Tag: Great Lakes
One Big Beautiful Bill cuts Great Lakes icebreaker funding
Representative Bill Huizenga of Michigan is calling on the U.S. Senate to reinclude funding for a new Great Lakes heavy icebreaker in its reconciliation bill after the provision was left […]
Incoming Chippewas of Nawash chief a retired legal scholar
Darlene Johnston said First Nations have a right to free, prior, and informed consent regarding projects that may affect their lands, territories, and resources.
Where the strawberries still grow
“Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A Grand Portage Ojibwe direct descendant, she lives in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her nonfiction books “Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” and “Seven Aunts” were published 2019 and 2022, and the children’s story “A Family Tree” in 2024.
Chicago residents risk daily lead exposure from toxic pipes. Replacing them will take decades.
By Keerti Gopal & Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
This story is a partnership between Grist, Inside Climate News, and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region. This coverage is made possible through an ongoing partnership between Grist and WBEZ.
Stateside Podcast: Could whitefish disappear from Lake Michigan and Lake Huron?
Whitefish populations in the lower Great Lakes have been declining for decades. Bridge Michigan environment reporter Kelly House joined Stateside to discuss what’s threatening the iconic fish, and what could be done to save them.