Paul: Why Donald Trump wants to get his hands on Greenland

Paul: Why Donald Trump wants to get his hands on Greenland
The London Free Press
The largest island on Earth possesses some of the richest stores of natural resources in the world
Columnists, London Free Press, Opinion, Albania, atlantic ocean, Batteries, body, building, Carbon, Carbon Emissions, China, climate, Climate change, copper, crude oil, Denmark, development, Donald Trump, electric motors, Energy, energy transition, england, fall, Fossil Fuels, found, Free, Gas, Government, graphite, green, Greenland, History, iceland, Increase, iron, Korea, Lead, lithium, May, mineral resources, minerals, mining, new, norway, nuclear, ocean, Oil, oil and gas, Other, petroleum, power, radar, RARE EARTH ELEMENTS, remains, Research, Science, Source, South Korea, Survey, Sustainability, sustainable, the conversation, total, trump, UK, university, US, Wind, World, zinc

From otters to butterflies: How Minnesota became a pioneer in nongame wildlife conservation

From otters to butterflies: How Minnesota became a pioneer in nongame wildlife conservation
Great Lakes Echo

By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva

In the late 1970s, when most wildlife conservation programs in the United States focused almost exclusively on game species, a quiet but historic shift began in Minnesota. It was here that one of the nation’s first state programs dedicated to protecting so-called nongame wildlife emerged from butterflies

Great Lakes Echo, Animals, Bald eagles, bats, Biodiversity, Birds, budget, butterflies, changes, conservation, degree, Department, Donations, Farmland, first, fish, Fishing, followed, Food, forest, found, Freedom, funding, game, georgia, Government, Great Lakes, home, Hunting, insects, iowa, job, Journalism, lakes, Life, man, manager, Media, Minnesota, money, Moths, mussels, National, nature, new, Newspapers, Other, play, Policy, Population, project, protect, Region, remains, restoration, river, school, support, sustainable, Swans, Television, total, United States, university, Volunteers, wanted, wetlands, who, Wildlife, work, World

Lucknow’s Meeting Place Organic Farm named Business of the Year

Lucknow’s Meeting Place Organic Farm named Business of the Year
The Lucknow Sentinel
Lucknow’s Meeting Place Organic Farm was named the Business of the Year by the Huron Chamber of Commerce during the 20th Spirit of Success Awards Gala. Held Nov. 21, the milestone edition of the gala welcomed a sold-out crowd to Clinton’s Libro Hall, where attendees were able to enjoy an
Lucknow Sentinel, access, Accessibility, Blyth, body, Bruce, brussels, building, Business, Canadian, children, Clinton, close, communication, Community, conditions, Connect, county, development, Discover, Diversity, down, downtown, Economy, Education, Energy, Environment, Events, Food, found, Free, Goderich, Grocery, help, History, home, Huron, Huron County, innovation, Justice, learn, Life, List, local, Local News, looking, Lucknow, meeting, minerals, new, Newcomers, News, north, North America, online, Ontario, Other, photo, play, Pride, Region, Relationships, resilience, reuse, rural, Safety, Seniors, service, social, Southwestern Ontario, Space, Sports, support, Sustainability, sustainable, Technology, the conversation, Tourism, Trail, Training, university, waste, who, Wind, work, youth

Anishinaabe fire practices shaped Great Lakes ecosystems, new research shows

Anishinaabe fire practices shaped Great Lakes ecosystems, new research shows
Great Lakes Echo

By Victoria Witke

New research shows Anishinaabe fire practices shaped today’s Great Lakes ecosystems. The region’s forests never existed and can’t continue to exist without people – or fire.

The post Anishinaabe fire practices shaped Great Lakes ecosystems, new research shows first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.
Great Lakes Echo, climate, Climate change, college, Community, conditions, council, Department, ecosystems, Events, Fire, Fires, first, followed, forest, found, Government, Great Lakes, Indigenous, kids, killed, lake, Lake Superior, lakes, Lead, light, Lighting, Lightning, location, Minnesota, National, National Science Foundation, new, Ojibwe, open, Other, plan, plants, Policy, red, Region, Research, resilience, return, RISK, Science, service, show, Space, Students, study, support, sustainable, Trails, Trees, U.S. Forest Service, university, Western, who, wildfire, Wildfires, Wildlife, Wisconsin, work

Vacant lots boost diversity among Detroit’s birds, study finds

Vacant lots boost diversity among Detroit’s birds, study finds
Great Lakes Echo

By Eric Freedman

Empty lots in deindustrialized cities like Detroit may contribute to bird species diversity, says a new study by researchers at MSU and Carleton University in Canada. The study is based on sound recordings collected at 110 sites in 11 Detroit neighborhoods. The study recommends that vacant land

Great Lakes Echo, 2024, access, air pollution, Air Quality, Biodiversity, Birds, building, Buildings, Canada, children, Churches, cities, city, Community, Community Solar, conditions, conservation, Department, Detroit, Diversity, DTE, DTE Energy, Energy, environmental racism, Events, first, followed, found, Gas, Great Lakes, green, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Health, home, house, human health, invasive, lakes, litter, Live, local, May, Michigan, nature, new, Other, Parks, plants, Pollution, Population, project, public health, Racism, recreation, Relationships, Research, Roads, social, solar, solar arrays, study, support, sustainable, tires, total, traffic, Trails, university, urban planning, who, win, wood, work

Great Lakes Commission passes resolutions on AI/computing infrastructure and water use; elects new leadership at meeting in Duluth

