Category: Great Lakes Now
Consumers Energy in negotiations to sell its aging Michigan dams
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Consumers Energy is looking to offload its aging hydroelectric dams. The utility, which said it is losing money on needed but costly upkeep, is in negotiations to sell its 13 Michigan dams for $1 each and then enter into an agreement to buy the power they produce.
Wildlife changes found on Lake Huron island
This article was republished here with permission from Great Lakes Echo.
By Eric Freedman, Great Lakes Echo
In nature, a lot can change on a largely uninhabited Great Lakes island over the course of a century.
And a lot can stay the same.
This startup turns steel and aluminum waste into usable metals
By Kari Lydersen
This story was originally published by Canary Media.
A Chicago-area startup says its technology could shave emissions from the global metal industry by allowing companies to recycle grimy metal slivers and sludge left over from steel and aluminum production.
As data centers proliferate across Illinois, communities grapple with how to supply the necessary water
By Susan Cosier, Inside Climate News
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here.
Illinois is already a top destination for data centers, and more are coming.
How America’s prairie was nearly destroyed — and why it should be restored
By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.
The American prairie was so vast, so alien, it shattered comprehension.
Newcomers to the seemingly endless grasslands that once spanned approximately a quarter of North America often hit a psychic wall, descending into fits of mania.