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EPA Will Spend $6M Hiring Unemployed For Clean-Up Projects
DETROIT (WWJ) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will spend $6 million to hire unemployed people who can work on Great Lakes cleanup projects. Congress has appropriated $775 million...
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Report: Mercury Levels Mostly Down In Great Lakes
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – A newly released report says mercury levels in the Great Lakes region generally have dropped over the past four decades, although concentrations in some fish and bird species have...
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Progress Made At 2 Toxic Hot Spots In Michigan
TRAVERSE CITY (AP) – State environmental regulators say cleanup progress has been made at two Michigan sites on a decades-old list of the most heavily polluted locations around the Great Lakes. The...
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GVSU Researcher Finds Link Between Stream Pollution, Stocked Fish
MUSKEGON — A link between pollutant levels in stream-resident fish and stocked Pacific salmon in Lake Michigan has been described by a researcher at Grand Valley State University. David Janetski, a...
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Debate Over Renewable Energy Ballot Issue Heats Up
LANSING (AP) – The debate over increasing Michigan’s renewable energy requirements is starting to heat up faster than a solar panel on a cloudless summer day. Supporters say passing a ballot measure in...
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Michigan Ranks 7th Worst State For Toxic Air Pollution From Power Plants
LANSING (WWJ) – Michigan is the seventh worst state in the nation when it comes to exposing residents to toxic air pollution from coal-fired power plants, according to an analysis released by the...
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Tire-Burning Power Plants Prompt Concerns
WYANDOTTE (WWJ/AP) – Power plants in several Michigan cities are burning millions of tires each year to make electricity. Plant operators say tire-derived power is cheaper and cleaner than burning coal...
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Report: Fund For Environmental Cleanup Running Out
LANSING (WWJ/AP) – A published report says a fund to clean up thousands of sites around Michigan that are contaminated from prior industrial use is running out of money. The pool of cleanup money once...
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US Court Sides With EPA In Michigan Pollution Case
By JOHN FLESHER, AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY (AP) – A federal appeals court says government regulators can take action when they fear a power company construction project might significantly...
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Court: EPA Can Stop Some Power Plant Modifications
By John Flesher, AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY (WWJ/AP) – Government regulators can try to halt construction projects at power plants if they think the companies didn’t properly calculate...
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Mich. Beachgoers Lost 755 Days To Pollution In ’12
DETROIT (AP) – Michigan beachgoers lost 755 days of water access in 2012 because of pollution, down 17 percent from 2011 and about half the number from five years earlier, the Michigan Department of...
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Study Links Environmental Toxins As Risk Factor For Autism
DETROIT (WWJ) – There’s more evidence environmental pollution might be a risk factor for autism. University of Chicago researchers analyzed medical records and found for every one percent increase in...
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Holiday Makers Leave Trail Of Trash Along Beach In Traverse City
TRAVERSE CITY (WWJ) – Pop bottles, paper products, even the remains of full cases of beer litter the grounds of an otherwise beautiful beach before a seasonal fireworks display. Douglas Vipond, a...
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Scientists: Great Lakes Teeming With Tiny Plastic Fibers
By John Flesher, AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY (AP) – Scientists who have reported that the Great Lakes are awash in tiny bits of plastic are raising new alarms about a little-noticed form of...
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USGS: More Data Needed To Assess Any Fracking-Pollution Link
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A new study by the U.S. Geological Survey says more data is needed to be able to say for sure if a link exists between unconventional oil and gas development and degraded water...
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Melting Snow Causing Manure Mess On Roads, Properties Surrounding Farm
FULTON, Mich. (AP) – Officials say manure that was spread as fertilizer on a Kalamazoo County farm field has been washed away by melting snow, creating a big mess. WWMT-TV reports the manure was spread...
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Michigan Rep. Says Congress Should Oppose Canada’s Nuclear Waste Plan Near...
TRAVERSE CITY (AP) – Michigan Rep. Dan Kildee said Friday he will push Congress to officially oppose Canada’s plans to allow nuclear waste to be stored underground less than a mile from Lake Huron,...
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Southwest Detroiters Demand Marathon Oil Buy Their Homes: ‘Our Kids Can’t...
DETROIT (WWJ) – A small, but vocal, group of southwest Detroit homeowners is demanding that Marathon buy them out of the neighborhood. Fewer than a dozen protesters carried signs as they marched on the...
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Michigan Agency Proposes Regulating Fewer Air Pollutants
LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Michigan regulators plan to reduce the number of pollutants regulated when companies seek air-pollution permits. The Department of Environmental Quality released rules Thursday....
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EPA: Volkswagon Thwarted Pollution Regulations For 7 Years
FRANK JORDANS, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Volkswagen became the world’s top-selling carmaker trumpeting the environmental friendliness, fuel efficiency and high performance of diesel-powered...
