Michigan Environmental Portal
What are the current environmental issues facing Michigan? And who's involved in working on them? We provide breaking Michigan environmental news and links to groups involved in the Michigan environmental landscape.
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- Michigan landfill fees lowest in Great Lakes; state lawmakers propose hike to boost recycling
- Weekly poll: Should the Great Lakes gray wolf be delisted?
- Film on invasive species premieres in Grand Rapids
(MI) The Detroit News - The film, titled “Lake Invaders - Ottawa River dredging delayed again
- Hydroelectric plant will make enough to power 7,500 homes
- Rules on Modified Corn Skirted, Study Says
- Climate change study to help cherry growers assess global supply, markets and competitors
- U.S. Steel offers details on wastewater permit
- Feds Pony Up Toward Great Lakes Water ?Magic?
- DNR rule would reverse presumption of open public lands
- Great Lakes skies clearing of particulates; Chicago no longer on violator list
- Fuel-efficiency needed for economic engine
- Ethanol fuels debate; How about cars?
- Weekly poll: How much time do you spend in traffic jams?
- Polluted spray ?big surprise?
- EPA says air around schools safe in the short-term
- Indiana University awarded $5 million for Great Lakes environment project
- Think twice before burning leaves, Michigan enviro quality officials say
- U.S. drivers sat in traffic 4.2 billion hours; Chicago, Detroit most congested in region
- Obama?s EPA cracks down, orders more tests for BP refinery
- Climate change study to help cherry growers assess global supply, markets and competitors
- Report: Climate change greatest threat to national parks; Indiana Dunes among most at risk
- Are meat eaters killing the planet? It?s hard to say
- Cap-and-trade fight offers broad fallout
- A Bid to Cut Emissions Looks Away From Coal
- Rate your climate change concern
- Food, Humanity, Habitat and How We Get to 2050
- For all the ?global cooling? people out there ?
- Copenhagen climate-change talks will produce only disappointment
- Event puts spotlight on climate change
- Hydroelectric plant will make enough to power 7,500 homes
- Michigan should go for nuclear jobs
- Midwest lobbies for high-speed rail network
Midwest officials are lobbying for high-speed trains similar to this one in Korea. Photo - Wood-fueled power makes gain in state
- Cobo hosts wind energy expo
- Students try to streamline oil conversion to biodiesel
- Plan for coal-fired plant shelved after 4 utilities drop out
- Cap-and-trade fight offers broad fallout
- A Bid to Cut Emissions Looks Away From Coal
- Protected aquifer feared at risk
- Rules on Modified Corn Skirted, Study Says
- DNR rule would reverse presumption of open public lands
- Saving the ash tree, seed by seed
- Midwest lobbies for high-speed rail network
Midwest officials are lobbying for high-speed trains similar to this one in Korea. Photo - City, MDEQ Agree: Argo Headrace Shut
- Forbes: Detroit 2nd most toxic metro
(MI) Detroit Free Press - According to Forbes, the Detroit area is the second most toxic metropolitan area in the United States. The only city deemed more toxic was Atlanta. Las Vegas was tapped as the least toxic. The magazine used four metrics to rank the nation’s Top 40 metropolitan areas in toxicity - Report: Climate change greatest threat to national parks; Indiana Dunes among most at risk
- Study cites prevalence of BPA
- The Halliburton Loophole
- EPA extends comment period on Dow cleanup plan
- Michigan landfill fees lowest in Great Lakes; state lawmakers propose hike to boost recycling
- U.S. Steel permit meeting tonight
- Composting at schools: Students get into the act
- Helping Spin Gold From a Pile of Garbage
- Salon Re aims to make hair care environmentally friendly
- Smelly, Slimy and Somewhat Lucrative
(NY) The New York Times – There has been plenty of trash-talking this past week by fans of the Yankees and Phillies. But for years, New Yorkers have been quietly doing more than talking trash about Philadelphians - Polluted spray ?big surprise?
- Septage plant probe advances
- Iron Range copper mine project inches ahead
- Daley aide, aldermen clash over delay of blue-cart recycling program
- Film on invasive species premieres in Grand Rapids
(MI) The Detroit News - The film, titled “Lake Invaders - Ottawa River dredging delayed again
- Hydroelectric plant will make enough to power 7,500 homes
- U.S. Steel offers details on wastewater permit
- Feds Pony Up Toward Great Lakes Water ?Magic?
- Maintenance on carp barrier at standstill
- Clean Water Action announces Great Lakes awards
- David Obey, D-Great Lakes
- Pollution rules delayed
- U.S. Steel permit meeting tonight
- Cougar sighting confirmed in U.P.
- Report: Climate change greatest threat to national parks; Indiana Dunes among most at risk
- 15,000 reasons to worry about state?s lakes
- New Great Lakes quiz
- Great Lakes wolf stars in political drama
- From the Great Lakes to your lake
- Lt. Gov. John Cherry talks turkey about outdoor issues
- DNR working to clarify Walleye order for Mullett Lake
- Trouble in nature?s laboratory
- Three invasive species spread through Great Lakes region
- Climate change study to help cherry growers assess global supply, markets and competitors
- Midwest lobbies for high-speed rail network
Midwest officials are lobbying for high-speed trains similar to this one in Korea. Photo - Report: Climate change greatest threat to national parks; Indiana Dunes among most at risk
- New Great Lakes quiz
- Great Lakes wolf stars in political drama
- Great Lakes skies clearing of particulates; Chicago no longer on violator list
- Rate your climate change concern
- Weekly poll: How much time do you spend in traffic jams?
- Great Lakes researchers create fruit to meet consumer preferences
- Farm to spork: Children see fruits of partnering schools with farms
Michigan State Agencies
- Department of Environmental Quality
- MIair - web-based near real-time air data and information program
- Department of Natural Resources
- Department of Agriculture
Federal Agencies
- Environment Canada
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division
- U.S. EPA
- USGS Great Lakes Science Center
MSU Outreach
- ESPP: Find Environmental Expertise at MSU
- MSU Extension
- Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station
- MSU Outreach and Engagement
- Center for Service Learning and Civic Engagement
- Michigan Natural Features Inventory
- MSU Institute for Public Policy and Social Research
- Institute for Water Research
- MSU Land Policy Institute
- Remote Sensing & GIS Research and Outreach Services
- Pileus Project - Climate Science for Decision Makers
Non-governmental Organizations
- Clean Water Action Michigan
- Ecology Center
- Environment Michigan
- Great Lakes Commission
- The Huron River Watershed Council
- International Joint Commission
- League of Michigan Bicyclists
- The Little Traverse Conservancy
- Michigan Alliance for Environmental and Outdoor Education
- Michigan Association of Conservation Districts
- Michigan Audubon Society
- Michigan Environmental Council
- Michigan Lake & Stream Associations
- Michigan Land Use Institute
- Michigan Science Teachers Association
- Michigan Sustainable Business Forum
- Michigan United Conservation Clubs
- The Nature Conservancy in Michigan
- Republicans for Environmental Protection Michigan Chapter
- Sierra Club Mackinac Chapter
- Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council
Others - Michigan
Others - General Environment
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