Cleanup

A $2 billion cleanup in Lake Superior to address pollution from historical copper mining is still in the works.

In February, Governor Gretchen Whitmer dispersed the remainder of funds from the Blight Elimination Program throughout Michigan. Northeast Michigan last received funds in September 2023, and the region is still seeing the positive effects today.

Great Lakes Great Responsibility, a cleanup group based in northeast Michigan with work extending throughout the Great Lakes basin, just surpassed collecting 333,000 pieces of trash. This is a third of their goal to collecting one million pieces of trash through the #GreatLakes1Million challenge.

Next week, crews will begin a project to remove contamination from a former burn pit used by Velsicol in mid-Michigan for decades.

The Air Force says it plans to implement new clean up operations in Oscoda that have been long-demanded by residents.

Michigan lawmakers introduced two bills this week that would strengthen the state's polluter pay laws.

A new study found that the scope and number of PFAS-contaminated military sites are outpacing the cleanup budget of the Department of Defense.

Federal officials held a meeting on July 27 to share their clean-up plan for the former Velsicol Plant in St. Louis, Michigan.

The Environmental Protection Agency says it has cleaned some 100-thousand pounds of environmental waste from a Gratiot county superfund site, with no end…

The EPA is beginning work tjhs summer on the fourth and fifth segments of the Tittabawasee River. There are seven that need remediation. Mary Logan is the…