This is the latest in a series of intense wildfire seasons in Canada — and smoky springs and summers in the Midwest.

The creators of the CLEANR filtration system says it can remove 90% of microplastics from the wash cycle. Studies show washing machines are a primary source of microplastic pollution.

Lake Erie is plagued by toxic cyanobacterial blooms fed by phosphorus runoff from farm fields. Michigan is struggling to reduce the pollution by 40%.

Residents want to know if the area’s industrial past is tied to Marion County health department study findings.

More energy news with a Michigan coal plant ordered to stay open and Ohio’s new energy law bringing big changes.

The Army Corps says Line 5 project would pose short-term effects to surface water, as well as permanent wetland loss.

House Bill 15 forbids settlements to close or curtail ​“base load” power plants, which exclude renewables. The law may pave ...

A powerful account of Ojibwe leaders Chief Blackstone and his son Bakindeghiizhik. A family legacy of challenging narratives ...

One day in the early 1980s, diver Tom Farnquist was exploring the shipwrecked SS Comet in Lake Superior. Tom was there with members of his local historical society. They were filming the wreck, when ...

Because many of the standard scientific practices of the time conflicted with the Tribe’s cultural beliefs, the Tribe ...

Microplastics are an urgent issue in the Great Lakes. Learn what’s causing them, how it affects health and what you can do.

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