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.
Michigan's Echo
Daily environmental news links delivered by MSU's Knight Center for Environmental Journalism
Select a category below to read the latest environmental news from around Michigan.
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- Deer-bait ban stings businesses
From "Detroit Free Press" (John Scheinder) - Putnam loses land appeal
From "Detroit Free Press" (Christopher Behnan) - Scientists: Save the planet; have fewer kids
From "Chicago Tribune" (Laurie Goering) - Big wind farm proposed for Mason County
From "Muskegon Chronicle" - Burt couple asks judge to enforce Environmental Protection Act; halt county's use of pesticides
From "Saginaw News" - Big wind farm proposed for Mason County
From "Muskegon Chronicle" - People hear about Denison dune land preservation
From "Grand Rapids Press" - Dow's Liveris argues that innovation, not politics, can solve energy/climate crisis
From "Bay City Times" (John Hiner) - Hunters concerned about DNR's decision to ban baiting of deer in Lower Peninsula
From "Bay City Times" (Mike Spencer) - Alternatives to the auto Fair shows ways to leave the car in garage
From "Ann Arbor News" (Khalil E. Hachem)
- Garden group encouraging people to plant vegetables
From "Jackson Citizen Patriot" ( Monetta L. Harr) - Ag growth fuels $15 million Bayer expansion
From "Muskegon Chronicle" (Dave Alexander)
- Don't put smog blame on Ottawa County power plant, Consumers Energy says
From "Grand Rapids Press" ( Ken Kolker) - Ozone Action Day arrives on clear, moderate day
From "Grand Rapids Press" (Ken Kolker) - Livingston violates federal soot standards
From "Ann Arbor News"
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- Chance seen in China, India
From "Ann Arbor News" - Automakers tweak car models to get best possible gas mileage
From "The Detroit News" (Tom Krisher) - Joe Biden blasts McCain on auto loans
From "Detroit Free Press" (Justin Hyde) - End of oil means heavier cars, no computers and other items
From "The Detroit News" (Frank Beckmann) - GM plans $500M for 45-mpg small car
From "The Detroit News" (Robert Snell) - Drivers savor the pace and experience of a solar car
From "Ann Arbor News" (John Mulcahy)
- Scientists: Save the planet; have fewer kids
From "Chicago Tribune" (Laurie Goering)
- Big wind farm proposed for Mason County
From "Muskegon Chronicle" - Big wind farm proposed for Mason County
From "Muskegon Chronicle" - Dow's Liveris argues that innovation, not politics, can solve energy/climate crisis
From "Bay City Times" (John Hiner) - Granholm's green talk plugs Mich.
From "The Detroit News" (Mark Hornbeck): Gov. Jennifer Granholm was in her element at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night - E.P.A. Sued by 12 States to Regulate Oil Refineries
From "New York Times" - Air Storage Is Explored for Energy
From "New York Times" (Ken Belson): A New Jersey company plans to announce on Tuesday that it is working on a solution to this perennial problem with wind power - Cheaper heat Homeowners opt for geothermal
From "Ann Arbor News" (Tracy Davis) - Turkey time in Pierson Township: Board OKs waste to energy plan
From "Grand Rapids Press"
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- Fans' green poster-contest entries end up in trash at Jonas Brothers show
From "Chicago Tribune" (Alison Bonaguro): The Jonases have teamed up with Chevy for a Green Team Jonas promotion with a lucrative prize - Landfill, Hillman Power teaming up to solve compost issue
From "The Alpena News" (Steve Schulwitz)
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- Grand Rapids students use art in effort to save trees from emerald ash borer
From "Grand Rapids Press" (Morgan Jarema) - How not to stop an invading pest
From "Detroit Free Press" (Editorial) - A 2nd Asian longhorned beetle can't be found in Deerfield
From "Chicago Tribune"
- U.S. Officials Will Review Pollution in Waterway
From "New York Times" (Sewell Chan) - Muskegon River rolling along in good shape now
From "Muskegon Chronicle" (Editorial)
- Putnam loses land appeal
From "Detroit Free Press" (Christopher Behnan) - Neighborhoods can be green too
From "The Detroit News" (Steve Pardo) - A building turns green from the rooftop down
From "Detroit Free Press" (Gina Damron) - U-M team to study greener land use
From "Ann Arbor News" (Tracy Davis) - Swing the hammer, think of polar bears, whales
From "Grand Rapids Press" (Cami Reister)
- Livingston County welcomes a 300-acre gift of nature
From "Detroit Free Press" (Sharon Gittleman)
- Idle plants not enough to draw green industries
From "The Detroit News" (Editorial) - Swing the hammer, think of polar bears, whales
From "Grand Rapids Press" (Cami Reister)
- DEQ, Brown support ban on flame retardant
From "Bay City Times" (Jeff Kart)
- Alternatives to the auto Fair shows ways to leave the car in garage
From "Ann Arbor News" (Khalil E. Hachem) - Smart transit policy at GVSU
From "Grand Rapids Press" (Editorial)
- Phosphorus, health care initiatives get statewide support
From "Bay City Times" (Ryan J. Stanton) - Speaker: Stop using Great Lakes as lavatory
From "Bay City Times" (Jeff Kart)
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- Deer-bait ban stings businesses
From "Detroit Free Press" (John Scheinder) - Hunters concerned about DNR's decision to ban baiting of deer in Lower Peninsula
From "Bay City Times" (Mike Spencer) - DNR bans all feeding, baiting deer in Lower Peninsula
From "Jackson Citizen Patriot" (Steven Hepker) - Critter cuisine: Grand Rapids company will place 700-pound snack in the woods
From "Kalamazoo Gazette" - Wasting disease detected in a white-tailed deer in Kent County
From "Kalamazoo Gazette" - DNR bans feeding and baiting of deer in Lower Peninsula
From "Jackson Citizen Patriot" ( Steven Hepker) - Mich. hunting rules change
From "The Detroit News" (Gary Heinlein) - Eagles flying high
From "The Detroit News" (Tanveer Ali) - Chronic wasting disease diagnosis in Kent County deer prompts statewide quarantine
From "The Detroit News" (Gary Heinlein) - Michigan Hummingbird Festival draws admirers to Colon's River Lake Inn
From "Kalamazoo Gazette" (Jef Rietsma)
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
- Envirotools.org
- Environmental Resources at the MSU Libraries
- Institute for Water Research
- Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station
- Michigan Natural Features Inventory
- MSU Canadian Studies Resources: Canadian Trash in Michigan
- MSU Extension
- MSU Institute for Public Policy and Social Research
- MSU Land Policy Institute
- MSU Nature Watch
- Remote Sensing & GIS Research and Outreach Services
- Pileus Project - Climate Science for Decision Makers
Non-governmental Organizations
- Central Michigan Sustainable Business Forum
- Clean Water Action Michigan
- Ecology Center
- Environment Michigan
- Great Lakes Commission
- International Joint Commission
- League of Michigan Bicyclists
- 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 United Conservation Clubs
- The Nature Conservancy in Michigan
- The Huron River Watershed Council
- The Little Traverse Conservancy
- 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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