Recent Coverage

Upside/Downside: manufacturing wind
Regional News Stories: Friday, July 23, 2010
Supporters of a future wind farm on Lake Erie hope the project will create thousands of manufacturing jobs in northeast Ohio.

Ohio, Four Other States Sue Feds Over Plan to Stop Spread of Asian Carp In Great Lakes
Regional News Stories: Monday, July 19, 2010
Ohio joins Great Lakes states in a federal lawuit to protect the Great Lakes against Asian carp.

Invasive Carp Move Closer To Great Lakes
Regional News Stories: Wednesday, July 14, 2010
An update on efforts to keep the fish out of the great lakes. Experts say the fish would starve out native species.

Ohio Wants Carp On White House Platter
Regional News Stories: Thursday, July 8, 2010
Worries continue over the prospect that the voracious Asian Carp will soon invade Lake Michigan and eventually Lake Erie.....

Lake Erie Wind Power
The Sound of Ideas: Thursday, July 8, 2010
Two summers from now, visitors to the Cleveland lakefront should see a horizon dotted with wind turbines. OK, maybe not dotted, but they should be able to spot five of them. If it happens, Lake Erie's will be the first freshwater wind farm in the U.S. Sure, people have been talking about it for years, but the talk is turning to action--from both the public and private sectors. This morning at 9:00 the economics, the engineering and the potential impact of the Lake Erie wind farm and the promise renewable energy holds for northeast Ohio.

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Resources

The Return of the Cuyahoga On-Line Curriculum
The Return of the Cuyahoga On-Line Curriculum answers questions about how a river could burn and why it happened here. Included is an entire unit plan containing several cross-curricular lessons correlated to State of Ohio Science Standards in the areas of environmental history, environmental investigation, and eliciting social action.

The Life Depends on Water web site was created in cooperation with Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District to inform and inspire students and the general public into environmental conservation action.

Making Connections to the Natural World
You've recently moved to Northeast Ohio or else you're a longtime resident. Either way, you're someone who wants to know more about the world around you and how we interact with it. Here are some quick links to help you get involved in making the region a better place to live, work and raise a family.

Funding

Funding for the coverage of environment topics comes from The Cleveland Foundation, The Dominion Foundation; The George Gund Foundation; The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation; and The Stanley I. and Hope S. Environmental Fund.