pollution

More than 40 years ago, people in Michigan were poisoned. Researchers are still following those people today.In 1973, a fire-retardant chemical called…

The Environmental Protection Agency announced today two toxic hot spots in Michigan have been cleaned up.Work is now complete at White Lake in Muskegon…

Copper.Its use in our lives is astounding, and so is the cost of mining it. When Bill Carter moved to Bisbee, Arizona, he found himself directly affected…

Update 10:30 p.m.The showed has already aired on Michigan Radio. If you missed it, you can catch it again here.Original post- 11:30 a.m.Who’s really…

A popular program to improve the environment around the Great Lakes could be extended. A task force including 11 federal agencies and led by the…

Children growing up in poverty face huge challenges. One challenge that might not come to the top of the mind, though, is pollution.As part of Michigan…

Studies by environmental scientists find that 48217 is the most polluted zip code in the entire state of Michigan.It's the zip for the Boynton…

Every time you fill up, you pay seven-eighths of a cent per gallon of gas for a “regulatory fee” that was originally set up to help clean up the thousands…

So you know the saying, right? Stuff flows downhill? Myron Erickson knows a lot about that "stuff."He heads up the sewage treatment plant that sits along…

Forty years ago a chemical mix-up led to one of Michigan’s worst environmental tragedies, and it’s not over yet.The mix-up occurred in early 1973 at the…