Great Lakes Commission passes resolutions on AI/computing infrastructure and water use; elects new leadership at meeting in Duluth
Great Lakes Commission
Duluth, Minnesota – At its Annual Meeting, held this week on the shores of Lake Superior in Duluth, Minnesota, the Great Lakes Commission (GLC) passed
Great Lakes Commission, access, Agriculture, AI, algal blooms, Canadian, Community, Congress, conservation, Department, development, Duluth, Economy, ecosystems, environmental protection agency, Events, Government, Great Lakes, green, harmful algal blooms, Health, hiking, human health, Illinois, industry, Information, Infrastructure, lake, Lake Superior, lakes, learn, LED, march, mayor, meeting, microplastics, Minnesota, new, Ohio, outdoor recreation, Pennsylvania, plastic, plastic pollution, play, Pollution, protect, province, recreation, Recycling, Region, Research, restoration, reuse, Ripples of Plastic, river, Schools, Shipping, St, Students, support, sustainable, Trail, Trees, Washington, Water, water resources, Wednesday, Wisconsin, work

New interest in domestic mining comes with call for sustainability in the market

New interest in domestic mining comes with call for sustainability in the market
Great Lakes Echo

By Joe Lorenz

Electrification and tariffs mean rural Midwest communities can cash in on their mineral resources. But how can these ventures balance local benefit to the ecological cost?

The post New interest in domestic mining comes with call for sustainability in the market first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.
Great Lakes Echo, 2023, access, Batteries, budget, cases, Chris Wright, city, closed, Community, Construction, Contact, copper, county, critical materials, critical minerals, data centers, Department, developers, development, down, e-waste, economics, Economy, electrification, Energy, Environment, environmental protection agency, feature, Features, first, funding, game, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Great Lakes, Gretchen Whitmer, help, History, home, industry, Infrastructure, iron, Jobs, lake, Lake Superior, lakes, Life, local, Michigan, mineral resources, minerals, mines, mining, Municipalities, National, national security, nature, new, nickel, northern michigan, open, Other, power, project, protect, Recycling, Region, RISK, rural, Source, Staff, storage, study, supply chains, support, Sustainability, sustainable, Tariffs, Trail, trump, Trump Administration, United States, university, upper peninsula, Voting, waste, Water, Western, who, Wisconsin, work

Jack-o-lantern Trail returning to Bruce Botanical Food Gardens

Jack-o-lantern Trail returning to Bruce Botanical Food Gardens
The Lucknow Sentinel
Jack-o-lanterns will once again illuminate the trail for visitors of Bruce Botanical Food Gardens (BBFG) in Ripley the day after Halloween. “We had over 100 pumpkins last year and we hope to have that many again this year,” said Heather Newman, BBFG president, in an Oct. 15 email. Following the
Lucknow Sentinel, 2024, Animals, BBFG, Bruce, centre, Community, Education, farmers, first, Food, Halloween, Huron, Information, lake, Livestock, local, Local News, Lucknow, News, photo, plants, president, recreation, ripley, Safety, saw, social, St, sun, sustainable, Township of Huron-Kinloss, Trail, visit, Volunteers, Weather

Horticultural society highlights sustainable living at Ripley meeting

Horticultural society highlights sustainable living at Ripley meeting
The Lucknow Sentinel
The first meeting of the fall season of the Ripley and District Horticultural Society (RDHS) took place at the Ripley-Huron Community Centre, Sept. 17. The group welcomed Amanda Saxton and Kim Armitage of Kincardine Environmental Action Network (KEAN), a group dedicated to promoting sustainable living practices and finding solutions that
Lucknow Sentinel, Biodiversity, Bruce, Bruce County, Buildings, Business, centre, changes, Collaboration, Community, competition, composting, county, Davidson Centre, Donations, Energy, Environment, Events, Facebook, fall, fall fair, first, Flowers, Food, For Our Youth, found, Free, Government, green, grey, grey bruce, Health, home, horticultural society, Huron, kincardine, lake, Lake Huron, Lake Huron Coastal Centre, learn, Life, List, Local News, meeting, microplastics, News, Other, photo, plants, plastic, project, recycle, Recycling, ripley, Ripley and District Horticultural Society, season, show, social, Sustainability, sustainable, the conversation, Trail, Trees, waste, Water, who, winter, work, youth

Cattails are an invasive species, but may also be a helpful one

Cattails are an invasive species, but may also be a helpful one
The Lucknow Sentinel
It is investigated as a growing medium in greenhouses and a soil enhancer for crops
Agriculture, Lucknow Sentinel, 2023, biochar, Canadian, college, concrete, conditions, down, Environment, field, Health, help, industry, invasive, Invasive Species, lake, lakes, local, Local News, Longreads, man, Manitoba, May, Media, new, News, Ontario, Other, report, Research, school, Sheep, social, sustainable, the conversation, Trail, US, waste, Water, who

BeGrainSafe Week kicked off fall demonstration program

BeGrainSafe Week kicked off fall demonstration program
The Lucknow Sentinel
There were 27 fatalities due to asphyxiation from grain or soil on Canadian farms between 2011 and 2020
Agriculture, Farming, Lucknow Sentinel, access, Alberta, body, campaign, Canada, Canadian, Canadian Agricultural Safety Association, Education, fall, farmers, farms, Firefighters, games, Grain Farmers of Ontario, Health, help, Information, kids, Local News, Manitoba, Media, National, News, Ontario, president, RISK, Safety, social, support, sustainable, the conversation, Trail, Training, visit
Subscribe to sustainable