spent nuclear fuel deep, deep underground in the Great Lakes basin. That is, if an industry group can find a community willing to play host.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsLake HuronLatest NewsNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologySharon Oosthoek
Animal Check: New project to monitor aquatic species that live near proposed nuclear storage sites
-Nuclear Waste Management Organization and the University of Guelph this summer began a new project to help understand the potential environmental impact of the proposed underground nuclear waste storage sites.