pollution

In northwest Indiana, there’s a 20-mile stretch of Lake Michigan that’s dominated by industry. It’s some of the dirtiest water in the lake, but it's also home to some of the biggest waves anywhere on the Great Lakes. Despite the pollution, there’s a dedicated group of surfers who keep flocking to this area. And one day, after a really big chemical spill from one of the factories, the surfers decide to do something about it.

Microplastics are everywhere. But after accidentally combining materials in a lab, scientists at the University of Michigan are on the cusp of discovering a new method to capture and remove microplastics from water. Researching it takes time, money, and repeated set backs.

The Michigan Supreme Court sided with state regulators this week in a dispute with industrial livestock farms.

There's a scene in the 1967 film The Graduate where a well-meaning friend of the family pulls Dustin Hoffman's character aside at his graduation party,...

It's an especially precarious time for Lake Erie's future. That's according to Jeffrey Reutter , an aquatic biologist and limnologist from Ohio State...

There are a lot of former industrial sites in Michigan that need to be cleaned up. The pollution left behind in one town in the middle of Michigan is...

State and federal officials are celebrating the completion of a twenty-year river cleanup effort in southeast Michigan. The River Raisin was once one of...

We often hear about the economic costs of environmental regulation on the energy industry. But there’s a flip side to that equation — the price society...

Back in December, there was a toxic spill in Detroit. In my kitchen. It was a Sunday morning. My kids were watching a cartoon. I was reading the paper....