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State, nonprofit grants to boost Detroit recycling efforts
-Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy will give the city more than $458,000. Another $325,000 is coming from The Recycling Partnership to increase participation in curbside and multifamily recycling programs.
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Cleanup of Detroit “green goo” contaminated site expected to cost millions
-According to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, efforts to contain the leak at the Electro-Plating Services Inc. site in Madison Heights has cost at least $200,000 over 24 days.
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Superfund cleanup considered for Detroit ‘green goo’ site
-The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy said an evaluation of the Electro-Plating Services Inc. site will be completed this spring.
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EPA: Lead, uranium found after Detroit River aggregate spill
-The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy said in a statement Thursday that the EPA’s testing of soil and water at the Detroit Bulk Storage detected “many heavy metals including uranium.”
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EPA collects 11K gallons of water from Detroit contaminated site
-High levels of multiple contaminants were found in soil and groundwater at a site in Madison Heights when an inspection was launched after brightly-colored ooze was seen last month seeping through a concrete barrier along Interstate 696.
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APIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMichiganNewsU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsOfficials extend comment period on Kalamazoo River cleanup
-Federal officials are giving the public more time to comment on a Kalamazoo River cleanup settlement that was announced last month.
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Enbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesForever Chemicals FeaturedGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsMounting Pressure: Groups call on Michigan governor to lead on key Great Lakes issues
-What will Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s 2020 look like, with her new role as the chair of the Great Lakes Compact’s council, in addition to handling bottled water legislation and Line 5 lawsuits?
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Water authority: Some metals not detected after Detroit River aggregate spill
-Initial water quality tests following the spill of limestone construction aggregate into the Detroit River did not turn up uranium, thorium, mercury or lead, according to the Great Lakes Water Authority.
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APIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake SuperiorMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMichigan State: Crews to begin dredging Lake Superior harbor
-Crews were expected to start removing more copper mining waste rock known as stamp sands that have built up in an Upper Peninsula waterway and threaten an important fish spawning area, according to state officials.
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Plenty of contaminants found at Detroit-area industrial site
-An inspection of an old industrial site in suburban Detroit was triggered by the discovery of a yellow-green substance along a major interstate.
