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Mr. Great Lakes (Jeff Kart) reports from Bay City, Michigan’s Delta College Q-90.1 FM.
Jan. 10, 2014 – Mr. Great Lakes (Jeff Kart) – Friday EDITION – Q-90.1 FM Delta College Public Radio by jeffkart
This week, Kart discusses a project to gather algae photos, Michigan’s Clean Energy Manufacturing Roadmap project and a study about Asian carp. Text at Mr. Great Lakes
It lets you scan bar codes of personal hygiene products to see if they contain microbeads of plastic, an increasing pollution concern in the Great Lakes and elsewhere.
The abundant freshwater of the Great Lakes region is increasingly used for craft beer brewing. Breweries compete for customers with an eclectic array of beers and a raft of sustainable efforts. Some companies recycle used grain, others use recycled packaging. Some run delivery trucks on vegetable oil or harness wind and solar power. Some even donate proceeds to watershed projects.
New research indicates that road salt applied on icy roads and that runs into rivers remains toxic not just in winter, but throughout two-thirds of the year.
Great Lakes Echo commentator Gary Wilson looks back at some of the biggest Great Lakes stories of 2013.
How do we talk about water?
Great Lakes water isn’t a Big Mac. Or a Budweiser. Or bottled water.
We need talking points that inspire.
As your water rates creep higher, nearly six billion gallons of water that you paid to treat is lost nationwide every day.
In the Great Lakes region, that means enough yearly water loss to submerge Manhattan… and then some.
Reports continue to show increasing traces of pharmaceuticals in the Great Lakes. Until recently, it has been commonplace to simply throw away or flush unused and unwanted drugs. The Yellow Jugs Old Drugs program offers a solution to this issue.
IJC Commissioner Dereth Glance says Great Lakes stewardship is fraught with frustrations and backslides.
But a combination of learning and action can get that Sisyphean boulder further up, if not to the top of the hill.
New York’s Finger Lakes, as seen in true-color by a NASA satellite.