Tag: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Autoworkers’ long history of protecting our environment
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.
April 22, 1970 was the first Earth Day. On that day, two boats — one with an American flag representing American autoworkers and one with a Canadian flag representing Canadian autoworkers — met in the middle of the Detroit River to hold a wake, symbolizing the death of the river from pollution.
Sandhill Crane damage to northern crops has now outlasted eight ag ministers
Northern Ontario farmers again plead for assistance at the OSCIA annual meeting
Tackling environmental racism in Chemical Valley
By Emma McIntosh, The Narwhal
The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan, Circle of Blue, Great Lakes Now at Detroit PBS, Michigan Public and The Narwhal who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.
Conservation organizations partner to protect land near Stokes Bay
Donations and government grants have secured a 19.6-acre swath of coastal fen and forest on the Saugeen Bruce Peninsula. On Tuesday, the Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy and the Greenough and North Bruce Wilderness Alliance (the Wilderness Alliance) announced the Simon Bay Coastal Fen and Forest Nature Preserve, located near Stokes Bay, is now preserved land. “Protecting […]
The lonely Lake Superior caribou and a lesson in limits | Great Lakes Now
By Emma McIntosh, The Narwhal
Emma and photographer Christopher Katsarov Luna spent four days in northwestern Ontario, reporting from the shore of Lake Superior.
The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan, Circle of Blue, Great Lakes Now at Detroit PBS, Michigan Public and The Narwhal who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.