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ESD sets 32nd annual Solid Waste Technical Conference

SOUTHFIELD–The Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD) and the Michigan Waste and Recycling Association (MWRA) are hosting the 32nd Annual Solid Waste Technical Conference Tuesday, March 14 at the Kellogg Hotel and …

Environment / Natural Resources / Pollution

State, feds, tribes settle with Dow on wildlife restoration

LANSING—Under an agreement with federal, state and tribal governments, the Dow Chemical Co. will settle an environmental complaint for an estimated $77 million in projects and funding that will restore …

Environmental Justice / Pollution

UM study reveals hot spots of environmental injustice across Michigan

ANN ARBOR—A new study by a University of Michigan student team has identified “hot spots” of environmental injustice across the state. U.S. Census tracts in Detroit, Grand Rapids, Flint, Saginaw, …

Photo of a 2011 algae bloom on Lake Erie by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon -- NASA
Great Lakes / Pollution / Water Resources

UM report details phosphorus sources—both urban and agricultural—in Detroit River watershed

ANN ARBOR—Though the Detroit River delivers one-quarter of the phosphorus that flows into Lake Erie, there’s never been a detailed accounting of the nutrient’s urban and agricultural sources across the …

Pollution / Water Resources

State PFAS effort leads to improving water quality in Kalamazoo River

LANSING –The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality announced that it will allow the city of Kalamazoo to reduce the frequency of monitoring for per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at its …

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 …

Pollution / University Research / Water Resources

Diamond technology at MSU cleans up PFAS-contaminated wastewater

EAST LANSING — More than 1.5 million Michigan residents and potentially more than hundreds of sites nationwide ­– and counting – have PFAS-tainted water. Now, the Michigan State University-Fraunhofer USA …

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 …

Oil Industry / Pollution / University Research

Line 5 spill would be huge disaster, new state report says

LANSING — Michigan state agencies have released for public comment a draft independent analysis of the impacts of a potential oil spill from Enbridge Line 5 in the Straits of …

Civil Engineering / Environmental Engineering / Pollution / Water Resources

Break it down: Understanding chemical byproducts in water treatment

HOUGHTON — Synthetic chemicals are ever-present in modern life — in our medications, cosmetics and clothing — but what happens to them when they enter our municipal water supplies? We …

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