Michigan House Republicans want to make it easier for farmers to withdraw large quantities of groundwater— and exempt water use data from public view. The bill, if passed, could also benefit Nestlé.
Jim Malewitz
Jim Malewitz is the former environmental reporter for Bridge.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Effort afoot to keep Michigan lawmakers’ hands off cash for public lands
Lawmakers are eying big changes to the Natural Resources Trust Fund, which has invested more than $1 billion for protecting, expanding and developing public lands in every Michigan county.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Slideshow: Explore projects funded by Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund
From Detroit to the Upper Peninsula, the fund has paid to acquire land in every Michigan county.
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Michigan environment roundup: Canadian trash, solar squabbles, nuclear history
This week’s can’t-miss journalism about Michigan’s natural resources.
Posted inQuality of Life
Did a Michigan campus narrowly avert a massacre like the Florida shooting?
We’ve all seen the horrible scenes from a Florida high school. But similar carnage may have visited Lansing Community College in November. But then a worried friend called police.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Coal is dead. A Michigan town is at center of battle over what’s next.
Once a dominant fuel in Michigan, coal-fired power is fading fast, with major implications for air quality and the communities that rely on them for jobs. A squabble over a proposed $1 billion natural gas plant in St. Clair County illustrates a broader debate about what comes next.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Here’s where Michigan governor candidates stand on funding toxic cleanups
Bridge Magazine asked eight candidates — four Republicans and four Democrats — about how to pay to clean 7,300 toxic sites across Michigan
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Michigan Environmental Roundup: Toxic vapors, Great Lakes sanctuary, Legionnaires’ outbreak.
This week’s can’t-miss journalism about Michigan’s natural resources.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Senator wants to defang the ‘radical’ Michigan DEQ. He just may do so.
Powerful Sen. Tom Casperson wants to give industry the power to override decisions from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, which he says pushes a “radical left-wing agenda.”
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Michigan Environmental Roundup: Ice jams, Lake Michigan and shipwrecks
This week’s can’t-miss journalism about Michigan’s natural resources.