Category: Climate change
A record year for Great Lakes piping plovers
The Great Lakes piping plover recovery effort has been ongoing since the mid-1980s when the population got as low as a dozen nesting pairs. This year, the number reached 85 nesting pairs for the first time.
Stateside: Thursday, July 10, 2025
A conversation on a Michigan summer classic — lightning bugs. Also, the Detroit community gathers for a collard green cookoff. Plus, an ophthalmologist becomes the first Michigander to win an open water swimming challenge.
Fe, a record-setting Michigan loon, births ‘downy fluffballs’ No. 43 and 44
The common loon, Fe, has broken records again with the arrival of loon chicks 43 and 44. Fe is the “world’s most productive” loon known to exist.
California Pivots: Cutting CEQA Red Tape To Boost Housing & Climate Goals
In rare good news out of the United States, California’s just passed reform of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) has opened the door for a wave of infill housing development, marking a significant shift in the state’s longstanding approach to urban growth. Signed into law a week ago, the … [continued]
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Trump moves jeopardize cleaner, more competitive U.S. steel industry, some experts say
The Trump administration has recently taken two steps which put a cleaner vision for a strong domestic steel industry in jeopardy, according to some analysts.