Izzy Ross
Climate Solutions Reporter, Interlochen Public RadioIzzy covers climate change for communities in northern Michigan and around the Great Lakes for IPR through a partnership with Grist.org.
She spent the past five years at KDLG in Dillingham, Alaska, as a reporter and news director. There, she led the annual Bristol Bay Fisheries Report, a daily show for the region's communities and thousands of commercial fishermen. She also collaborated with other radio stations across the state and reported for Alaska's Energy Desk.
Izzy grew up in the Hudson Valley, New York. She graduated from Smith College with a degree in Government and spent a year reporting on stand-up comedy in Berlin on a Fulbright Journalism Fellowship. Izzy loves to salsa dance, experiment with baking and play the board game Everdell.
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Wave energy converters use the movement of the water to generate electricity. A research team from the University of Michigan will spend the next couple years developing a prototype to install in the waters off the island. -
Michigan is requiring more biosecurity measures on farms because of an outbreak of bird flu in dairy herds. -
The project started a few years ago as a collaboration between the Traverse City Downtown Development Authority, the Master Gardener Association of Northwest Michigan and Michigan State University Extension. -
Ten finalists presented projects that dealt with PFAS, lead contamination, microplastics and nutrients. -
This spring, the Grand Traverse Area Children’s Garden teamed up with the GT Butterfly House & Bug Zoo to encourage people to help out pollinators. -
The project is being celebrated by the utility and local officials in Wexford County, but criticized by environmental groups. -
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said this week that with warm winters expected to continue, businesses need better access to federal assistance. -
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. -
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. -
A food waste digester in Fremont is closing after a years-long permit dispute with the state. Environmental groups say the outcome of that dispute could have far-reaching impacts.
