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Feds considering endangered listing for moose in 4 states
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Federal officials said Thursday they will consider extending protections under the Endangered Species Act to moose in four upper Midwestern states, including Minnesota,...
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Bicyclists bonded as ‘Chain Gang’ before crash that killed 5
COOPER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — They called themselves “The Chain Gang” — a group of bicyclists drawn together by zest for their sport, physical fitness and love of the outdoors whose day trip in the...
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Enbridge getting cleanup equipment just in case of oil spill
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A Canadian company that owns twin oil pipelines in the area where Lakes Huron and Michigan converge said Monday it will spend $7 million over the next two years on...
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Great Lakes states approve thirsty city’s water plea
CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Milwaukee city won a hard-fought battle Tuesday to draw its drinking water from Lake Michigan in the first test of a compact designed to safeguard the Great Lakes region’s...
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Audit faults Michigan regulators in Flint water crisis
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Michigan environmental regulators made crucial errors as Flint began using a new drinking water source that would become contaminated with lead, auditors said Friday, as crews in...
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Exit poll: Voter resentment fuels Trump, Sanders victories
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders rode a wave of voter discontent with the Washington establishment and deep anxiety over the economy to victory in Michigan’s primary election Tuesday,...
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Exit poll: Voter resentment fuels Trump, Sanders victories
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders rode a wave of voter discontent with the Washington establishment and deep anxiety over the economy to victory in Michigan’s primary election Tuesday,...
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Emails: EPA chief warned Flint crisis could get ‘very big’
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Gina McCarthy ordered some top staff members in late September to focus on lead contamination in Flint, Michigan — after university researchers and local...
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News Guide: Panel cites state errors, intransigence on Flint
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The lead contamination of Flint’s water is “a story of government failure, intransigence, unpreparedness, delay, inaction, and environmental injustice,” according to a task force...
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Flint official: State overruled plan for corrosion control
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A city official says he intended to treat Flint’s drinking water with anti-corrosive chemicals after the switch to the Flint River but was overruled by a state regulator. During a...
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Flint official: State overruled plan for corrosion control
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Shortly before this poverty-stricken city began drawing its drinking water from the Flint River in April 2014 in a cost-cutting move, officials huddled at the municipal water...
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Researchers predict smaller harmful algae bloom on Lake Erie
PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio (AP) — Potentially toxic algae is expected to form again this summer in western Lake Erie but should be considerably less severe than the blooms that blanketed the lake and threatened...
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Researchers predict smaller harmful algae bloom on Lake Erie
PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio (AP) — Potentially toxic algae is expected to form again this summer in western Lake Erie but should be considerably less severe than the blooms that blanketed the lake and threatened...
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Enbridge reaches $176M agreement for 2010 Michigan oil spill
Enbridge Energy Partners has reached a $176 million settlement for the costliest inland oil spill in U.S. history — a pipeline rupture in southwestern Michigan that polluted a nearly 40-mile stretch of...
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Officials say Mackinac oil pipelines have too little support
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Michigan officials said Wednesday that Enbridge Energy Partners had violated a legal requirement by having too much unsupported space along its twin oil pipelines running...
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Cleanup of toxic pollution from River Raisin nearly finished
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Cleanup of a southeastern Michigan river segment that flows into Lake Erie is nearly complete, another step toward restoring environmental health to some of the most heavily...
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Algal blooms lead to ‘impaired’ designation for Lake Erie
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The state of Michigan is designating its section of Lake Erie as an impaired waterway because of damage to fish and other wildlife caused by harmful algal blooms, officials...
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US-Canadian agency OKs changes for Lake Ontario water levels
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A U.S.-Canadian agency adopted a fiercely contested plan Thursday designed to improve environmental conditions along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River by letting water...
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Conservatives seek ally in Trump in Western land disputes
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Conservatives who have long complained about the government’s control of vast Western lands hope they will have a new ally in Donald Trump, who has sent mixed signals about how he...
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Officials may boost depleted Isle Royale wolf population
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Managers are leaning toward relocating as many as 30 gray wolves to Isle Royale National Park from the mainland to restore an iconic predator species on the verge of...
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