Barbara Stamiris | Author

Segment 9: Finding Another Way

Oct. 26, 2024

As a daily biker, TART Trails enrich my life, as they do for many. A year ago, I could not have imagined opposing the extension of the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. I love TART Trails, but when I learned that thousands of trees had to be cut for 4 m… Read More >>

Risk, Consequences, and Probability

Feb. 17, 2024

At the Northern Michigan Policy Conference, Democrat Hill Harper replied to the Republicans voicing their support for Line 5, saying, “We’re playing literally with poisoning our Great Lakes, which would be catastrophic to Michigan’s economy, catastrophic to Michigan’… Read More >>

Saving the Great Lakes

May 6, 2023

If you visualize our water planet from afar, sending oil through Earth’s largest freshwater system is unfathomable. Even in 1953, using the Great Lakes as a shortcut for Canadian oil was senseless, except to the oil company.

A 2,000-mile Enbridge pipeline carries Alberta oil f… Read More >>

It’s the planet, stupid!

Dec. 11, 2021

Under 50? “It’s the economy, Stupid!” was Clinton’s campaign mantra. 

In 2021, “It’s the planet, Stupid!” 

Today, young climate activists carry signs lamenting “There is no planet B!” As climate disasters fil… Read More >>

Pipeline Profit Risks Our Future

May 1, 2021

The 1950s were a heyday for civil engineering. To fuel our growth, we built what was then the world's longest suspension bridge to connect Michigan's peninsulas and an oil pipeline in the waters below. The Mighty Mac is still the pride of Michigan. Under the watchful eye of the state's … Read More >>