Category: Toledo Blade
Metroparks board seeks to have replacement levy go to voters early again
The five-member Metroparks Toledo Board of Park Commissioners has taken the first step toward asking voters next May to replace the park district’s 1.4-mill operating levy three years before it expires so it can take advantage of higher property values and guarantee its cash flow for everyday services through 2035.
Seneca County health board trying to again deny WIN Waste operating permit
FOSTORIA — The Seneca County Board of Health is once again trying to keep WIN Waste Innovations of Seneca County from having a valid license to operate the company’s massive landfill on the outskirts of Fostoria.
Saving the iconic American chestnut tree is 'not a lost cause'
More than 120 years after an Asian blight, or fungus, made its way to North America and began obliterating iconic American chestnut trees, scientists are still hoping they can eventually restore them in northwest Ohio and other parts of the Eastern United States where they once flourished.
1 year later, offshore wind power in the Great Lakes remains just an aspiration for some
One year after the proposed Icebreaker Wind demonstration project in Lake Erie got shelved, there continues to be talk — but little movement — toward erecting commercial-scale offshore wind turbines in the Great Lakes.
Great Lakes group CEO urges people not to panic about likely environmental rollbacks
Joel Brammeier has two words for those feeling anxiety about what’s in store for the Great Lakes during the incoming Trump administration: