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Former Gov. William Milliken is speaking out against Gov. Jennifer Granholm's plan to dismantle the state's wetland protection program. Milliken is a Republican who signed the Michigan Wetland Protection Act into law in 1979. More...
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Solar power is hot. Wind turbines are terrific. But will renewable energy power up jobs as fast as Michigan's auto industry is switching them off? More...
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The decision to stick with a controversial Bush administration move that took gray wolves off the endangered species list in the western Great Lakes and portions of the northern Rocky Mountain states has alienated environmentalists and some lawmakers on Capitol Hill. More...
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State officials want to almost completely ban phosphorus in dishwashing detergents and restrict the mineral nutrient in lawn fertilizer to improve quality in stressed New York lakes and rivers. More...
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Our nation is being invaded, not by armies of soldiers and swarms of enemy aircraft, but by the smallest of creatures: the zebra Mussel, the Asian carp and sea lamprey, just to name a few. More...
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The Keweenaw Land Trust (KLT) is a community partner protecting land, water, and quality of life through conservation, stewardship and education. More...
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We're becoming Earth-friendly with everything in Michigan, aren't we? Well, everything but the earth itself. Once chemicals, contaminants and pollutants sink beneath the soil it seems we care a heck of a lot less, even if those pollutants are found in our drinking water wells, as is the case now with 15 wells in Kalamazoo Township. More...
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Among the first big uses of stimulus money in Michigan: for sewer and water systems around the state. More...
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How do you control an animal that has no natural predators, seems to multiply uncontrollably and has bad effects on the ecosystem? That's the million dollar question and the conundrum caused by Asian carp. More...
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The St. Lawrence Seaway was a big winner in the broad spending bill President Obama signed into law Wednesday, gaining $17 million to begin repairs and maintenance to locks and other facilities. More...
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Dredging in some Lake Michigan harbors in West Michigan is expected to begin early next month after Congress approved nearly $3 million in funding for harbor work. More...
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Port Hope public works and engineering director Peter Angelo doesn't think there is another municipality in Ontario that can brag that it has both a new water treatment plant and a new water pollution control plant. More...
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Building a wind farm in Michigan could become a far simpler proposition under a joint venture announced this morning between Rockford Construction and Spanish logistics giant Berge Logistica Energetica. More...
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Nature happens all the time at state parks and recreation areas, which support themselves mainly through entrance and camping fees. Facilities at the parks are beginning to succumb to the ravages of natural processes that those public facilities are set aside to celebrate. More...
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Construction under the Michigan Avenue bridge is part of a project to complete a continuous river walk from Lake Michigan to State Street. The walkway currently ends abruptly at various junctures, forcing people to take the stairs. More...
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A coalition of citizen groups is asking federal regulators to reject DTE Energy's plans to build a new Fermi 3 nuclear power plant, contending that it would pose a range of threats to public health and the environment. More...
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In the summer of 2007, an NBC5/Chicago Sun-Times investigation found asbestos-containing material washing onto the beach. Now, a new report concludes that the levels of asbestos that EPA investigators found at the state park weren't high enough to pose a health risk to visitors. More...
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Minnesota has 40 years of data about wolves that live in the wilderness of Superior National Forest. Angela Aarhus-Ward, a wildlife research biologist with the 1854 Treaty Authority, is doing a three-year study focusing on wolves that live near urban areas -- specifically Duluth. More...
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In separate announcements Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wausau, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle announced federal money is headed for northern Wisconsin. The federal budget includes numerous initiatives to improve economic opportunity in the state. More...
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Many experts, except the environmental lobby, seem to recognize that coal and nuclear power are inevitable in Michigan's energy future. What is not inevitable is a rigid commitment to renewables. A better approach is to recognize the green power of nuclear energy. More...
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Sewage sludge dryers at the Milorganite fertilizer plant on Jones Island would begin burning landfill gas in 2011, as part of a $22 million landfill gas pipeline project recommended by the policy and finance committee of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District's governing commission. More...
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A shipping company and the National Park Service are getting together to find an effective way to kill invasive species in a ship's ballast tanks under emergency conditions. More...
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Michigan will continue to limit hatching of new walleye for the 2009 season as a precaution against the spread of a fish virus, viral hemorrhagic septicemia, or VHS, into inland waters. More...
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An endangered species of bat is prompting Consumers Energy to seek approval for a study tower in Riverton Township. The utility asked the county's zoning board to approve a tower that would record bat vocalizations for up to two years in a search for Indiana bats. More...
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Ajax wants the federal and provincial governments to recognize the town's waterfront is especially vulnerable and to take action to address persistently poor beach water quality. Testing shows Rotary Park's beach is often unfit for swimming because of elevated bacteria levels. More...