Energy & The Environment
From Great Lakes Now to Beyond the Light Switch, Detroit Public Television brings you in-depth coverage and reporting of important energy and environmental issues.
Great Lakes Now Latest News
Mapping the Great Lakes: Mental health and “blue spaces”

Love staring at a map and discovering something interesting? Then “Mapping the Great Lakes” is for you. It’s a...
Energy News Roundup: Power outages in Michigan, future of nuclear power in Illinois

Keep up with energy-related developments in the Great Lakes area with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup...
Science Says What? How 5th-graders counting plants can lead to positive change

Science Says What? is a monthly column written by Great Lakes now contributor Sharon Oosthoek exploring what science...
Multi-million dollar restoration projects proposed for the Saginaw Bay watershed; paid with settlement money from corporate polluters
By Lester Graham, Michigan Radio The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; and...
Fading Stars and River Bugs – Episode 2303

Citizen scientists chart the night sky, measure the health of a river and The Catch. Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

Beyond the Light Switch
Winner of the DuPont-Columbia University award for journalistic excellence, Beyond the Light Switch 1 & 2 took viewers on an enlightening journey of discovery into the future of...

Great Lakes Now
DPTV provides coverage of the most important discussions taking place around the future of the Great Lakes.
Fighting the Bat Plague
Learn about a deadly fungal disease that has destroyed six million bats in the eastern U.S.

The Ethanol Effect
The Ethanol Effect investigates the human, environmental and political costs of growing and refining corn for ethanol in America.