Author: Great Lakes Now

Some banned pesticides fade from Great Lakes air, while others persist

ByGreat Lakes Now 30 March 2023

Two recently banned pesticides have all but disappeared from the atmosphere around the Great Lakes, while others phased out decades ago are still hanging around.

Marta Venier, an environmental chemist at Indiana University, and her team looked at air samples taken every 12 days since 1990 by the Environmental Protection Agency around the Great Lakes region, which measure the atmospheric concentration of hundreds of compounds, including pesticides, PCBs, and other persistent chemicals.

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Enbridge Line 5 tunnel project in Michigan delayed another 1.5 years

ByGreat Lakes Now 28 March 2023

By Kelly House, Bridge Michigan

The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; and Michigan Radio, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.

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Mapping the Great Lakes: Mental health and “blue spaces”

ByGreat Lakes Now 27 March 2023

Love staring at a map and discovering something interesting? Then “Mapping the Great Lakes” is for you. It’s a monthly Great Lakes Now feature created by Alex B. Hill, a self-described “data nerd and anthropologist” who combines cartography, data, and analytics with storytelling and human experience.

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Energy News Roundup: Power outages in Michigan, future of nuclear power in Illinois

ByGreat Lakes Now 24 March 2023

Keep up with energy-related developments in the Great Lakes area with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.

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Illinois

When it comes to smog, Cook County is the worst neighbor in the country, EPA finds — Chicago Tribune

Cook County, Illinois, contributes more to smog pollution violations in other states than anywhere else in the country, according to federal data.

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Science Says What? How 5th-graders counting plants can lead to positive change

ByGreat Lakes Now 23 March 2023

Science Says What? is a monthly column written by Great Lakes now contributor Sharon Oosthoek exploring what science can tell us about what’s happening beneath and above the waves of our beloved Great Lakes and their watershed.

As spring comes to Saginaw Bay, a group of elementary school students are preparing to play an important role in a long-term scientific study.

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Fading Stars and River Bugs – Episode 2303

ByGreat Lakes Now 21 March 2023

Citizen scientists chart the night sky, measure the health of a river and The Catch.

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I Speak for the Fish: Playing follow-the-leader with diving ducks

ByGreat Lakes Now 20 March 2023

I Speak for the Fish is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor Kathy Johnson, coming out the third Monday of each month. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit Public Television.

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Nibi Chronicles: Celebrating one family’s knack for finding ancient stone tools

ByGreat Lakes Now 17 March 2023

Editor’s Note: “Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A direct descendant of the Grand Portage Band of Ojibwe, she lives and works in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her two books “Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” and “Seven Aunts” were published 2019 and 2022, and she is at work on a children’s story.

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PFAS News Roundup: All fish tested from Michigan rivers contain ‘forever chemicals’, study finds

ByGreat Lakes Now 16 March 2023

PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of widespread man-made chemicals that don’t break down in the environment or the human body and have been flagged as a major contaminant in sources of water across the country.

Keep up with PFAS-related developments in the Great Lakes area.

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Environmental justice expert questions Michigan’s subsidies for electric vehicles

ByGreat Lakes Now 14 March 2023

It’s a mistake, environmental law attorney Nick Leonard says, for Michigan to invest so heavily in private auto transportation in place of public transit options.

Leonard was referring to the billions of dollars in subsidies Michigan has recently budgeted primarily for electric vehicle (EV) production. Investment in public transit better serves lower income groups who don’t have resources to purchase EV’s and it’s the better option to deal with climate change, according to Leonard.

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EPA to limit toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

ByGreat Lakes Now 14 March 2023

By Michael Phillis and Matthew Daly, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed the first federal limits on harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water, a long-awaited protection the agency said will save thousands of lives and prevent serious illnesses, including cancer.

The plan would limit toxic PFAS chemicals to the lowest level that tests can detect.

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Few good options for shrinking Michigan’s problem deer herds

ByGreat Lakes Now 13 March 2023

By Kelly House, Bridge Michigan

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