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US Regulator Missed Its Best Chance To Catch VW Cheating
By Jason Keyser, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — More than a decade ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency helped develop a technology that ultimately was used by an independent laboratory to...
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Michigan: Progress Made To Reduce Phosphorus In Lake Erie
MONROE (AP) – Efforts in Michigan to cut down on the pollutants feeding algae in Lake Erie have been showing signs of success, state officials say. This includes changes to reduce farm runoff and the...
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Report: Dozens Of Deaths Likely From Volkswagen Pollution Dodge
By Seth Borenstein, AP Science Writer DETROIT (AP) – Volkswagen’s pollution-control chicanery has not just been victimless tinkering, killing between five and 20 people in the United States annually in...
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‘We’re Watching Our Families Die’ Says Resident, While Marathon Oil Looking...
DETROIT (WWJ) – One by one, dozens of residents spoke at a public hearing Wednesday night voicing their opposition to the Marathon oil company’s call to raise their pollutant levels in order to meet...
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Detroit Mayor Threatens Suit Over Marathon’s Plan To Increase Refinery Emissions
DETROIT (WWJ) – Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is threatening a lawsuit over emissions levels at the Marathon refinery plant on the city’s southwest side. Marathon is proposing increasing emissions of...
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Current Permit Allows More Pollution From Detroit Refinery
DETROIT (AP) – The area around Marathon’s Detroit refinery could see increased sulfur dioxide air pollution regardless of whether new permit is approved. The Detroit Free Press reports the Michigan...
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Detroit Considers Strict Regulations For Handling Pet Coke
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – Detroit is considering a measure that would strictly regulate the handling of petroleum coke and other bulk solid materials to protect the health of residents. The proposal comes...
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VW Owners Seek Trial If Regulators Don’t Agree To A Fix By Thursday
By Tom Krisher, AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) – Lawyers representing thousands of people who own diesel Volkswagens that cheat on emissions tests are asking a judge to order repairs and compensation if...
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Bad Week For German Automakers: Huge Costs, New Probe
By David McHugh & Tom Krisher, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) – It’s been a bad week for German automakers. Volkswagen said Friday that a diesel emissions-cheating scandal would cost it an...
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GM: Pollution Control Changes Caused SUV Mileage Drop
By Tom Krisher, AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) – A change in pollution control hardware between model years cut the gas mileage on some General Motors SUVs and forced it to correct the figures on window...
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Summer Gasoline Rules Take Effect June 1 In Southeast Michigan
LANSING (WWJ) – Ozone monitoring will return to eight counties in Southeast Michigan as extra measures are implemented to lower smog levels in the area. Effective Wednesday, June 1, Lenawee,...
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DEQ: Anti-Pollution Work Benefits St. Clair River Beaches
MARYSVILLE, Mich. (AP) – Environmental officials say efforts to deal with pollution that for years prompted beach closings along the St. Clair River are paying off. The Michigan Department of...
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State Develops Plan To Reduce Sulfur Dioxide In Detroit Area
DETROIT (AP) – State officials have developed a plan to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions in southern Wayne County. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality said Tuesday the plan has been...
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Officials Schedule Announcement About River Raisin Pollution
MONROE, Mich. (AP) – Officials are preparing to make what they describe as a “major announcement” about a polluted section of River Raisin in southeastern Michigan. They have scheduled a news...
View ArticleBag It Up: Dog Poop A Major Environmental Pollutant, Reports Find
CBS Local — Whether you live in a crowded city or small rural town, no one likes having to dodge the waste left behind by a neighbor’s dog. While many areas in the U.S. try to crack down on the...
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Whale Dies After Eating More than 17 lbs of Plastic
(CNN) — A short-fin male pilot whale has died in Southern Thailand after ingesting more than 17 lbs of plastic bags and packaging, a sobering casualty of the waste littering the world’s oceans. During...
View ArticleGlobal Warming Drives Spread of Toxic Algae in US, Researchers Say
SALEM (AP) — The words blasted to cellphones around Oregon’s capital city were ominous: “Civil emergency . prepare for action.” Within half an hour, a second official alert clarified the subject wasn’t...
View ArticleEndangered Turtle Washes Ashore With Beach Chair Wrapped Around Its Neck
FORT MORGAN, Ala. (CBS Local) – Wildlife conservationists in Alabama are expressing outrage after the body of an endangered type of sea turtle washed ashore with a beach chair wrapped around its neck....
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Report: Microplastics Found In Human Stools
Microplastics have been found in human stools for the first time, suggesting they may be widespread in our food chain. Austrian scientists monitored and tested stool samples from eight study...
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Exposure To Pollution Linked To ‘Silent Miscarriages’
(CNN) — Pregnant women who have been exposed to high levels of pollution face an increased risk of “silent miscarriage” in the first trimester, according to a new study. A “silent miscarriage” happens...
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