Recreation
State parks examine role in solving obesity
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Survey indicates few healthy food choices and campers’ desire for more.
Waste
Judge OKs settlement with Illinois resin manufacturer
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The agreement resolves a decade-long dispute that began with EPA inspections in September 2004 of a plant then owned and operated by PolyOne Corp.
Water
Misguided priorities, contradictions and benign neglect plague water management
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These are tough times for water. And we’re still in our infancy when dealing with it in the Great Lakes.
Energy
Michigan lawmakers launch bipartisan search for energy freedom
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Their bills tackle net metering, microgrids, fair-value pricing and community renewable-energy gardens.
Water
Michigan’s Deer Lake could be taken off polluted hot spot list
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Deer Lake in Ishpeming, Mich., classified as a major international toxic hot spot since 1987, may get a clean bill of health this year after decades of costly cleanup.
Energy
Petro pipelines: Public need or private profit?
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Concerns about pipeline safety and disclosure continue to be the source of controversy.
Land
Towns can ban fracking, New York’s top court rules
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Zoning doesn’t intrude on state’s regulatory oversight, court says. Minority dissent argues that local ordinances do more than regulate land use.
Water
Business and water policy: A troubling brew
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Water is a hot commodity. Should we treat it like any other Initial Public Offering?
Water
Flash Point: Foggy evening at Miners Beach Falls
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We asked Great Lakes photographers to send us some of their favorite or toughest Great Lakes shots and a bit of a story behind the picture.
Waste
Researchers troll for plastic on Great Lakes fishing boat
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Researchers aboard a converted fishing boat are trawling the Great Lakes for plastic.