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
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- Bloomberg Offers Windmill Power Plan
From "New York Times" (Michael Bsrbaro) - TC commissioners hold off on DNR appeal
From "Traverse City Record-Eagle" - Trace arsenic in water may be linked with Type 2 diabetes
From "Toledo Blade" - Ohio nonprofit touts fuel efficiency
From "Toledo Blade" (David Patch) - Court Rejects E.P.A. Limits on Emissions Rules
From "New York Times" (Felicity Barringer) - Sturgeon River Gorge now federally protected
From "The Daily Mining Gazette" (Dan Scheider) - EPA says NWI's air contains too much unhealthy dirt
From "Post-Tribune" (Gitte Laasby) - Coal-based electricity is important for Michigan
From "Lansing State Journal" (Cullen West) - Muskegon passes soot test -- Ottawa, Kent counties don't
From "Muskegon Chronicle" (Ken Kolker) - Wind turbines, methane from landfill to help generate electricity in Zeeland
From "Grand Rapids Press"
- Ethanol rules drive food prices higher
From "Jackson Citizen Patriot" (Editorial)
- Court Rejects E.P.A. Limits on Emissions Rules
From "New York Times" (Felicity Barringer) - EPA says NWI's air contains too much unhealthy dirt
From "Post-Tribune" (Gitte Laasby) - Muskegon passes soot test -- Ottawa, Kent counties don't
From "Muskegon Chronicle" (Ken Kolker) - SEMCOG declares Thursday an Ozone Action Day
From "Ann Arbor News" ( Tracy Davis) - EPA cites pollution in Washtenaw, Livingston counties
From "Ann Arbor News" ( Rick Callahan) - Michigan among states cited for soot pollution
From "Detroit Free Press" (Rick Callahan) - Chicago-area counties among 14 in state not meeting air-quality standards, EPA says
From "Chicago Tribune" - Idling Con Ed Trucks Set a Bad Example
From "New York Times" (Ken Belson)
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- Ohio nonprofit touts fuel efficiency
From "Toledo Blade" (David Patch) - Eco-driving embraced by automakers
From "The Detroit News" (David Shepardson) - Colleges eager to juice up donated electric vehicles
From "Lansing State Journal" (David Harris)
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- Bloomberg Offers Windmill Power Plan
From "New York Times" (Michael Bsrbaro) - Coal-based electricity is important for Michigan
From "Lansing State Journal" (Cullen West) - Wind turbines, methane from landfill to help generate electricity in Zeeland
From "Grand Rapids Press" - State must fix its weak reach on future power
From "Detroit Free Press" (Editorial) - Flexible rules needed for new energy sources
From "The Detroit News" (Editorial) - Wind Turbines Take Over Landscape
From "New York Times" - Powerful energy ideas from presidential hopefuls
From "Grand Rapids Press" (Editorial) - Holland BPW next coal power plant may have no greenhouse gases
From "Grand Rapids Press" (Jim Harger) - Seek an energy policy that goes beyond the campaigns
From "Detroit Free Press" (Editorial) - Meijer's new look also energy friendly
From "Muskegon Chronicle" (Chad D. Lerch)
- Mayor Driscoll Receives Environmental Award from EPA
From "Syracuse Post" (Meghan Rubado)
- Dead carp find friends in songwriting husband and wife
From "Chicago Tribune" (Andrew L. Wang) - Ann Arbor seeking feedback for possibility of trout fishing on Huron River
From "Ann Arbor News" ( Tom Gantert) - DNR finds big fish in Geddes Pond
From "Ann Arbor News" ( Tom Gantert)
- Recycling move meets flak
From "Jackson Citizen Patriot" (Fredricka Paul)
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- Trace arsenic in water may be linked with Type 2 diabetes
From "Toledo Blade" - Lenawee man, 81, years 1st W. Nile case in Mich.
From "Toledo Blade" - E. coli efforts pay off, research shows
From "Traverse City Record-Eagle" (Victor Skinner) - Rare dog disease is noted in Van Buren County
From "Kalamazoo Gazette" (Roberto Acosta)
- Mud snails in Lake Michigan worry scientists
From "Detroit Free Press" (David Mercer) - Ash borer hits western UP
From "Detroit Free Press" (Tina Lam) - Next, flex Great Lakes power on invasive species
From "Detroit Free Press" (Donna Stine)
- Sturgeon River Gorge now federally protected
From "The Daily Mining Gazette" (Dan Scheider) - Swift St. Clair River is town's biggest thrill ride
From "Detroit Free Press" (Bill McGraw) - Lake access battles founder on wide variation in laws
From "Detroit Free Press" (Peggy Walsh-Sarnecki) - Fish shocking proves river's health
From "Dayton Daily News" (Dave Larsen)
- Who calls the shots in your back yard? Not you.
From "Chicago Tribune" (Dan Mihalopoulos and Robert Becker): Tribune investigation
- Ann Arbor City Council votes to put measure on ballot requiring voters to approve sale of park land
From "Ann Arbor News" ( Tom Gantert)
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- Loan expected to help pay for clean-up
From "Traverse City Record-Eagle" (Bill O'Brien) - Tougher testing: Congress OKs new rules for toy safety
From "Battle Creek Enquirer" (Editorial)
- Jackson officials back fast commuter train
From "The Detroit News" - Europes latest transport craze: electric bikes
From "Detroit Free Press" - Are we going back to the future on streetcars?
From "Detroit Free Press" (Editorial)
- Coast Guard 'cargo sweepings' rules are reasonable
From "Bay City Times" - E. coli efforts pay off, research shows
From "Traverse City Record-Eagle" (Victor Skinner)
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- Special doe hunt meant to thin deer herd
From "Jackson Citizen Patriot" (Steven Hepker) - Bird die-offs are easing
From "Traverse City Record-Eagle" (Editorial) - Botulism confirmed in 4 dead birds
From "Detroit Free Press" (Tina Lam) - Bat stars' TV appearances, school visits help dispel myths
From "Detroit Free Press" (L.L. Brasier) - Escaped buffalo shot after wandering onto I-55
From "Chicago Tribune" - Lame ducks shouldn't mess with rarer species
From "Detroit Free Press" (Editorial)
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
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