Climate change affects every person on this planet. In the Midwest and beyond, our members provide strong environmental coverage.
Read stories in the collaboration below.
The collaboration produced 12 stories and reached about 103,272 unique visitors across six outlets participating in the partnership. The project was also recognized with a 2020 Great Lakes Leadership Award from the Great Lakes Protection Fund.
Even as Great Lakes cities cope with economic turbulence, climate change brings new challenges and opportunities.
How is Chicago coping with the effects of climate change?
To protect people in the Great Lakes region from climate extremes, weatherize their homes.
Climate change threatens Great Lakes shoreline with erosion.
For those pushing for a carbon-free Duluth, the biggest roadblock may be a company that has long been critical to the region’s economy.
Great Lakes cities’ sewer designs mean waste in the waters.
Meet the citizens, city leaders and scientists who are working to manage the impacts of climate change in the region.
As energy use changes in the Great Lakes, so too does the Port of Duluth-Superior.
Perched on the western shore of the world’s greatest lake, this freshwater port community offers lessons for resilience in uncertain times.
The contested case of the Icebreaker Wind Farm has implications for renewable energy in the region.
A Milwaukee neighborhood pushes toward climate resilience.
The collaboration included six INN members (Belt Magazine, The Conversation U.S., Ensia, Great Lakes Now, MinnPost and Side Effects Public Media), as well as WUWM Milwaukee. The Water Main was an engagement partner and Indiana Public Broadcasting collaborated with Side Effects Public Media.
This project was made possible by the Connected Coastlines initiative of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, with additional support from the funders of INN’s Amplify News Project, including the Joyce Foundation and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.
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