Guest Contributor | Great Lakes Echo

Bug brains bring better repellants

Elizabeth Bandason is looking inside insect brains for answers on how to diminish the use of toxic insecticides.

Power of urban/rural and other partnerships key to MSU extension work, according to interim director.

Incoming Consumers Energy CEO speaks with Kirk Heinze about the company’s future.

Kirk Heinze speaks with author of “The Big Thirst” about the Flint water crisis.

Steppes, seas, deserts and glaciers.

Environmental harm by some antibacterial soaps may outweigh their benefits.

Using breast milk could be more environmentally friendly, but for some mothers, it isn’t so easy to come by.

Farmers increasingly turn to chicken tractors and pastures for raising poultry.

Environmental law expert Nicholas Schroeck breaks down the multiple failures by government that led to the Flint water crisis.

Coal-fired power plants could be billion-dollar liabilities for utilities if their greenhouse gas emissions are challenged in court.