‘Welcome to the rodeo’: Bridge Magazine gets first-hand look at Michigan regulators’ efforts to learn more about toxins in ‘forever chemicals’ by killing and testing fish.
Jim Malewitz
Jim Malewitz is the former environmental reporter for Bridge.
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Michigan environment roundup: Lake sturgeon on the rebound
The latest can’t-miss journalism about natural resources in Michigan and the Great Lakes.
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Climate change could bring woe to Michigan’s lakes, farms, forests
More than heat, unchecked climate change could worsen crop yields, infrastructure and air pollution. Here’s what researchers say could happen in Michigan in coming decades.
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Michigan environment roundup: Expect severe algae blooms on Lake Erie
The latest can’t-miss journalism about natural resources in Michigan and the Great Lakes.
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Enbridge begins geological work for Line 5 tunnel, despite Nessel lawsuit
The energy giant will begin geological sampling this week in the Straits of Mackinac, two weeks after Attorney General Dana Nessel filed a lawsuit to shut down the dual Line 5 pipelines while separately blocking a $500 million tunnel plan to protect them.
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Lyme disease is spreading across Michigan. But why?
Officials are increasingly finding disease-carrying ticks in new places across the state. Experts aren’t exactly sure why, but they have some ideas.
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Michigan AG Dana Nessel files lawsuit to shut down Line 5 in Mackinac Straits
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is seeking court order to decommission Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac, citing a “continual threat of grave harm” to the Great Lakes. Separately, she’s seeking to dismiss an Enbridge lawsuit to uphold an agreement to bury the pipelines in a bedrock tunnel.
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Michigan congresswoman pushes national plan to fix recycling woes
U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens, a Michigan Democrat, co-sponsored a budget amendment that would direct the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to draw up a plan to boost recycling nationwide. The legislation has cleared the House.
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Commercial fishing is sinking fast in Michigan. Time for more regulations?
Sportfishing is booming in Michigan, while fewer than two dozen commercial businesses tie their livelihoods to the Great Lakes. The industry has a rich heritage, but some say it’s time to ‘pull the plug on the horse and carriage industry.’
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Dana Nessel's office drops charges in Flint water contamination case
Charges against the state’s former top doctor and former health director have been dropped but could be refiled, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says.