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Report: Great Lakes region needs about $2B for flood repairs
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Shoreline cities and towns in the Great Lakes region will be spending heavily in coming years to fix public infrastructure damaged by recent flooding and erosion, with...
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Worries over racism, waterways inspire push to rename fish
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Minnesota state Sen. Foung Hawj was never a fan of the “Asian carp” label commonly applied to four imported fish species that are wreaking havoc in the U.S. heartland,...
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Audit: Military personnel unprotected from toxic chemicals
The Defense Department has dragged its feet on protecting service personnel from “forever chemicals” at military installations and isn’t doing enough to track health effects from exposure to the toxic...
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Native clover species being dropped from endangered list
A native plant called running buffalo clover is being removed from the federal endangered species list
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EPA bans pesticide linked to health problems in children
The Biden administration said it was banning use of chlorpyrifos, a widely used pesticide long targeted by environmentalists, on food crops because it poses risks to children and farm workers.
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Biden backs end to wolf protections but worries grow over aggressive hunting...
President Joe Biden’s administration is sticking by former President Donald Trump's decision to lift protections for gray wolves across most of the U.S. But there is growing concern over aggressive...
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Genetic mapping boosts hopes for restoring prized lake trout
A scientific team has traced the genetic makeup of lake trout, which should help rebuild populations of the prized fish in the Great Lakes and other North American waters
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‘Forever chemicals’ found in groundwater near military bases
An environmental group says groundwater around at least six military installations in the Great Lakes region is contaminated with high levels of PFAS chemicals
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Groups seek federal help with lead in Michigan city’s water
Advocacy groups want the Biden administration to help provide safe drinking water in Benton Harbor, Michigan
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Company seeks first-time restart of shuttered nuclear plant
A company hopes to restore a dead nuclear power plant to life for the first time in the U.S. The Palisades plant in southwestern Michigan closed in May 2022.
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Senate votes to limit critical habitat designation for imperiled species and...
The U.S. Senate has voted to overturn two Biden administration policies intended to protect endangered species.
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BP subsidiary agrees to record $40M penalty and pollution-cutting steps at...
Federal officials say a BP subsidiary will pay a $40 million penalty and install technology to control the release of benzene and other contaminants at its Whiting oil refinery in northern Indiana.
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Supreme Court limits regulation of some US wetlands, making it easier to...
The Supreme Court is curtailing the federal government’s power to protect some wetlands.
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Mechanical sails? Batteries? Shippers forming ‘green corridors’ to fast-track...
Water transport is a cost-efficient way of moving goods and people — but it emits lots of greenhouse gases.
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Companies reach $1.18 billion deal to resolve claims from ‘forever chemicals’...
The proposed deal with 3 chemical companies would settle a claim by Stuart, Florida, but could be expanded to incloude thousands of public water systems.
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Man accused of supporting foiled plot to kidnap Michigan governor set to...
A man accused of supporting a foiled plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor plans to change his not-guilty plea.
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Man pleads guilty to assisting in plot to kidnap Michigan governor
Prosecutors in Michigan have notched another conviction in a 2020 plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
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Wolves that nearly died out from inbreeding recovered, now helping a remote...
Grey wolves are thriving at Isle Royale National Park in Michigan five years after they nearly died out.
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Biden administration moves to restore endangered species protections dropped...
The Biden administration has proposed new rules for protecting imperiled plants and animals that would reverse changes under former President Donald Trump.
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3M reaches $10.3 billion settlement over contamination of water systems with...
Chemical manufacturer 3M has agreed to pay at least $10.3 billion to settle lawsuits over contamination of many U.S. public drinking water systems with potentially harmful compounds known as PFAS.
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