New Systems Monitor Great Lakes Algae Blooms including Michigan’s Saginaw Bay
Algae Blooms in Michigan’s Saginaw Bay is now monitored from space.
Pollution
Top 4 Most Consequential Environmental Problems in Michigan
Four major environmental problems in Michigan affect both residents and businesses with the impact that affects the quality of life and economy of the state.
Energy Generation from Waste: Always a Controversial Topic
Energy generation from waste (waste-to-energy plants) has become a common practice recently; the topic, however, always sparks a lot of controversies.
Caseville County Park Beach Now Open
The Huron County Health Department has closed Caseville County Park’s Bathing Beach due to high E.coli levels.
Are the Great Lakes a Microplastic Soup With PFAS On the Side?
The next time you brush your teeth or wash your face you may be contributing to adding plastic into the Great Lakes.
Dioxin Clean Up in Saginaw Bay Watershed
45 Years of Dow Chemical Dioxin Clean Up Dow DuPont is preparing to clean up the last section of the Tittabawassee River in mid-Michigan that has been contaminated with dioxin from past operation of a Dow Chemical plant in Midland Michigan. Dioxin pollution extends across the lower 24 miles of the Tittabawassee River, 22 miles … Read more
Saginaw Bay Pollution – Definitively Contaminated For Over 30 Years
The EPA and the State of Michigan designated the entire region as a potential environmental disaster. The deterioration and pollution were so bad that the label of “Area of Concern” was slapped on the Saginaw Bay in 1987 and has not been lifted for 30 years. We examine what has happened in that time.
Great Lakes Pollution – Saginaw Bay Muck is Poop (#2)
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 Outdated and failing septic tanks, overflow from Bay City and Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations CAFOs.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.
