Echo
Michigan’s environment makes front pages, but not political front burner
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Newspapers reveal worries about fish, floods, farms, mines, trails, energy and Roscoe the deer.
Water
Great Lakes month in review: What’s next in algae fight?
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For today’s Great Lakes Month in Review we’re focusing on the Toledo water crisis, which was in the news for several weeks this month, and could be again
Water
Failed algae policies leave Toledo high and dry
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Commentary
Toledo citizens were without water this past weekend as life-threatening toxins caused by harmful algae far surpassed safe levels. That’s 400,000 people left to scramble for water wherever they could find it. Ohio declared a state of emergency and it was one of those all hands on deck situations. Toledo without water because of toxic algae? We shouldn’t be surprised.
Water
Great Lakes restoration produces results
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Great Lakes advocate sees substantive return on federal investment in restoration.
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.
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?
Echo
Upending the basin: Making data dance
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Last week I covered the release of an animated model of an oil spill in the Straits of Mackinac. The greatest question it prompted in my mind: Why didn’t we do that? I’ll grant that the researcher who put that one together had studied Great Lakes currents for 30 years. Journalists aren’t going to replicate that kind of expertise. But journalists aren’t expected to generate the data.
Water
Ohio treads water as Lake Erie struggles
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It’s natural to protect our greatest resource. We do it with our homes. Why not our water?
Water
The political climate of Great Lakes cities
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A group of 114 mayors of U.S. and Canadian cities may be best equipped to influence Great Lakes policy.