The U.S. Supreme court wants lower courts and agencies to restrict the kinds of environmental issues should be used in permitting infrastructure.

The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement needs to be updated to address the urgent issue of microplastic pollution. Scientists suspect high levels of microplastics in the Great Lakes because they are landlocked, and closer to people, which are the main source of plastic pollution.

Roundup is widely used on U.S. farms, despite lawsuits, health warnings, and billions in payouts over cancer claims. Circle of Blue Senior Editor and Chief Correspondent Keith Schneider weighs in on the science, politics, and future of glyphosate in Michigan’s agriculture under the Trump administration.

Locals have been pushing for more aggressive solutions to the Gelman plume, but the company isn't required to fully clean it up. EPA intervention could change that — if it survives Trump 2.0.

A pro-clean energy group says the U.S. House reconciliation budget bill would virtually halt industry development of large-scale solar, wind and battery storage projects in Michigan and the nation.

Since the 1990s, cyanobacterial blooms have become increasingly common each summer in western Lake Erie. The blooms are cause by an overabundance of nutrients, namely phosphorus, that spills into the lake off farms.

The Great Lakes temperatures are slightly cooler than typical for this time of year. Overall climate change is causing the lake temperatures to increase.

A deep dive into the history of contamination by the Gelman plume in Ann Arbor. We hear about how it started, its impacts to water and human health, and what's being done about it today.

Rita Loch-Caruso and the Yale Superfund Research Center want to use Ann Arbor’s case study to learn more about what they call “another forever chemical.” There’s a lot to learn and a surprising amount that isn’t known.

An update on the toxic chemical Gelman plume nearing Ann Arbor's drinking water source, Detroit and other Michigan regions are sinking, a local play examines the relationship between technology consumers, and technology creators and preview of the 2025 Mackinac Policy Conference.