Category: Environment News

Environment News feature stories and posts dealing with environmental concerns of the Great Lakes, Michigan and Upper Thumb region. This included Water Quality and Pollution in the upper Great Lakes.

Check our environmental news posts from those highlighted below.

Dioxin Clean Up in Saginaw Bay Watershed

Posted on October 27, 2018November 22, 2021 by Michael Hardy

45 Years of Dow Chemical Dioxin Clean Up Dow DuPont is preparing to clean up the last section of the

Microplastic In Water – 4 Critical Areas of Perspective With Our Drinking Water?

Posted on March 15, 2018March 14, 2023 by Michael Hardy

The study sampled bottled water from various locations around the globe. They pointed the cause of contamination was partly the result of plastic packaging, and partly the fault of the bottling process. The survey included brands like Nestle, Aquafina, San Pellegrino, Dasani and Evian.

Local Brewing is Sustainable and Tasty

Posted on August 28, 2017November 25, 2021 by Michael Hardy

The scenario for globalized worlds need to become local. The reason I pose the need for localization aligning with the effect on beer, because what would the world be without beer.

Asian Carp – It’s Time to Consider a $20 Bounty

Posted on May 19, 2017November 26, 2021 by Michael Hardy

ThumbWind.com advocates placing a $10-20 bounty on each and every Asian Carp caught in the Great Lakes Region.

Great Lakes Pollution – Saginaw Bay Muck is Poop (#2)

Posted on May 16, 2017May 12, 2022 by Michael Hardy

2017 marks 30 years since Michigan’s Saginaw Bay was deemed an Area of Concern. Outdated and failing septic tanks, overflow from Bay City and Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations CAFOs. Experts confirmed local suspicions of what exactly is in the muck that has been appearing on beaches.

Nestle Takes Millions of Gallons of Michigan’s Water for $200

Posted on February 25, 2017November 27, 2021 by Michael Hardy

Nestle’s operations in Michigan allow the Swiss company to pump and sell millions of gallons of fresh water from aquafers for only $200 a year.

Water from Thin Air

Posted on September 25, 2016November 27, 2021 by Michael Hardy

When Ford Motor’s Doug Martin read about a billboard in Lima, Peru, that turned humidity into drinking water for the

6 Lies and Half – Truths about Great Lakes Water Use

Posted on July 18, 2016January 20, 2023 by Michael Hardy

Recently the blogosphere and news sites have been bristling that Barack Obama somehow has just now starting to allow water from Great Lakes region to be pumped and sold to China. What’s worse is that none of these blog authors are checking the facts. Their lazy practice is to re-blog someone else’s post.

Nestle Bottling Plant in Michigan to Aid in Flint Water Crisis

Posted on January 9, 2016November 22, 2021 by Michael Hardy

In 2016 thre were calls to then Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, to ask Nestle for assistance in bringing bottled water to Flint Michigan.

Flint’s poor and black residents do not have access to safe drinking water due to lead contamination.

Canada Feds “OK” Proposed Nuclear Waste Site near Lake Huron

Posted on November 24, 2015November 26, 2021 by Michael Hardy

Ontario Power proposes to bury 200,000 cubic meters of low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste from its nuclear power plants in a thick layer of limestone 680 meters below ground, about a kilometer from Lake Huron.