Tag: Environment
Trail Talk: Some thoughts from the trail
Butterflies, iNaturalist and the more inconspicuous orchids of Southwestern Ontario
The electric energy future could be wasting away in a junk drawer | Great Lakes Echo
By Gabrielle Nelson Lily Wilkin has four old phones tucked away in her closet — and no plans to recycle them. “I keep them for nostalgia,” she said. Wilkin works at Best Buy, the nation’s largest retail collector of electronic waste — from CRT TVs to hard drives to fans. Wilkin said at least two […]
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Huron County hospitals receive $3.8M from province
The Ontario government is investing $3,822,936 into local hospitals in Huron County to deliver faster and more connected care. This funding is part of the province’s investment of an additional $965 million through the 2024 Ontario Budget to help Ontario’s publicly funded hospitals meet the needs of the communities they serve, a press release from […]
London researchers score two breakthroughs in prenatal health care
Two breakthrough discoveries by London researchers in prenatal care use AI-led technology to allow early diagnosis of rare diseases and identify birth disorders
Researchers use drones to find elusive Michigan rattlesnake | Great Lakes Echo
By Ruth Thorton Standing together at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute near Hastings, Michigan, two students stared intently at the screen, looking for the subtle signs of the small rattlesnake they were trying to find. The eastern massasauga, Michigan’s only rattlesnake, typically hides in dense vegetation in wetlands, and conservation biologists are concerned about trampling their […]
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‘Containment breached’: How an oil spill in northwest Toronto made its way to Lake Ontario | Great Lakes Now
By Emma McIntosh, The Narwhal
The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; Michigan Public, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; 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.
Raising monarch butterflies in Interlochen | Great Lakes Now
By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio
This coverage is made possible through a partnership with IPR and Grist, a nonprofit independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future.
Magnolia Montgomery, age 12, peered into a rectangular enclosure covered with white mesh.
Former state toxicologist says nitrate drinking water standards are too lax | Great Lakes Now
By Henry Redman, Wisconsin Examiner
A former Wisconsin state toxicologist who was involved in creating the state’s nitrate standards for drinking water in the 1980s alleges the science that has informed those standards for decades is deeply flawed and the standards should be stricter.
Dave Belluck, who worked as a toxicologist for multiple states and the federal government, says that “the science is the science” and regulating agencies, including the U.S.
Flooding fears latest flashpoint in south London infill frustrations
A 28-unit townhouse complex proposed on Upper Queen Street could aggravate area storm runoff and flooding issues, some residents fear.
Mahon: Weather prediction apps are a growing business, accurate or not
If you don’t like the weather forecast, just move on to the next device