Sewage spill halts Earth Day event near Kalamazoo
From the Associated Press:The Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy has canceled an Earth Day program scheduled for Saturday after more than 600,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled into wetlands near the...
View ArticleA unique music festival in Ann Arbor (video)
""It must be something in the water." - Paul Tinkerhess.Last Sunday, I walked around a neighborhood in Ann Arbor's west side and witnessed a new music phenomenon - the Water Hill Music Festival - where...
View ArticleClarence Clemons, The Big Man In The E Street Band, Has Died
Clarence Clemons, saxophone player for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, has died of complications of a stroke. He was 69.If the above seems abrupt, that's because Clemons's death was abrupt. Unlike...
View ArticleFree water park an oasis for Grand Rapids neighborhood
The two acre park is a step towards the city’s goal to have every Grand Rapids resident live within ¼ mile of some kind of greenspace. That goal has been difficult to achieve since nearly all of the...
View ArticleCurrent beach closures and advisories around Michigan
When bacteria levels get high, county health departments close the beaches. The latest news of a beach closure is on Lake St. Clair:A week after the Macomb County Health Department gave the all-clear...
View ArticleGrowing the region's clean economy
The clean economy is touted as a future economic driver of the region. But a new report shows that while Ohio and Illinois have added jobs to the clean economy, Michigan is the only state to have lost...
View ArticleMichigan State leading multistate freshwater study
A Michigan State University scientist is leading a team of researchers to study how lakes, streams and wetlands are connected to their surroundings.Associate professor of fisheries and wildlife...
View ArticleWater monitoring system in jeopardy
A system that monitors the quality of drinking water for 3 million people in southeast Michigan is in danger of being shut down for lack of money.Monitoring stations are located in Lake Saint Clair,...
View ArticleThe future of Southeast Michigan's drinking water (part 1)
If you live in southeast Michigan, chances are you get your water through Detroit’s municipal water system.Detroit owns and operates the system that serves more than three million people. That’s long...
View ArticleThe future of southeast Michigan's drinking water (part 2)
Detroit’s water department has been under federal oversight for almost 35 years. Recently, the city tried to get that oversight lifted. But the federal judge who monitors the department shot that...
View ArticleMacomb County officials avert drinking water monitoring system shutdown – for...
It looks like a system that monitors drinking water for at least three million people in southeast Michigan will stay online for another year.The monitoring system gives early alerts if chemical spills...
View ArticleMSU Study: Minorities pay more for water in Michigan
A new study indicates racial minorities pay more for water and sewer service than whites in Michigan.Michigan State University researchers looked at what people across the state paid for water and...
View ArticleMassive Lake Huron water pipeline moving forward
There's a plan for the third biggest Great Lake, Huron, to be tapped by a 72 to 78 inch pipeline.The Karegnondi Water Authority (KWA) is planning to start construction on a pipeline that will carry...
View ArticleWater Hill 2012: Creating a new spring music tradition in Ann Arbor (Video)
This past Sunday marked the second successful Water Hill Music Festival.Named after the west-side Ann Arbor neighborhood that hosts it, the festival features local musicians playing on porches while...
View ArticleIn this morning's Michigan news headlines. . .
Lower lake levels-- the good and bad news
View ArticleFlint is giving its poorer residents a break on their water bills
The city of Flint is reducing the water bills for its poorest residents.Beginning July 1st, city homeowners who already qualify for Flint’s poverty exemption for property taxes will get a $53 break on...
View ArticleReport warns corrosive tar sands oil boosts risks of pipeline spills
Update 5:30 p.m.The NRDC responded to the ECRB statement saying they "stand by the information provided in the report - which is well documented and reviewed." From the NRDC statement:The lack of...
View ArticleDetroit city council votes to increase top pay for city Water Department...
The next director of Detroit’s Water and Sewerage Department might earn a quarter million dollars a year. The Detroit city council voted to increase the job’s salary cap today by nearly $100 thousand....
View Article$26.5 million goes to central Michigan city polluted by chemical company
Land and groundwater in the city of St. Louis, Michigan has been contaminated with chemicals from the Velsicol Chemical Company.Now the city will get $26.5 million to help set up a new water supply...
View ArticleSource of gasoline leak found
Update 2:03 p.m.Officials say the gasoline leak has been stopped. Still no word on how much fuel leaked from the storage tank.From the Associated Press:Officials say they've stopped a gasoline leak in...
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