Author: Bridge Michigan
$18M approved in bill credits for Pennsylvania customers in ‘forever chemicals’ settlement
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The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission recently approved a proposal from the Pennsylvania-American Water Company (PAWC) to issue over $18 million in bill credits to customers.
The history of taming the Great Black Swamp
This is an excerpt from the book “The Great Black Swamp: Toxic algae, toxic relationships, and the most interesting place in America that nobody’s ever heard of.” Available for purchase on November 11, 2025, by Belt Publishing.
“The Worst Road in America”
Disasters do not happen overnight.
Erie Canal
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Erie Canal, the waterway connecting Lake Erie to the Hudson River, New York City, and the Atlantic Ocean. The canal slashed the time and cost it took to transport people and products across upstate New York, helping to hasten westward expansion and industrialization and built New York City into the financial capital of the United States.
Stanton Yards development merges art, nature on Detroit River, envisions ‘thriving new community destination’
This story is published in partnership with Planet Detroit.
Stanton Yards, a Detroit riverfront development, aims to be a gathering place where people find inspiration in art and reconnect with nature.
The waterfront attraction is planned as an extension of the Little Village cultural corridor developed by Library Street Collective co-founders Anthony and JJ Curis.
Roads in the Great Lakes region get riskier after daylight saving ends
Drivers around the Great Lakes region beware. In the weeks following “fall back,” once daylight saving time ends, collisions between wildlife and vehicles rises by 16%. According to data from insurance company State Farm, October, November and December are the most dangerous for animal-related collisions, making up 41% of all animal collision claims.