Author: Clean Technica
The DNR wants your feedback on e-bike use on state trails – even if you don’t ride one
If you’ve used an e-bike or even just encountered one on state trails in Michigan, the Department of Natural Resources wants to hear from you. They’re conducting a survey about new rules introduced in August that allow residents to use electric bikes on certain state trails.
AG reaches settlement for cleanup of toxic chemicals in Kent County
The settlement covers four sites in Kent County. The Michigan attorney general originally sued over contamination at nine sites.
Lake Erie cyanobacterial pollution lawsuit adds Ohio EPA as defendant
A federal district judge has approved the Ohio EPA’s request to be added as a defendant in a lawsuit alleging that the Ohio EPA and the U.S. EPA devised a defective program to control phosphorus flowing into Lake Erie, a chief cause of harmful cyanobacterial blooms in the Great Lake.
Chemical company director criminally charged in connection with 2022 Flint River spill
In June 2022, approximately 15,000 gallons of an oily mix of chemicals was discovered seeping into the river from Lockhart Chemical’s facility.
Parasitic sea lamprey numbers increased due to COVID pandemic
Invasive sea lamprey damage or kill Great Lakes fish. The COVID pandemic reduced the ability to implement population control efforts. Now sea lamprey populations are higher.