Echo
Study finds lake cleanups help house values recover
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A $34.9 million cleanup of heavily contaminated Muskegon Lake and White Lake in West Michigan is estimated to have recovered $16.4 million in lost housing value for nearby homeowners.
Echo
Book details how a watershed community rescued one of the nation’s most polluted rivers
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A new book details the decades-long cleanup of Detroit’s River Rogue, which was once one of the most polluted watersheds in America. However, there is still more work to be done.
Waste
Indiana environmental services exec sentenced for mishandling hazardous wastes
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A federal judge has placed the ex-president of a Fort Wayne environmental services company – described in her lawyer’s sentencing memorandum as “kind, generous, hard-working and honest” and a “huge source of inspiration” for her children and grandchildren” – on probation for two years for illegally storing hazardous wastes and falsifying a document.
Echo
Michigan Environmental Group pushing for ban on controversial chemical
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The recent discovery of a dangerous family of chemicals in Michigan cattle has a statewide environmental group renewing efforts to ban the controversial substance.
Birds
Microplastics are filling the Great Lakes and birds’ bellies
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Researchers found man-made debris in the stomachs of baby cormorants from both urban and remote areas.
Water
“Forever chemical” replacements on the rise in the Great Lakes
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Yet another game of toxic whack-a-mole—this time with PFAS chemicals. Phased-out compounds are decreasing in the Great Lakes, but replacements keep showing up.
Water
Algae is ugly: Why Lake Erie anglers avoid harmful algal blooms
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A new study reports that aesthetics are the main reason anglers avoid harmful algal blooms.
Water
Despite Flint, many water systems not open about lead pipes
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Flint’s lead-tainted water crisis has drawn international headlines, but some states and their water systems appear to be slow in learning the importance of keeping the public informed about similar risks.
Waste
Mining legacy, wetlands expansion fuel concern over U.P. mercury levels
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The increase of wetlands is a major contributor to the problem because mercury can accumulate in them in higher concentrations and for longer periods.
Algae
Scientists expect Lake Erie’s 2018 algae bloom to be “significant”
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Charter boat captain says business is down by 25 percent.