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.
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- Poll: What?s your view of Asian carp DNA found beyond Chicago?s electric barrier?
- Recycling rates drop while Michigan pushes for a green economy
- Asian carp may have breached barrier
- New Ballast Water Permit Protects Great Lakes
- Meet James Powell, a geologist who disputes climate skeptics
- EPA Sends Ship Emission Rules to White House
- The Value of Water
(IL) The Huffington Post - We have been awash with an array of unhappy water stories in this region of late. On the surface they are unrelated…scary fish…E. coli contamination…improperly regulated pesticides…intentionally poisoned waterways… But if you scratch below the surface there’s a problematic narrative developing - Bending the waters of Nine Mile Creek
- MSU gets federal funding to help study wind speeds
- Northerly Island, Grant Park have big changes in store
- EPA Sends Ship Emission Rules to White House
- Public hearing set on proposed wind turbines on lakefront
- Clearing the air
- Debate rages over coal ash power plant waste
- New zero-emission technology to be introduced at Kettering U.
- Big Oil makes case for carbon-capture subsidies
- Once an autumn tradition, leaf-burning now under fire
(MI) The Detroit News - It used to be a regular part of fall weekends all over Michigan - Great Lakes skies clearing of particulates; Chicago no longer on violator list
- Fuel-efficiency needed for economic engine
- Ethanol fuels debate; How about cars?
- Meet James Powell, a geologist who disputes climate skeptics
- EPA Sends Ship Emission Rules to White House
- Indiana Dunes threatened by climate change, report warns
- Ottawa holds back climate rules pending global deal
- New zero-emission technology to be introduced at Kettering U.
- Denial, rush to judgment cloud debate over climate
(OH) Toledo Blade - Q.: What do George W. Bush, GE Chairman Jeff Immelt, BP, Shell, the Dow Chemical Co., Alcoa, the Detroit 3 automakers, Pepsi, Republicans for Environmental Protection, Exelon, Duke Energy, Florida Power & Light, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., DTE Energy, and FirstEnergy Corp. have in common with Al Gore? A. - MSU study finds added benefit of green roofs
- Climate change study to help cherry growers assess global supply, markets and competitors
- Report: Climate change greatest threat to national parks; Indiana Dunes among most at risk
- Are meat eaters killing the planet? It?s hard to say
- MSU gets federal funding to help study wind speeds
- This team aims to green up Bangor Township
- Coal plant?s demise a setback for S.D. wind power
- Redirect new infrastructure stimulus toward mass transit
- Bay County agrees to join Michigan Green Communities Challenge
- Public hearing set on proposed wind turbines on lakefront
- Clearing the air
- Dow?s Powerhouse Solar Shingle named a best invention of 2009
- Finally, all aboard for Northstar
- Barrington Hills dark skies debate
- Northerly Island, Grant Park have big changes in store
- This team aims to green up Bangor Township
- Inmates harvest food, savings, education and jobs from jail gardens
- Canadian farmers face canola crisis
- Volunteers are clearing invasive shrub from YMCA Storer Camps
- Michigan, Indiana and Ohio to share $4 mill grant for green jobs
- Toxins in toiletries harming unborn kids
(ON) The Toronto Star - There should be warnings on many bottles of shampoo, moisturizers, shower curtains, packages of cheese and plastic Tupperware. The disclaimer should say: includes gender-bending chemicals harmful to fetuses. Risks include - Indiana Dunes threatened by climate change, report warns
- Public meeting today on steel mill?s landfill
- Developer wants family?s gift back from Detroit
- Recycling rates drop while Michigan pushes for a green economy
- This team aims to green up Bangor Township
- U.S. Steel permit hearing draws mostly positive comments
- Few queries answered in ArcelorMittal meet
- Bay County agrees to join Michigan Green Communities Challenge
- South Bass Island sewer rules aim to stop repeat of ?04 ailments
- Public meeting today on steel mill?s landfill
- ?99 report raised concerns about waste, environment
- Bury, baby, bury: A Capitol fight over grass clippings
- Debate rages over coal ash power plant waste
- Poll: What?s your view of Asian carp DNA found beyond Chicago?s electric barrier?
- Asian carp may have breached barrier
- New Ballast Water Permit Protects Great Lakes
- EPA Sends Ship Emission Rules to White House
- The Value of Water
(IL) The Huffington Post - We have been awash with an array of unhappy water stories in this region of late. On the surface they are unrelated…scary fish…E. coli contamination…improperly regulated pesticides…intentionally poisoned waterways… But if you scratch below the surface there’s a problematic narrative developing - Bending the waters of Nine Mile Creek
- U.S. Steel permit hearing draws mostly positive comments
- EPA says no dioxin in tests of Bay, Saginaw, Midland water supplies
- This fish kill is necessary to save the lakes
- ?Thermistor? measures bay temperatures
- Poll: What?s your view of Asian carp DNA found beyond Chicago?s electric barrier?
- Asian carp may have breached barrier
- New Data Shed Light on Large-Animal Extinction
- This fish kill is necessary to save the lakes
- Great Lakes wildlife managers fight deer disease with firearms
- Indiana Dunes threatened by climate change, report warns
- Quiz: Which Great Lakes invasive species is your former significant other?
- Poison to be used in fight against Asian carp
- Genesee County will not appeal ruling against managed deer hunt
- Environmental groups sue to make flying squirrel endangered again
- Poll: What?s your view of Asian carp DNA found beyond Chicago?s electric barrier?
- Inmates harvest food, savings, education and jobs from jail gardens
- Great Lakes wildlife managers fight deer disease with firearms
- Great Lakes music map now features odes to gobies, muck and a bull-whipped dog
- Quiz: Which Great Lakes invasive species is your former significant other?
- Poll: Mixing music, mountains, mining. Fair?
- MONDAY MASHUP: Great Lakes Music Map
By Haley Walker Nov. 16, 2009 (Editors note - Even the government answers to these citizens who protect the Wisconsin River?s scenery
- Getting the measure of the green economy: Enviro jobs are hard to count
- Poll: Should Andy hunt?
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
- MSU Extension
- Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station
- MSU Outreach and Engagement
- Center for Service Learning and Civic Engagement
- Michigan Natural Features Inventory
- MSU Institute for Public Policy and Social Research
- Institute for Water Research
- MSU Land Policy Institute
- Remote Sensing & GIS Research and Outreach Services
- Pileus Project - Climate Science for Decision Makers
Non-governmental Organizations
- Clean Water Action Michigan
- Ecology Center
- Environment Michigan
- Great Lakes Commission
- The Huron River Watershed Council
- International Joint Commission
- League of Michigan Bicyclists
- The Little Traverse Conservancy
- 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 Sustainable Business Forum
- Michigan United Conservation Clubs
- The Nature Conservancy in Michigan
- Republicans for Environmental Protection Michigan Chapter
- Sierra Club Mackinac Chapter
- Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council
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