Blog categorized as Environment

Animal rights activists packed the Natural Resource Commission meeting Thursday to speak out against adding nine animals to the nuisance list, which would allow killing and trapping them in certain situations without a permit.

Sen. Sue Shink (D-Ann Arbor) is aiming to revoke a nearly 7-year-old ban in Michigan prohibiting local governments from adopting ordinances that outlawed plastic bags and other disposable containers.

Since the Mackinac Bridge Authority began replacing the bridge’s original deck grating and selling the historic pieces along the way, one piece has made it all the way to the South Pole for the holiday season.

A former Port Huron paper manufacturer is facing a lawsuit seeking monetary damages for remediating contamination.