Energy
The Green Room: Pipelines – Part One
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Why do some people feel oil and gas pipelines are a good and necessary part of our lives, while others fight against them? WEMU’s The Green Room investigates this first part of a series on pipelines.
Water
A conversation with the kayakers paddling the perimeter of Lake Superior
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Jim Bailey of Infosuperior spoke with four kayakers who are paddling the perimeter of Lake Superior, and cleaning up beaches, collecting microplastics samples and sauna-hopping along the way.
Energy
Proposed Trump rollback of fuel standards triggers urban health concerns
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Administration cites safety factor to justify move; Cautious auto industry response.
Podcasts
Blazing trails – water trails – in Michigan
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Marked water trails in this state make it easy for people to give paddling a try.
Energy
A Life Without Line 5
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Could Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and other parts of the state get the propane gas it needs without the Line 5 Pipeline? A new report just released says “yes.”
Nearshore
Lake Erie wind farm: face off over pollution, birds and jobs
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About 40 people testified last week at a public hearing on a potential offshore wind farm in Lake Erie.
bugs
Ideal conditions lead to firefly boom
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If you’ve been noticing more fireflies in your backyard this summer, you’re not alone.
Algae
Scientists expect Lake Erie’s 2018 algae bloom to be “significant”
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Charter boat captain says business is down by 25 percent.
Catch of the Day
Are invasive mussels helping the Great Lakes?
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Michigan State University researchers say invasive quagga mussels are actually doing some good.
Water
Great Lakes teachers sail away on a cruise, but it’s not a tropical vacation
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Fifteen teachers, several from New York State, sailed off Monday morning on research vessel called The Lake Guardian.