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 …
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) today announced $102,273 through 27 grants to local governments and nonprofit organizations for stream cleanup and monitoring through the Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps) Program. …
While you tackle some spring cleaning this season, be sure to go through your medicine cabinet to dispose of old and unneeded medications from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Take Back Day locations on Saturday, April 27. Prescription medications ready to be recycled …
Today’s Fast Five edition of MI Environment talks with Eric Oswald, director of EGLE’s Drinking Water & Environmental Health Division (DWEHD), about his career and how changes to EGLE’s approach to regulating drinking water are yielding the desired …
Last week, the Biden-Harris Administration issued the first-ever national, legally enforceable drinking water standard to protect communities from exposure to harmful per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as "forever chemicals." …
Today's story is the latest in a series from NextCycle Michigan, an EGLE initiative. Nathan Skibbe, the vice chair of the Alpena Resource Recovery Board and Alpena Township supervisor, at the NextCycle Michigan Showcase 2022. The challenge Just …
Newly announced awards of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) dollars in two national programs mark a significant step toward channeling millions of dollars in clean energy financing to households, small businesses, nonprofits, and other organizations in …
Today’s MI Environment story by Christe Alwin, a supervisor of EGLE’s Water Resource Division’s Stormwater Permits Unit, is from the State of the Great Lakes report. During a single August 2023 storm, more than five inches of rain pounded Southeast …
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) will host the 2024 MI Healthy Climate Conference May 16-17 in Lansing. More than 600 attendees, representing local, state, federal, and tribal governments; universities; nonprofits; …
New water mains in Ecorse, sewer line upgrades in Benton Harbor, and lead service line replacements in multiple communities are the goals of more than $91 million in state grants recently awarded to Michigan communities. The MI Clean Water Plan grants …
In 2021, Wisconsin fish researchers identified a big mystery in a tiny fish. Sampling data from rainbow smelt caught in Lake Superior showed unusually high levels of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), a harmful chemical that is part of a group of compounds …
To reduce the amount of contamination in some East Lansing households’ curbside recycling by nearly one-quarter, all it took were smarts – of the nonhuman kind. Flyer from East Lansing's artificial intelligence robotic recycling program. A 24-week …
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