Category: Great Lakes Echo
Tips for making peace with chipmunks around your home
By Olivia O’Neill
Michigan property owners are voicing concerns about property damage caused by chipmunks.
Activists resist efforts to eliminate some air pollution data from Detroit’s records
By Marissa Gonzalez
Some environmental experts and activists in Detroit are concerned about a Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy request to the EPA to exclude air pollution data for 21 days with high levels of wildfire smoke.
Clean water advocates worry about data center impact on drinking water
By Hannah Marsik
Stormwater runoff at data center sites is another environmental challenge developers are facing because it contains particulates harmful to the public and the ecosystem, critics say. Amidst growing public concerns about possible adverse climate effects of data centers, they say the lesser-known threat in stormwater runoff and waste could prove as dangerous.
Emergency agencies expand options for getting info to the public
By Katee Tompkins
Emergency warnings are designed to reach all Michigan residents, whether through a cellphone alert, television broadcast or weather radio, but ensuring those messages are accessible to people with disabilities, limited English proficiency and limited access to technology often requires additional efforts.
Debate continues over short-term rentals versus affordable housing needs
By Olivia O’Neill
Many local governments in and away from popular vacation destinations are wrestling with how to balance economic benefits of short-term rentals to accommodate visitors and a shortage of affordable long-term housing.