Daniel Brown 12/05/2023 Climate change Fifth National Climate Assessment Paints Clear Picture of the Threats from Climate Change Drastic cuts to planet-warming emissions and preparations for some unavoidable change will benefit people now, not just future generations. The… Read More »
Daniel Brown 11/15/2023 Pollution Why Michigan farmers need strong polluter pay laws PFAS contamination shuts down 100-year-old Grostic Farms Jason Grostic, a farmer in Livingston County, was trying to do everything right…. Read More »
Daniel Brown 09/20/2023 Dams Milestone Reached in Removal of Pen Dam EGLE funding supports next phase for HRWC and Ypsilanti The City of Ypsilanti, with support from HRWC, received a $3.78… Read More »
Daniel Brown 06/16/2023 Policy Supreme Court Dismantles Core Wetland Protections in Clean Water Act In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court has dismantled core land and waterway protections in the Clean Water Act by… Read More »
Daniel Brown 06/12/2023 Pollution Weak polluter accountability laws fail to protect Michigan Michigan’s weak laws on pollution keep regulators from protecting public health from toxic PFAS chemicals. In the early and mid-1990s,… Read More »
Daniel Brown 03/09/2023 PFAS PFAS Found in Fish Throughout Huron and Rouge River Watersheds PFAS were found in every fish tested throughout select locations in the Huron and Rouge River watersheds. Last year, the… Read More »
Daniel Brown 02/13/2023 PFAS State Permit Fails to Protect the Huron River from PFAS Editor’s note: HRWC is currently conducting a survey about water. Participants are asking some great questions, with many centering on… Read More »
Daniel Brown 02/08/2023 PFAS PFAS Detected at Hamburg Wastewater Treatment Plant Two types of PFAS were detected at levels above state cleanup standards at the Hamburg Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), located… Read More »
Daniel Brown 06/30/2022 News Supreme Court Ruling Cripples the EPA’s Ability to Address Climate Change In a devastating ruling on West Viriginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, the Supreme Court has severely constrained the ability of… Read More »
Daniel Brown 06/15/2022 PFAS EPA Warns PFAS Are Far More Dangerous than Previously Thought On June 15th, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released new health advisory levels for four PFAS “forever chemicals.” The levels… Read More »
Daniel Brown 06/09/2022 Legislation The Clean Water Act’s 50th Anniversary It’s time to celebrate and protect a law that transformed American waters for the better! Fifty years ago, the Clean… Read More »
Daniel Brown 05/03/2022 PFAS Do Not Eat Fish Advisory Relaxed for Lowest Parts of Huron River The Do Not Eat Fish advisory that has been in place along the Huron River due to PFAS since 2018… Read More »