Will energy from manure help or harm water quality in Michigan?
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s plans to generate all of Michigan’s energy from renewable sources by 2040 may have positive and negative consequences for the state’s waters. Read the full story […]
Sampling research breaks down PFAS contamination pathways in food sources
There are multiple ways PFAS can be absorbed by beef, dairy, poultry, and fish, including by sewage sludge that has been contaminated with PFAS and applied to the land as […]
Construction set to begin in 2024 on effort to keep invasive carp out of the Great Lakes
Engineers will install more defenses to keep invasive fish from getting past a crucial choke point at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam along the Des Plaines River in Joliet, […]
Fighting ‘phrag’: DTE Energy targets invasive plant at Fermi 2
DTE Energy and The Nature Conservancy have partnered to remove close to 150 acres of invasive phragmites on the Fermi 2 nuclear power plant property in Newport, Michigan. The large, […]
MP Lobb ‘never dreamt’ of farm carbon tax bill reaction like this
Conservative Huron-Bruce MP Ben Lobb said his private member’s bill to exempt farmers from paying carbon tax on propane and natural gas could end up dead in parliamentary limbo. Until Tuesday (Dec. 5), his bill called for amending the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act to allow carbon tax exemptions on propane and natural gas used […]