U.S. EPA

Glyphosate is the best-selling farm chemical ever in American agriculture. $2.8 billion in annual sales and roughly 280 million pounds applied annually on U.S. crop fields, most of it on corn and soybeans in Michigan and other Midwest farm states.

The U.S. EPA strengthened its soot air quality standard from 12 micrograms per liter to 9 micrograms. Members of the Great Lakes Business Network are happy with the rule.

Last month, the Gelman plume became a candidate for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund program. What does this mean for Ann Arbor and Scio Townships?

The use of decabromodiphenyl ether was restricted in 2021. The EPA wants new protections for workers and water in the manufacture of decaBDE.

A government watchdog says EPA officials failed to quickly alert agency leaders about Benton Harbor’s water crisis. The EPA created the so-called “elevation policy” in response to the Flint water crisis.

Local, state, and federal agencies conduct exercises based on worst case scenarios of petroleum spills into the Great Lakes.

USEPA has enhanced its website to better reveal the process of determining risk assessments of new chemicals.

Debra Shore is the EPA's administrator for Region Five, which covers Michigan. She toured part of Flint’s water plant Tuesday.

Included in the slate of impactful Supreme Court rulings is the 6-3 decision in the West Virginia v. EPA case. It would allow the Supreme Court to essentially veto regulations from executive agencies.

For five months, state health officials have told Benton Harbor residents not to drink their tap water. But now that safety message is shifting.