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Utility eyes earlier shutdown of Lake Michigan power plant
-A northern Indiana utility company is looking to shutter a coal-fired power plant along Lake Michigan two years earlier than planned.
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APClimate ChangeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyMajority in US concerned about climate: AP-NORC/EPIC poll
-President Joe Biden heads to a vital U.N. climate summit at a time when a majority of Americans regard the deteriorating climate as a problem of high importance to them, an increase from just a few years ago.
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APCOP26IllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticePritzker to visit UK, tout climate-change efforts next week
-Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker will travel to the United Kingdom next week to discuss the state’s efforts to neutralize climate change while bolstering economic development, his office said Wednesday.
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Billions in environmental justice funds hang in the balance
-Tens of billions of dollars for U.S. environmental justice initiatives originally proposed in a $3.5 trillion domestic spending package now hang in the balance as Democrats decide how to trim the bill down to $2 trillion.
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APMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsCenter in UP to look at impact of oil spills in freshwater
-Lake Superior State University in Michigan’s eastern Upper Peninsula has been selected as a hub for a center that will look at the impacts of oil spills in freshwater environments.
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APDrinking WaterFeature LeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMichigan city declares emergency over lead; governor visits
-Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she visited Benton Harbor on Tuesday to listen to residents who have been urged to use bottled water because of elevated levels of lead in their tap water.
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Enbridge temporarily stops Michigan pipeline due to protests
-The operator of a Michigan oil pipeline said it temporarily shut down Line 5 Tuesday after protesters warned the company that they planned to turn an emergency valve.
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Arbitrator: Official wrongly fired in Flint water scandal
-The only Michigan official fired in the Flint water catastrophe likely was a “public scapegoat” who lost her job because of politics, an arbitrator said in ordering $191,880 in back pay and other compensation.
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APDrinking WaterFeature HomepageForever Chemicals FeaturedNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeEPA unveils strategy to regulate toxic ‘forever chemicals’
-The plan is intended to restrict PFAS from being released into the environment, accelerate cleanup of PFAS-contaminated sites such as military bases and increase investments in research to learn more about where PFAS are found and how their spread can be prevented.
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Lighthouse to allow visitors again for Fitzgerald memorial
-A Lake Superior lighthouse plans to welcome visitors back for an annual memorial honoring the sailors who died when the Edmund Fitzgerald sank.
