Tag: groundwater
MI Supreme Court sends PFAS case back to appeals court
The Michigan Supreme Court issued an order Friday returning an industry challenge to the state’s PFAS drinking water standards to a lower court.A divided Supreme Court instructed the Michigan Court of Appeals to consider the fact that the chemical manufacturer 3M challenged a rule drafted in 2019 before the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy adopted final standards in 2020.
After losing in court, Michigan township tries again to block ‘green’ cemetery
A new ordinance in Brooks Township includes a host of hard-to-meet permit conditions for any new cemetery. âGreen burialâ proponents say theyâre being unfairly targeted. Local leaders say theyâre merely protecting groundwater….
Candidates target PC Party at Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound meeting
Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative Party and local candidate Paul Vickers were on everyone else’s radar during a Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound all-candidates meeting in Keady on Wednesday night. Seven of the eight candidates registered in the riding took part in the event put on by the Grey and Bruce County federations of agriculture in front of about […]
Veteran Great Lakes advocate cautions on prioritizing economic development over protecting the environment
Rolling back clean water protection, gutting agencies and defunding science, research and monitoring is a non-starter for the Great Lakes region, says Ann Arbor environmental advocate Laura Rubin.
She was reacting to the new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lee Zeldin’s recently released economy-oriented plan for the agency under President Donald Trump.