Summary: <p>Mitch McNeil reports on how the <a href="https://www.chicago.surfrider.org/news/2017/11/14/surfrider-takes-legal-action-to-enforce-clean-water-act-in-lake-michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Surfrider Foundation is suing</a> U.S. Steel for “repeated Clean Water Act violations at their Portage, Indiana facility.” <a href="http://www.birdcitywisconsin.org/">Bird City Wisconsin</a> Director Bryan Lenz talks about how this program is making a difference in local bird conservation efforts across his state. Michele Hoffman is back at the Science Desk and introduces us to <a href="http://www.uaf.edu/cfos/people/faculty/detail/index.xml?id=70" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. R. Eric Collins</a> of the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, who explains why the loss of permafrost is so consequential.</p> <p> </p>
