Contaminants
Advocates push ban of chemicals in food packaging
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Some lawmakers and environmental advocates want to ban chemicals in food packaging that they say threatens the health of Michiganders.
COVID-19
Christkindlmarket returns to Chicago, the wait continues in Milwaukee
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A beloved German holiday tradition, Christkindlmarket, will return to Chicago this year and celebrate its 25th anniversary after being cancelled in 2020 due to COVID-19.
Echo
The drive for bare pavement shaped winter roads public policy
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By Hannah Brock
Author Timothy Kneeland was 14 years old when snow piled 20 to 30 feet high over four days in his small town outside of Buffalo, New York. The Great Lakes’ snow belt brought havoc to the Buffalo area on Jan. 28, 1977. The storm was the first to be declared a federal emergency disaster declaration for snow. More than 40 years later, Kneeland documented the experience and how it impacted public policy with his book “Declaring Disaster: Buffalo’s Blizzard of ‘77 and the Creation of FEMA” (Syracuse University Press, $24.95).
Echo
Nail salon working hazards exposed
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A recent study revealed unsafe working conditions in some Michigan nail salons, the consequence of working with hazardous chemicals and not knowing how to handle them properly.
Art
New book preserves relationship with plants through at-home herbalism
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Cohen will be at Howe Memorial Library in Breckinridge, Michigan, on Nov. 15 from 6 to 7 p.m. presenting “Making Teas, Tinctures and Oils at Home.”
COVID-19
New owners hold on to pandemic pets
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The peak of the pandemic brought unfamiliar free time that led many people to adopt a pet. As life returns closer to normal and in-person activities resume, these new owners continue to embrace their pandemic pets.
Echo
Great Lakes groups hope EPA regional administrator revitalizes infrastructure, morale
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Environmental groups say they hope that a new Environmental Protection Agency administrator for the Great Lakes region works to restore infrastructure while revitalizing an agency they say is depleted and demoralized.
Echo
New book spotlights Native American women’s band on Mackinac Island
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The book tells the history of the Agatha Biddle Band, a band of primarily Native American women who lived on Michigan’s Mackinac Island in the 1800s.
Echo
Indigenous entrepreneurs reclaim food system
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When Ziibimijwang Farm sells maple sugar at Minongin Market in Mackinaw City, it’s more than a business transaction – it represents Indigenous food sovereignty.
Echo
Proposed body cameras on Michigan conservation officers draw opposition
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The bill by state Rep. Beau LaFave, R-Iron Mountain, would require conservation officers to wear body cameras while working in the field.