Vivian La
Vivian La covers how climate change is impacting northern Michigan communities for IPR through a partnership with Grist.
She previously worked at WBUR in Boston as their environmental reporting fellow, producing radio stories about everything from coastal real estate along rising oceans to non-native creatures called sea squirts. Vivian's work has also appeared in Science Magazine, the Chicago Tribune and Illinois Public Media. Originally from the Chicago suburbs, she graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's degree in journalism and a minor in biology.
When she's not thinking about climate and environment stories, Vivian enjoys reading and spending time outdoors. Preferably at the same time.
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After attempts to reach a settlement failed this month, Attorney General Dana Nessel says the sale of 13 aging hydroelectric dams could be "very, very dangerous" for Michiganders. -
Northern Michigan tribes are releasing Arctic grayling for the second year in a row, in hopes of restoring the native freshwater species. Questions remain about how many have already survived and how to adapt to shifting weather from climate change. -
More than a year after the devastating ice storm, some landowners and foresters said they're frustrated with the lack of movement on work they say is important for the future of northern Michigan's forests and the economies that depend on them. -
The move by tribes follows the Whitmer administration's request for a state agency to review the same permits using new guidance from a Michigan Supreme Court ruling. -
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said the court ruling directs the state to "more thoroughly scrutinize" the plan to encase a segment of the pipeline in a tunnel buried beneath the Straits of Mackinac — and that should include reviews of permits that were already issued. -
Facing a crowd of local residents — the majority of whom were against the project — the Wexford Joint Planning Commission on Monday unanimously recommended against a zoning amendment that would've advanced a plan for a 1,500-acre solar array. -
A guide to go-bags, staying safe, evacuating, documenting damage and more. -
Opponents said they're worried about potentially unsafe conditions, like weak bedrock, high water pressure and dangerous gases beneath the Straits. -
It's been a year since the devastating ice storm. Poles and wires have since been replaced, but some residents wonder whether it makes more sense to bury them out of the reach of increasingly damaging snow, wind and ice. -
Most plastic ends up in the landfill, some joins local and national supply chains to be made into new products, and the trickiest ones power a northern Michigan factory.
