Izzy Ross
Climate Solutions ReporterIzzy covers climate change for communities in northern Michigan and around the Great Lakes for IPR through a partnership with Grist.org.
Izzy spent five years at KDLG in Dillingham, Alaska, as a reporter and news director. There, she covered local news in Bristol Bay, collaborated with other radio stations across the state and reported for Alaska's Energy Desk. She also led the annual Bristol Bay Fisheries Report, a daily show for the region's communities and thousands of commercial fishermen.
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The Michigan Climate Action Network says it will join challenges to a permit approved last December by the state public service commission. -
Northern Michigan’s Bay Area Transportation Authority has purchased six electric vans that will hit the roads around Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties in the coming months. -
The project is being celebrated by the utility and local officials in Wexford County, but criticized by environmental groups. -
The department also stressed the importance of a 1977 pipeline treaty between the U.S. and Canada, but didn't say what the court should do about it. -
The state’s department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy plans to offer $4.75 million in matching grants for projects on reusing and recycling minerals found in technologies like EV batteries. -
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said this week that with warm winters expected to continue, businesses need better access to federal assistance. -
A high school Eco Club organized an event to get students to buy donated and consigned dresses, instead of driving downstate or getting something shipped in. -
As national parks around the country try to raise awareness about climate change, those around Lake Superior are taking steps to get cut their emissions. -
Tribes across the Great Lakes are asking the federal government to weigh in on a case in the Bad River Band Reservation. -
It’s an approach promoted by other states and the federal government as a way to create important habitat for pollinators. But it’s not as simple as scattering a few seeds around solar panels.
