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Huge pot farm coming to Great Lakes region

From: Great Lakes Today

Canada is moving to legalize recreational use of marijuana, and officials predict that it’s likely to happen by the end of the year. As pot supplie...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WVBI-LP, North Country Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more

Businesses along Lake Ontario hurt by flooding

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Fran Beth took over the bar for her mother-in-law, the original Marge., Credit: Veronica Volk

Spring flooding along Lake Ontario is damaging many homes along the shoreline. It’s also hurting people who have businesses there. As Veronica Vol...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio and more

Cleveland has big plans for its waterfront. But can people get there?

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Richard Pace, Credit: Matt Richmond, ideastream

Cleveland, which sits on Lake Erie, has big plans for building homes and shop along its waterfront. But the city faces some major obstacles – like ...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WCPN, and WBFO

Nuclear plant shutdown divides Great Lakes community

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert, Mich., Credit: File photo, Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Decades ago, the Great Lakes shoreline was a popular spot to build nuclear power plants, because there was plenty of water to cool reactors. Now, s...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WLPR , WCMU Michigan, WBFO, and North Country Public Radio

Plastic bag bans spark debate in Great Lakes region

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: A plastic bag washed up on the beach at the Erie Basin Marina., Credit: Veronica Volk

Plastic bags are all around us, especially in the checkout lanes of grocery stores. They're also a persistent litter problem on land and along the ...

Bought by Michigan Radio, North Country Public Radio, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRVO Public Media and more

"Lake Effect" can bring trouble, but some companies embrace name

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Lake Effect Furies skirmish, Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Lake Effect Furies skirmish

Residents along the Great Lakes corridor are very familiar with lake effect snows. When cold dry air passes over the lakes, it generates enough sno...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, Interlochen Public Radio and more

“Steelhead Alley” brings a bump to Great Lakes economy

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Patrick Robinson goes to catch a fish in Elk Creek, Credit: Elizabeth Miller

As winter sets in, Americans who live along the Great Lakes are bundling up. But another season is underway – and it brings an economic bump to an ...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, and WCPN

Ecotourism: A New Catch For Commercial Fishermen?

From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson

There’s a new push to get tourists in New Orleans off bourbon street and into nature. Eco-tourism is the new way to explore Louisiana according to ...

Bought by WABE

Zero waste in San Francisco is a 2020 vision

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

“The goal is Zero Waste by 2020, and we think that is an achievable goal.” Those words from former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom back in 2009 p...

Confusion at the gas pump: which grade is best?

From: KALW

Gas prices in California are always a big problem. And this year, the average price per gallon is set to hit four dollars – the highest average eve...

How Green Entrepreneurs are Transforming Rural Communities

From: Green Connections Radio
Series: Green Connections Radio

Caption: Aneri Patel of UN Foundation Sustainable Energy for All

Wow are these stories great! Listen to Aneri Patel of the UN Sustainable Energy for All Initiative tell host Joan Michelson about the innovative s...

The true cost of plastic bags

From: KALW

In February, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved the expansion of an existing ban on plastic, single-use bags to apply to restaurants, ...

Drought Keeps Oklahoma Pilot Grounded

From: StateImpact Oklahoma

Caption: Harold Blackledge, a 79-year-old agricultural pilot, stands in front of his 1975 Piper Pawnee Brave in one of his hangars at the Watonga Regional Airport. The drought — the worst he’s seen — has dried up aerial spraying work in Oklahoma, he says., Credit: Joe Wertz

The drought that settled into Oklahoma last year is getting worse. And it’s hurting business owners such as Harold Blackledge, an agricultural pilo...

A Sea Change in the New England Funeral Business

From: Katherine Perry

They say death, like taxes, is one of the few certain things in life. But the way that culture deals with death is not a static institution. In New...

Edible Idaho: Local Food Threatens the Iconic Idaho Potato

From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho

Caption: Vast potato fields in Eastern Idaho, Credit: Guy Hand

The local food movement is beginning to threaten global agricultural brands like the iconic Idaho potato.

Positive Energy

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

The idea of keeping shopping close to home is picking up speed, with local foods increasing in popularity and availability. Harder to understand mi...