Author: Interlochen Public Radio
After six years, Ohio moves to end coal bailouts that have been in place since bribery scandal
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Just shy of six years since the passage of Ohio’s infamous House Bill 6, a more than $1 billion coal and nuclear bailout at the center of the largest bribery and money laundering scandal in state history, state lawmakers approved a bill that would repeal the coal subsidy House Bill 6 established.
Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.
By Anna Clark, ProPublica
This story was originally published by ProPublica.
Just one year ago, JD Vance was a leading advocate of the Great Lakes and the efforts to restore the largest system of freshwater on the face of the planet.
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Everything you need to know about the Biggest Week in American Birding
A fledgling birding festival that hatched 15 years ago has become an international event drawing visitors from around the world to northwest Ohio. While the stars of the show at the Biggest Week in American Birding (BWIAB) are migrating warblers, there are dozens of other species which draw crowds from every state and continent including wading and shore birds, tanagers, songbirds, waterfowl and raptors.
Great Lakes Moment: Government downsizing, defunding and deregulating at what environmental cost?
Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit PBS.
There is always room to improve program effectiveness and efficiency in government, as well as business, nongovernmental organizations and other institutions.
Points North: My lakes are better than your lakes
By Daniel Wanschura
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.
Minnesota is known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”.