environment

Cigarette butts are one of the most common kind of plastic pollution found on Great Lakes beaches.

The programs focus on environmental education. In some communities, they are one of very few afternoon and summer childcare options.

The Traverse City nonprofit runs programs in schools that often don't have other free summer or after-school options.

The meeting comes after controversy over the practice of land applying septic system waste as a type of fertilizer.

Waste from the energy-producing digester was at the center of the disagreement.

One scientist thinks the next two decades could bring a higher risk for more frequent, severe freezing rain events.

The complaint says the proposed expansion will, “result in various pollutants raining down on the headwaters of the Au Sable, one of the most famous trout streams in the United States.”

Last month's federal staffing cuts and hiring freezes threatened the sea lamprey control program. Now, it has permission to rehire the staff it originally planned to.

How we understand the Great Lakes could change according to a new study.

The conflict has led to a lot of questions and confusion, and could be discussed at a meeting this week.