Garret M. Ellison
Environment Reporter at MLive
Michigan journalist covering the environment, natural resources and the Great Lakes for @MLive, @GRPress & @Kzoo_Gazette
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
mlive.com | Garret M. Ellison
BOYNE FALLS, MI — Republican U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman is pushing the Trump administration to approve a long-term hydroelectric dam license for Boyne Mountain that would avoid requirements for public access to a Boyne River impoundment which the resort hopes to build new accommodations around.
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3 weeks ago |
mlive.com | Sheri McWhirter |Garret M. Ellison
JACKSON, MI – Consumers Energy is officially in negotiations to sell a fleet of costly hydroelectric dams it says are too expensive to operate. According to a request to raise electric rates filed with Michigan regulators this week, the utility company has entered negotiations for a potential sale of its river hydro generation fleet, which includes 13 dams and associated facilities.
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3 weeks ago |
mlive.com | Garret M. Ellison
LANSING, MI — The state of Michigan has tripled the list of lakes and rivers where high concentrations of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ make the fish unsafe to eat. This spring, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) lowered the screening values it uses to calculate the risk of eating fish meat contaminated by a compound called PFOS, which is part of the PFAS chemical group.
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3 weeks ago |
mlive.com | Garret M. Ellison
NEWYAGO COUNTY, MI —After The Great Flood of 1986 broke the White Cloud Dam, the city fought the state to save it. But Lake White Cloud, a 42-acre pond where generations gathered to swim, fish and play, sat empty until 1990. Nearly 40 years later, White Cloud is facing a repeat of sorts.
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4 weeks ago |
mlive.com | Garret M. Ellison
DETROIT, MI — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says environmental risks from building an Enbridge oil pipeline tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac are tied largely to its construction after the agency eliminated any consideration of climate impacts posed by building more fossil fuel infrastructure from its long-awaited environmental review.
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