Water
Great Lakes mayors flex muscle on oil, climate change
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Other Great Lakes pols could learn something from the leaders of the region’s cities.
Water
Water deal could be key to Detroit’s future
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How will Detroit and its neighboring counties deal with the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department in the bankruptcy proceedings?
Echo
Transparency wouldn’t satisfy Joe Rossi, how about you?
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Commentary
Many reporters of my generation went into journalism because of the Watergate scandal. Holding public officials accountable — public service journalism – was the attraction then. So, too, were Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman in All the president’s men, the movie version of that story. Me? I was more of a Lou Grant kind of guy.
Water
Month in review: Carp and Waukesha
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At the end of each month, we check in with Echo commentator Gary Wilson for updates on environmental stories from around the Basin. Click on the audio clip above for today’s Great Lakes Month in Review which discusses efforts to keep Asian carp and Waukesha, Wis., out of Lake Michigan. This segment is produced as part of a partnership with WKAR’s Current State public affairs program. More radio news about the Great Lakes environment can be found on Current State every Tuesday as part of our partnership.
Land
Preserving the lands of the wealthy
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A stretch of New York’s Hudson Valley is known for its old wealth, stately mansions–and encroaching new wealth and development.
In the words of the National Park Service, “For nearly two centuries, this place has been home to socially prominent New Yorkers.
It still is, and increasingly so. Median household income of $71,508 in 2008-12 is up by 34.70 percent since 2000.
Those pressures make it imperative to preserve what can be preserved of the land and the culture.
Waste
For a city with big shoulders, Chicago is wimpy on the environment
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Weak recycling efforts and a tardy response to water quality concerns hardly lead the way to turning Chicago the same color as its river on St. Patrick’s Day.
Water
Public trust demands Great Lakes phosphorus cuts
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The IJC recommends halving the phosphorus entering the Great Lakes from farms, sewers and lawns. The public trust is a blueprint for action.
Wildlife
Govs sign invasive species pact, but few show at Great Lakes meeting
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For April’s Great Lakes Month in Review Current State focused on the Council of Great Lakes Governors summit, which took place in Chicago this past weekend. Gary Wilson shares more from his one-on-one interview with Gov. Rick Snyder.
Energy
Green versus green and energy dilemmas
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No alternative energy source is without its environmental costs. But as demand for power continues and as existing fossil-fuel and nuclear plants age, the truth is that the Great Lakes states need to aggressively explore alternatives.
Water
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder: ‘atmosphere of crisis’ needed for faster action on Asian carp
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Editor’s note: Great Lakes Echo commentator Gary Wilson sat down with Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder in Chicago for a one-on-one interview Friday. Here’s Wilson’s take on what the governor had to say. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder brought his Great Lakes message to Chicago today as the region’s governors gathered in Chicago for an annual meeting. Snyder co-chairs the Council of Great Lakes Governors with Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn. The two executives revived the dormant governors group on Mackinac Island last year and the Chicago meeting is an attempt to maintain momentum.