environment

In observance of Radon Action Month, Kent County Health Department is encouraging residents to test for the radioactive gas in homes. Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States claiming the lives of more than 20,000 Americans every year, according to the U.S. Surgeon General.

The Michigan, a 112’ tug and barge, had a maximum potential of 40,000 gallons of oil and fuel onboard, but in a release on Monday, Coast Guard pollution responders said the vessel is not actively polluting. 100 feet of hard boom with absorbent material have been deployed as a preventative measure.

The Midwest retail giant received two Freightliner eCascadia semitrucks earlier this month. The trucks will operate out of its Lansing Distribution Center, making multiple, daily deliveries to Meijer supercenters within a 200-mile range.

Invasive species are a national problem; one study estimates they cost the country $21 billion dollars in economic losses annually. That’s why the state is now offering $3.6 million dollars for projects to target invasive species in Michigan

The water treatment facility will eliminate 1,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.

Eric Shaeffer joins TMS.

As many as one-third of Wisconsin’s gray wolves likely died at the hands of humans in the months after the federal government announced it was ending…

A conservation corridor with links to existing protected areas is planned for a remote region in Michigan’s western Upper Peninsula.The nonprofit Nature…

A lawsuit that accuses the state of Michigan of failing to regulate and enforce safety regulations on a dam that failed, causing an estimated $200 million…

A group of scientists is urging the Biden administration to return gray wolves to the federal endangered species list. In a letter Thursday, 115 wildlife…