Environment

A Michigan-based environmental organization is taking a new approach to protect a patch of land near the Yellow Dog River in northern Marquette County in…

Katrina Watkins stood on her front porch in Detroit’s McDougall-Hunt neighborhood staring at the vacant, overgrown stretch of land across the street.“I…

On Thursday, three Ann Arbor officials joined Stateside to talk about the dioxane plume that is working its way toward the city’s main drinking water…

For the last 30 years, a plume of a colorless, odorless toxic chemical has been steadily creeping toward one of the main water supplies in the city of Ann…

The Next IdeaThere are lingering fears that nothing will be the same in Flint. But maybe things shouldn’t be the same. What if there is a better way for…

The Flint water crisis has attracted attention and outrage from all over the globe, but unfortunately, the city of Flint isn’t the first to have its…

Flint will start replacing lead service lines connected to homes with pregnant women or kids under the age of six.That’s according to Mayor Karen Weaver,…

An annual report from the Public Interest Research Group on potentially hazardous toys highlights some big safety improvements—and new dangers.PIRG’s…

The Eastern Massasauga — the sole rattlesnake to inhabit the state of Michigan — is facing rapid population loss that's prompting national concern for…

"Who teaches kids to kill?"That's the first sentence of one of the emails and leaflets being distributed by the Humane Society of Huron Valley after the…