As plastic items dominate beach littering, Alliance for the Great Lakes’ says we need to ramp up reusable items and sustainable packaging. What about personal responsibility?

Most Michigan wetlands have been destroyed, even as climate change means we need their benefits. Here’s how groups are ...

There’s a whole lot of energy stuff happening in Michigan. The push to restart the Palisades nuclear reactor in the ...

An elaborate system for tracking fish movements is rewriting our understanding of how fish use the Great Lakes.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear a case that could have sweeping effects on state environmental regulators’ authority to force businesses to clean up PFAS pollution under the state’s spills law.

Akron-based organizations are working to reduce food waste, and greenhouse gas emissions, by diverting food scraps from landfills to compost piles.

Nic Theisen has spent his days on his hands and knees in the dirt farming. It’s a tough way to make a living, and for years Nic didn’t always know if the farm would make it. Until something big ...

Six states were selected by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), to be awarded $5 million in order to test residents for environmental chemical exposures — like PFAS. Four out of the six states ...

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For more than 20 years, Nic Theisen has spent his days on his hands and knees in the dirt farming. It’s a tough way to make a living, and for years Nic didn’t always know if the farm would make it.

Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in the Great Lakes region.