“Great Lakes Now” host Ward Detwiler speaks with Northwestern University professor, journalist Kari Lydersen about research being done on toxic coal ash contaminants by the Energy News Network and her journalism students and the efforts to prevent coal ash from contaminating Michigan’s Great Lakes. This story is part of Great Lakes Now’s “Poisonous Ponds: Tackling Toxic Coal Ash” episode.
Read MoreYour house could be making you sick. When you think about environmental issues, you might picture toxic chemicals in the air or the water, but the environment we inhabit most of the time is our homes, and there can be problems there, too.
Read More“American Black Journal” host Stephen Henderson talks with We the People of Detroit Co-founder Cecily McClellan and Wayne State University Law Professor Peter Hammer about the rising cost of water in Detroit, looming water shutoffs, and the racial disparities impacting access to clean, safe and affordable drinking water.
Read MoreLake Huron and Lake Michigan come together in the Straits of Mackinac—long considered one of the most treacherous waterways on all of the Great Lakes. For nearly 150 years, the Spectacle Reef Lighthouse has guarded ships passing through the Straits. Great Lakes now explores the preservation efforts and initiatives going into restoring the historic, iconic site.
Read MoreSome get lettuce, others shrimp and still other finned residents of the Belle Isle Aquarium get a vitamin shell mixture in their meal. In a special One Detroit segment produced by Great Lakes Now’s Annamarie Sysling, audiences get a behind-the-scenes look inside of Detroit’s Belle Isle Aquarium to see what the fish are fed and how the food they eat keeps them healthy.
Read MoreIn this Great Lakes Now featured story, viewers get a glimpse into how they can see night sky lights, like the northern lights, the challenges that comes with capturing them, and why Michigan is one of the best states in the lower 48 to see auroras.
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As we enter into the holiday season, the One Detroit team takes a look at holiday traditions from around the globe including Wigilia, a Polish Christmas Eve dinner celebration, and Mochitsuki, a New Year’s celebration involving pounding rice into round cakes. Plus viewers will get a glimpse into the northern lights along Lake Superior and learn why Michigan is one of the best places in the lower 48 states to view them.
Read MoreBrionne Davis is working with the Belle Isle Conservancy on their Spring Cleanup efforts.
Read MoreJournalist Tom Perkins had his blood, his cat’s blood and many products in his home tested for the toxic ‘forever chemicals.’ Here’s what he found.
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How will the new administration affect funding for the Great Lakes? Great Lakes Now has more.
Read MoreGovernor Whitmer recently ordered that the Line 5 Pipeline shut down, moving to revoke the 1953 easement that allowed for the operation of the dual pipelines under the Straits of Mackinac.
Read MoreA Great Lakes Now report takes a look at the city of South Haven, MI, where the costs from high water damage are estimated to top $20 million.
Read MoreOne Detroit and Chalkbeat Detroit continue a special yearlong series following a group of Detroit high school graduates navigating their way through their first year in college. This week’s report looks at how university support services provide the students with much-needed assistance.
Read MoreA One Detroit report focuses on the massive streetscape construction project that is hurting businesses along Livernois, the Avenue of Fashion. Plus, Christy talks with the co-owner of Baker’s Keyboard Lounge about how the construction is impacting his business and what the City of Detroit is doing in response to Livernois Avenue business owners’ concerns.
Read MoreNext on One Detroit:LINE 5: A special Great Lakes Now report tracing the history and controversy...
Read MoreIn this One Detroit report, residents in Detroit’s North Corktown community talk about the changes in their neighborhood and their concerns over development during a lively community conversation hosted by Detroit Public Television and Community Development Advocates of Detroit (CDAD).
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Tomorrow at 9 pm, you’ll see the latest Great Lakes Now special half-hour program, “The Door Flint Opened.” Great Lakes Now Bureau Chief, Mary Ellen Geist, reports on how the Flint water crisis is forcing other communities to examine their own drinking water issues.
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Interview with Superintendent of Detroit Public Schools Nikolai Vitti September 24, 2018 Mary...
Read MoreBoiling water doesn’t get rid of it. Residential filters don’t take it out either. In a special Great Lakes Now report, Bureau Chief Mary Ellen Geist explains what PFAS are and how high levels of the chemicals are contaminating water on the west side of Michigan.
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From Great Lakes Now by Gary Wilson Internal watchdog says focus on collaboration meant loss of...
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