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1 day ago | 
bridgemi.com | Emilio Perez Ibarguen
‘Forever chemicals’ were found in mussel tissues at 106 out of 120 sampling sites across the Great LakesThe highest average PFAS concentration was in Lake Michigan mussels, followed by the Niagara River, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and the Detroit RiverNewer PFAS alternatives in the lakes represent an ‘impending storm,’ one researcher said. Every summer throughout the mid 2010s, researchers scoured the Great Lakes in search of PFAS contamination.
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2 days ago | 
bridgedetroit.com | Emilio Perez Ibarguen |Lauren Abdel-Razzaq
Michigan beer and pop buyers increasingly aren’t bothering to return their bottles and cans to get their deposit back, and in the process left more than $116 million dollars on the table last year. Records released this month indicate that 70.4% of 10-cent deposits put down at grocery store checkout lines were refunded in 2024. That’s the lowest percentage since the Department of Treasury started tracking deposits in 1990.
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4 days ago | 
bridgemi.com | Emilio Perez Ibarguen
Brice Rolston places an empty plastic bottle into a bottle deposit machine in the recycling center at a grocery store in Ann Arbor. ‘I normally try to save cans and take them to some of the local Girl Scouts,’ Rolston said. Michigan’s bottle return rate has plummeted since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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5 days ago | 
michiganpublic.org | Emilio Perez Ibarguen |Bridge Michigan
Flint is nearly done digging up and replacing all lead pipes under the city, nearly 11 years after the water crisisActivists and residents marked the milestone at a gathering last week where celebration was mixed with uncertaintyFlint has seen bright spots recently, including a small uptick in residents last year.
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1 week ago | 
michiganpublic.org | Emilio Perez Ibarguen |Bridge Michigan
Michigan won’t meet its 2025 deadline to reduce the phosphorus pollution that feeds toxic blooms in Lake Erie On Tuesday, the state released its updated plan to fight pollution, but didn’t set a new deadline Environmentalists say that the plan won’t be enough unless governments force farmers to reduce pollution Michigan and its neighbors have missed a 2025 deadline to curb the farm pollution that feeds toxic cyanobacterial blooms in western Lake Erie, despite 10 years of work and millions of...
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1 week ago | 
michiganpublic.org | Emilio Perez Ibarguen |Bridge Michigan
The Great Lakes have started warming up, although they won’t reach their warmest until late August and are slightly cooler than usual. Lake Superior is the coldest of the lakes and takes longer to warm, while Lake Erie warms the quickest. Michiganders can expect warmer-than-normal temperatures over the next few months.
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1 week ago | 
bridgemi.com | Emilio Perez Ibarguen
The Great Lakes have started warming up, although they won’t reach their warmest until late August and are slightly cooler than usual. Lake Superior is the coldest of the lakes and takes longer to warm, while Lake Erie warms the quickest. Michiganders can expect warmer-than-normal temperatures over the next few months.
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1 week ago | 
bridgemi.com | Emilio Perez Ibarguen
Flint is nearly done digging up and replacing all lead pipes under the city, nearly 11 years after the water crisisActivists and residents marked the milestone at a gathering last week where celebration was mixed with uncertaintyFlint has seen bright spots recently, including a small uptick in residents last year.
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2 weeks ago | 
bridgemi.com | Emilio Perez Ibarguen
Michigan won’t meet its 2025 deadline to reduce the phosphorus pollution that feeds toxic algal blooms in Lake Erie On Tuesday, the state released its updated plan to fight pollution, but didn’t set a new deadline Environmentalists say that the plan won’t be enough unless governments force farmers reduce pollution Michigan and its neighbors have missed a 2025 deadline to curb the farm pollution that feeds toxic algal blooms in western Lake Erie, despite 10 years of work and millions of...
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3 weeks ago | 
bridgemi.com | Emilio Perez Ibarguen
A nonprofit in northern Michigan aims to raise $200,000 to help farmers repair damaged property after a devastating ice storm in March Meanwhile, farmers and other residents are waiting to see if the state approves a $100 million relief package and if federal aid will come in The money up for grabs pales in comparison to the total damages caused by the storm After a once-in-a-lifetime ice storm tore through northern Michigan weeks ago, David Coveyou woke up to discover trees strewn across his...
