Tag: river
The Problem & Potential Of Hydropower
Mark Z. Jacobson from Stanford University has explained why investments in wind, water, and solar are the only feasible ways to convert the US and the world to clean energy. However, even the best technologies come with environmental impacts. With encouragement from the federal government, private industry has recently made … [continued]
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Cross cracks down on sewage dumping in Lake Erie
Ohio State Representative Jon Cross proposed legislation to ban cities from dumping sewage into Lake Erie and impose stiff fines for violations. The move follows revelations that the City of […]
Plan to end walleye restocking concerns some in St. Lawrence County
Walleye restocking efforts by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and local sportsmen’s clubs have likely contributed to more walleye over the past few decades on the […]
Great Lakes Moment: Rouge River oxbow enhances education at The Henry Ford
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.
In the 1960s, an oxbow was eliminated in the lower Rouge River when a concrete channel was built to move stormwater out of the watershed.
Pearson: Trump threatens partnership fostered by Carter
Nothing about Carter’s actions are similar to Trump’s predatory designs for Canada.