Author: Toledo Blade Environment
Michigan Senate OKs plan to curtail hazardous waste and trash imports
Plan approved by the Michigan Senate would curtail the stateâs hazardous waste industry by raising disposal fees, banning the disposal of some radioactive waste and pausing approvals for new facilities. It now heads to the House….
Under federal threat, U-M to end gender-affirming care for minors
That puts pressure on other doctors, too. âIâm not going to jail over this,â says one….
As mussels ravage Great Lakes whitefish, Lake Superior survives â for now
Chemistry, cold water and isolation make it hard for invasive mussels to get a foothold in the Big Lake. But a spate of recent outbreaks from Isle Royale to Canadaâs Nipigon Bay have scientists unnerved….
Michiganâs whitefish crisis: Your questions answered
If whitefish are in such dire straits, why is it still legal to fish them? And why canât humans just eat all the mussels that are causing the whitefish collapse? Bridge Michigan has answers….
10 years after Michigan took over Belle Isle, Detroit takes stock
A decade after the state takeover and $144 million in improvements, Detroiters are weighing whatâs been gained, and whatâs been lost, on the cityâs river island….