asian carp

Tags: Army Corps of Engineers, asian carp, Durant, Great Lakes, Hoekstra, PWIR, RES

A new sulfide mine may be built a mere two miles from Lake Superior, Asian carp are at the threshold of Lake Michigan, and Pete Hoekstra sees no problem with drilling under the Great Lakes. You'd think we were writing on the day following Halloween, not Mother's Day, with this kind of news.

Tags: 25 by 25, asian carp, land cap bill, michigan supreme court, PWIR, RES

We talked about the Land Cap Bill a lot in the last edition. Since then, and largely because of your help, the issue really took off statewide with the Free Press and others weighing in on our side. No one likes the land cap.

Tags: 25by25, asian carp, cherry crop, climate change, coal, PWIR, Renewable Energy, RES, underground storage tanks

Tags: asian carp, clean energy, PWIR, RES

Michigan is certainly in the national limelight this week as Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum criss-cross the state vying for the Republican Presidential nomination. They've had plenty to say, but little has been good news for Michigan's environment, which makes us wonder: Where are the Republicans that Teddy Roosevelt would be proud to endorse?

In this Political Week in Review: 

Tags: asian carp, Great Lakes, PWIR, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Standard

Finally! Thanks to the Great Lakes Commission, we finally have a gameplan on how to restore

Tags: asian carp, clean energy, coal, Great Lakes, mercury, PWIR, sulfide mining

That beautiful lake in Northern Michigan you love so much? Don’t eat the fish. Elevated levels of mercury - generally a result of coal plant pollution - were reported this week for the Great Lakes and 150 of Michigan’s most remarkable inland lakes. On a more positive note, though, before the Legislature dashed out of Lansing for the holidays, they finally passed a bill to establish greater coordination fighting invasive species in the Great Lakes.