Tag: Region
Great Lakes Learning: Solar power in every season | Great Lakes Now
This lesson will explore the phenomenon of seasonal changes in sunlight in the Great Lakes and why that presents challenges to the adoption of solar sources as a renewable energy solution. While the Great Lakes region may not have as many sunny days as San Diego, the capacity for solar energy to be a viable source of power in the Great Lakes remains strong.
Harnessing Mussels to Filter Fresh Water | Great Lakes Now
By Amalia Medina, Circle of Blue
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.
Georgian College seeks landlords for shared student spaces
Georgian College is expanding its partnership with an online platform helping to connect students to shared living spaces in an effort to house its growing population in Owen Sound. The college asked for the community’s help to support students “who will become the region’s future workforce” in a media release issued Wednesday. With 300 new […]
Stark uptick in deadly motorcycle crashes continues here, across Ontario
Seven motorcyclists have died on roads in the wider London region in the last two months alone, a troubling trend Ontario Provincial Police say reflects a deadly toll provincewide. The most recent death on local Ontario Provincial Police-patrolled roads happened Aug. 1 around 8:15 a.m. when a motorcycle collided with a pickup truck at the […]
How many manure spills is too many? St. Croix County residents scrutinize big farm’s new owner | Great Lakes Now
This article, first posted here, was republished with permission from Wisconsin Watch.
By Bennet Goldstein, Wisconsin Watch
Gregg Wolf vows “to put a new step forward” on “a new day” at a northwest Wisconsin dairy.
Appleton-based Breeze Dairy Group, where he serves as CEO, purchased Emerald Sky Dairy in March, shortly after the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources approved the St.
Latest figures show dropping prices, slowing sales for London-area homes
Londonâs housing market began the second half of the year the same way it ended the first: on a rather sluggish note
This old farm: One London-area family, nearly 200 years of history
From a bucolic photograph of a family out haying on its farm came questions – and a backstory about determination to stay on the land.
Michigan’s electric energy future could be wasting away in a junk drawer | Great Lakes Now
By Gabrielle Nelson, Bridge Michigan
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.
Operation Manoomin: Restoring Wild Rice along the Detroit River | Great Lakes Now
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.
Manoomin (mah-NOO-mehn) or wild rice was once very common in coastal marshes along the Detroit River and has always been sacred to First Nations.