Twenty-two Michigan dams will receive grant funding to help reduce risks and protect residents. The funding is through the Dam Risk Reduction Grant Program (DRRGP) as authorized by the Michigan Legislature. This grant program aims to provide private owners …
Today’s MI Environment story, by Scott Whitcomb, director of the Office of Public Lands at the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, is from the State of the Great Lakes report. To keep up to date on what the State of Michigan is doing to implement the …
Lead service line replacements in River Rouge and Ironwood, and water system improvements in villages, cities, and towns throughout the state are the goals of more than $28.6 million in state grants recently awarded to Michigan communities. The MI Clean …
Joint Press Release City of Flint and Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy FLINT, Mich.—The City of Flint and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) have worked to develop a new administrative consent …
News media contact: Matt Helms 517-284-8300 Customer Assistance: 800-292-9555 The application period has opened for funding through a state program designed to help ensure the supply adequacy and affordability of propane in Michigan, where more than …
Local and state leaders from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), Michigan Infrastructure Office (MIO), City of Detroit, and community organizations are celebrating a historic $156 million investment in solar energy by …
Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) Director Phil Roos toured the Marquette Area Wastewater Treatment Facility to celebrate improvements enabled by a $12.5 million loan supported by EGLE’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund. …
The State of Michigan has been allotted $61.9 million by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for lead water service line removal projects. This announcement came on the heels of a report giving Michigan an “A” grade in integrating water equity …
Today’s MI Environment story, by Dr. Tim Boring, director, and Michelle Selzer, of the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, is from the State of the Great Lakes report. EGLE staffer conducts algae bloom sampling from Lake Erie …
While a DJ cued up everything from ABBA to Taylor Swift at Michigan State University (MSU)’s Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center auditorium in East Lansing, 150-plus Michigan high school and middle school students moved to the beat, chatted excitedly, and …
Today’s MI Environment story by Mollie Mahoney, of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is from the State of the Great Lakes report. Construction continues on a new ship passage at the Soo Locks. Photo courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District …
Today’s MI Environment story is based on a press release issued by the Department of Technology, Management and Budget. Mike Neller, director of EGLE's Remediation and Redevelopment Division, EGLE Director Phil Roos, and Kirby Shane, director of EGLE…
EGLE to launch the Michigan Renewable Energy Academy to provide community support Michigan is set to launch the Michigan Renewable Energy Academy (REA) with new resources from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. The State will receive $1.9 million …
Ahead of Drone Safety Day, MI Environment is featuring Art Ostaszewski, the drone pilot program coordinator at the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE). Art Ostaszewski, EGLE's drone pilot program coordinator, is featured …
Schools in Yale and St. Joseph, Michigan were honored this week with Environmental Service Awards (ESA). The annual ESA competition in sponsored by the Michigan departments of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), Natural Resources, and Agriculture …
Five Michiganders joined federal officials Monday for an event celebrating the creation of the American Climate Corps and federal climate action --- Corps member Za’Nyia Kelly of Detroit shares her story, introduces President Biden Michigan’s brand new MI …
Environmental stewardship and education were front and center at 343 Michigan schools recently recognized as Michigan Green Schools, an increase of 37 schools over 2023. Students part of the Green Club at Amanda Moore Elementary School in Romeo, Mich. …
The 2024 Earth Day poster contest judges had a very difficult time deciding upon winning posters. The contest, which is for kindergarten through fifth grade students, received 286 stunning entries. Posters entered in the contest came from all over the …
In recognition of Earth Week, more than 200 Michigan middle- and high-schoolers will gather on Thursday, April 25, for the state’s first-ever Earth Day Student Summit. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) will host the day …
$290 million expansion of the MI Clean Water Plan announced Monday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy supports critical water infrastructure projects like lead service line removals, rehabilitation …
