Tag: Michican Public
Michigan invests $77 million to restore contaminated areas across the state
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is using $77.6 million of its FY26 state budget for the RenewMI program to facilitate the cleanup of brownfields, or formerly developed sites that contain pollutants.
US Supreme Court to hear challenge to Line 5 lawsuit jurisdiction
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in February on a key question that could decide whether state or federal courts will determine the fate of Enbridge Energy’s controversial Line 5.
EPA delays tougher coal wastewater standards in Michigan, nation
Environmental and clean water advocates are raising concerns after the Environmental Protection Agency announced late on Christmas Eve it would delay tougher wastewater treatment standards for coal-fired power plants, including the J.H. Campbell plant in western Michigan.
Invasive sea lamprey declining as control efforts in the Great Lakes resume
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the amount of sea lamprey in the Great Lakes surged because treatments were limited.
More than 8 months since an oil spill in Pigeon River Country State Forest, crews are still cleaning it up
Contamination in a Cheboygan County wetland has spread, and clean up is taking longer than regulators anticipated.