Nearshore
Great Lakes govs whiff on algae; can they hit a diversion home run?
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This class of Great Lakes governors has one more shot at prioritizing the region’s water interests over those of their respective states.
Nearshore
Help Echo justify buying a news-gathering submarine
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By David Poulson
Here at Echo we’ve written lots about drones and even experimented with using them as a potential news-reporting platform. It’s challenging to take the concept very far as federal authorities try to sort through how to regulate them. Now there may be a way to do something similar underwater. TT Robotix has indicated it will come out with a remotely controlled submersible capable of taking a Go-Pro camera more than 30 feet under water. It can remotely take still and video images and even stream what the camera sees as it sees it.
Wildlife
The small environmental stories provide the big environmental picture
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It is the seemingly small environmental events and stories that help us see how they connect to form the mega-picture of natural and human activities.
Land
Environmental justice: No one’s priority
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Everyone knows that environmental justice has long been the poor stepchild of environmental issues. And government agencies and nonprofit organizations carefully parse their comments when asked about it.
Water
Will shifting political winds impair Great Lakes recovery?
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One of this gaggle of candidates will be president in January of 2017. Will he or she rise to a new standard of Great Lakes care?
Water
Great Lakes Month in Review: fights over Flint’s water, mercury limits before SCOTUS
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A look at this month’s biggest environmental stories with Great Lakes commentator Gary Wilson.
Energy
Basic should trump bold for Michigan governor
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Snyder deserves encouragement for renewable energy plan. But bold is an adjective best left to spin doctors.
Water
Great Lakes Month in Review: pet coke, fracking, Asian carp funding
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Great Lakes commentator Gary Wilson on February’s biggest environmental stories.