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VICE Spotlights the Demise of a Century-Old Cattle Farm Due to PFAS Contamination

A new report from VICE shows how a serial polluter in Michigan poisoned a family farm; the Ecology Center's research suggests this is a national...

Press ReleaseAdvocates Applaud New Michigan Bill to Protect Families from Lead

HB 4532 calls for the safe treatment of lead by contractors and rental property owners during home renovations and repairs  
Lansing, MI, May 8, 2023. Grand...

“What We're Looking at Is Equity," An Interview with Darren Riley of JustAir

This interview is the first in a series highlighting leaders working on environmental health &amp; justice. 

To Throw or Throw Away: The Overwhelming Toxicity and Waste of Mardi Gras

An Interview with Holly Groh of VerdiGras, who wrote a children's book based on the Ecology Center's research 

Michigan Moves Toward a Healthy Climate Through Clean Energy Legislation

This April, Michigan Senate Democrats introduced the Clean Energy Future Plan, a package of bills designed to help support and sustain Michigan’s longstanding fight for...

Power to the People: How Advocates Work to Hold Utilities Accountable to the Community

We’re finally leaving behind another long Michigan winter.  You might have been one of the half a million plus households who lost power during February’s...

Press ReleaseCommunity Collaboration Unveils Comprehensive Plan to Tackle Air Pollution in Southeast Michigan

Report documents collaborative efforts to use monitors, data, outreach to advocate for right to clean air 

The Solution to Plastic Pollution: Refuse, Rethink, ReDesign

In the early 60s, at the dawn of the plastics revolution, less than half a million tons of plastic were produced each year. Today, it's...

Everywhere Toxic Chemicals All at Once

How an Ohio train derailment exposes the urgency of the plastics crisis 
As a black cloud as large as a town billowed over the farmland of East Palestine,...

Press ReleaseReceipt Deceit: Toxic Chemicals in Receipt Paper Press Release

For Immediate Release: March 23, 2023

Press ReleasePower Outage Hearings Must Focus on Customer Impacts and Solutions to Grid Failures

Utilities continue fueling misinformation in first legislative hearing on power outages.
LANSING – Following the first Michigan legislative oversight hearing about power outages, several non-profit advocacy...

Press ReleaseEnergy Experts Propose Cleaner, More Equitable Alternative to DTE Energy’s Plan

Testimony cites need for accelerated coal retirement, more locally generated renewables
Lansing, MI – Today, a coalition of clean energy advocates — Vote Solar, Environmental Law...

Opportunity to Give Feedback on Ann Arbor's Recycling & Composting Outreach and Education

Attention Ann Arbor residents and business owners: Do you have ideas to help build Ann Arbor's recycling and composting outreach program? If so, we could...

Press ReleaseAnglers Find ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Every Fish Tested from Huron and Rouge Rivers

Community anglers found toxic PFAS at high levels in 12 species of commonly-consumed fish, putting subsistence anglers at elevated risk
Ann Arbor, MI, February 23, 2023...

Bad News: Chemical Recycling Greenlit in Michigan

Chemical recycling is a dangerous distraction from desperately needed solutions to address the plastic pollution crisis we face across the globe. Michigan advocates are now...