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Carbon Neutrality / Environment / Green Technology

UM launches carbon neutrality commission

ANN ARBOR – Officials at the University of Michigan announced the selection of the President’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality, a team that will recommend how the university will reach the …

Environment / Pollution / Recycling

Dow outlines plastic waste reduction initiatives

MIDLAND – Dow, the Midland-based chemical subsidiary of DowDuPont (NYSE: DWDP),  Tuesday announced several initiatives and investments to prevent and remediate plastic waste in the environment. The initiatives, announced in …

Environment / Water Resources

UM researcher: Flint water crisis ‘most egregious’ example of environmental injustice

ANN ARBOR — The water crisis in Flint is the most egregious example of environmental injustice in recent U.S. history, according to a founder of the movement who has studied …

Drones / Environment / Pollution

DNR: Michigan 1st in nation to use drones to search for PFAS

LANSING — In what is thought to be the first-ever use of drones to search for possible locations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) contamination, the Michigan Department of Environmental …

Environment / University Research

Fishing in greener waters: Understanding the impact of harmful algal blooms on Lake Erie anglers

ANN ARBOR — A new study published by the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research at the University of Michigan provides insights into decisions that Lake Erie anglers make regarding …

Environment / Pollution

Michigan embarks on statewide study of PFAS in water supplies

LANSING — The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART) has announced plans to conduct a state-wide study of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) levels in public water supplies. The $1.7 …

Environment

MDEQ taps top MSU hydrogeologist for state PFAS response

LANSING — The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality announced that Professor David Hyndman, chair of Michigan State University’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, has agreed to assist MDEQ scientists …

Environment / Great Lakes / University Research

Michigan Tech leads study of mercury pollution: ‘When can we eat the fish?’

HOUGHTON — Mercury is a widespread pollutant that travels up the food chain onto people’s dinner plates. Although a global issue, mercury regulations vary worldwide. Depending on where one lives …

Energy / Environment / University Research

MTU’s Meadows updates state officials on Line 5 risk analysis

LANSING — Michigan Technological University’s Guy Meadows provided details on the progress of a proposal for an independent risk analysis of oil pipelines at the bottom of the Straits of …

Environment / Water Resources

Michigan Tech Gets Grant For Research On Coastal Marshes

HOUGHTON — A good thing has come from the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. Some of the proceeds from the penalties assessed are being used …

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