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Points North: A Good, Not Great Lake
By Ruth Abramovitz, Interlochen Public Radio
Points North is a biweekly podcast about the land, water and inhabitants of the Great Lakes.
This episode was shared here with permission from Interlochen Public Radio.
In February 1998, Congress passed what should have been an uncontroversial bill.
The golden oyster mushroom craze unleashed an invasive species – and a worrying new study shows it’s harming native fungi
By Aishwarya Veerabahu, University of Wisconsin-Madison
is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.
Golden oyster mushrooms, with their sunny yellow caps and nutty flavor, have become wildly popular for being healthy, delicious and easy to grow at home from mushroom kits.
Ohio regulators clamp down on data center power costs amid soaring demand
Catch the latest energy news from around the region. Check back for these bimonthly Energy News Roundups.
Data centers in Ohio will have to pay more up front for electricity after state regulators sided with an electric utility and consumer advocates over tech companies earlier this month.
I Speak for the Fish: Think you’re not to blame for overfishing? Think again.
I Speak for the Fish is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor Kathy Johnson, coming out the third Monday of each month. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit Public Television.
Baby bald eagles tested positive for PFAS and other legacy contaminants
Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in the Great Lakes region. Check back for more PFAS news roundups every other week on our website.
According to reporting by MLive, two researchers are studying blood samples from bald eagles across Michigan and the Great Lakes basin for evidence of chemical exposure to things like PFAS, DDT or PCBs — which were both banned in 1972 and 1979.