Author: Toledo Blade Environment
How Ann Arbor, Michigan, is creating its own clean energy utility
Investor-owned utilities have been slow to ditch oil and gas. The city of Ann Arbor plans to boost access to renewables through a new dual-service model.
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What’s next for Ohio’s former green steel project? More coal, it seems.
Cleveland-Cliffs won a federal grant to install hydrogen-ready tech. Now, it wants to revamp its Middletown blast furnace, raising questions about its use of funds.
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How Two Teens in Niagara Falls Are Confronting Pollution and a Mental Health Crisis
Finding hope and resilience in a city burdened with environmental pollution and generational trauma.
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False spring is more dangerous than you think
False springs aren’t just an annoying trick of nature. Under the right conditions, they can be devastating. In 2012, an unusually warm early spring was followed by an April freeze […]
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Spore loser: the DIY mushroom-growing trend invading Ontario forests
Golden oyster mushrooms are spreading fast, altering how Ontario’s forests grow, decompose and nurture important native mushrooms.
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