Environment

Eleven years ago on a cold January day, volunteers for the Huron River Watershed Council, Rochelle Breitenbach and Mary Bajcz trudged through the snow and…

The Goldman Environmental Prize is the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for grassroots environmental activism.This year's six recipients are from Columbia,…

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is now considering a proposal that could put Michigan in the forefront of potash mining. It turns out…

There are a lot of baffling things about President Trump, but perhaps the most baffling is this: Usually, when you win a close election, you do everything…

More than three centuries of thriving marine commerce and those notorious storms in the Great Lakes have given Michigan a wealth of historic shipwrecks.…

The Michigan legislature is considering three bills that would change how the state of Michigan determines environmental regulations. They would create an…

When it comes to protecting the environment, our existing laws have failed us.So says environmental activist Maya van Rossum. In her new book, The Green…

Biodiversity.It's one of those scientific terms we hear and think, "That's a good thing. We need it,” without truly knowing why it's a good thing.A…

Casting a fishing line into the water is just about as Michigan as you can get. And for some families, it's a legacy passed down through generations.It…

Back in January of this year, when I first decided to embark on reporting about bottled water in Michigan, I had literally no idea what I was in for.…