Rebecca Esselman 06/11/2025 Legislation Who Pays for Pollution? Why Michigan Needs Polluter Pay Laws Michigan’s rivers and communities are paying the price for corporate pollution. With more than 1,000 contaminated sites in the Huron… Read More »
Andrea Paine 03/18/2025 News to Us News to Us Our March News to Us tackles a recent Supreme Court ruling on the Clean Water Act and the new challenges… Read More »
Andrea Paine 03/14/2024 News to Us News to Us It’s our 150th edition of News to Us! To celebrate, we selected six articles to fill you in on the… Read More »
David Lossing 10/26/2023 Pollution Polluter Pay Bills Need Your Support On Wednesday, October 25, 2023, State Senator Jeff Irwin, State Representative Jason Morgan, State Senator Sue Shink, and five other… Read More »
Andrea Paine 04/20/2023 News to Us News to Us Dive into our April News to Us to learn about what’s hiding in a vernal pool near you! This month’s… Read More »
Andrea Paine 02/17/2023 News to Us News to Us In our February News to Us read about threats to river and drinking water quality in the Huron and across… Read More »
Andrea Paine 10/15/2021 News to Us News to Us Our noteworthy articles for October include state water infrastructure budget allocations, a new wildflower garden in Ypsilanti, and a study… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 11/05/2020 Pollution HRWC Supports Proposed Cleanup of 1,4 dioxane in Gelman Case/Lawsuit Acceptance of Consent Judgment conditioned on continuing involvement in oversight In 2017, the Huron River Watershed Council joined the court… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 03/19/2019 News to Us News to Us What do owls, invasive species, impervious surfaces, conservation legislation and drinking water have in common? They are all of special… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 11/17/2017 Coal Tar News to Us This edition of News to Us provides news coverage on several major threats to freshwater including plastics, pharmaceuticals, invasive species,… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 05/17/2017 News to Us News to Us Many bright spots in local news affecting the Huron River with everything from new parks to better water housekeeping. News… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 01/23/2017 Coal Tar News to US News to Us this month provides an update on the dioxane contamination case. Also, two new projects bring money to… Read More »