pollution

Michigan's legacy of industrial pollution continues to taint the flesh of fish in the state's lakes and rivers. Warning signs only do so much. River walkers tell anglers about the risks.

Stellantis' Mack Avenue automobile plant continues to receive citations from EGLE due to foul odor emissions. Listen to today's pod to hear how the pollution is affecting neighboring residents.

On yet another bad air day, we are joined by the Michigan state climatologist to learn about the weather patterns bringing and keeping the wildfire smoke in Michigan.

An oily sheen is spread a quarter mile along the Flint River at Whaley Park. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has staff on site.

More on the smoke in Michigan and the weather patterns bringing it in, then a glass blowing artist based in West Michigan.

How to protect yourself from the wildfire smoke. Then, green burials in West Michigan and revisiting a culinary prison education project in Coldwater, MI.

The goals of the remediation include clean up and protection from off-site contamination. There's also a plan for an affordable housing development.

Officials held a congressional hearing in Detroit Thursday about what they called “sacrifice zones.” That’s their term for areas where Americans feel like their lives are being risked by corporate polluters.

"Several thousand gallons" of liquid containing hexavalent chromium have spilled into the Huron River. State regulators are urging people not to play in or drink from the river until further notice.

Today on Stateside, we heard from an educator about how to safely fish in the Detroit River. Plus, we heard about an ongoing mastodon study at U of M and revisited two conversations about Michigan birds.