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Monday, March 04, 2013  Call to action agaist coal, for more wind power.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  DTE Energy is seeking to expand the Fermi nuclear plant, though the plan could be derailed by an endangered snake.

Sunday, January 06, 2013  An environmental group says a drop-off program in northern Michigan is helping prevent drugs from contaminating the region's waters.

Thursday, December 13, 2012  Mitsuba in Mount Pleasant is the 180th to be designated a "clean corporate citizen" by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.

Thursday, September 20, 2012  GM gets awards from Michigan's DEQ

Wednesday, August 08, 2012  US starts landmark cleanup of Agent Orange nearly 4 decades after Vietnam War's end

Wednesday, August 01, 2012  An oil pipeline company and emergency agencies tested their readiness to deal with potential spills in the Bay City area on Wednesday.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012  The Department of Environmental Quality states the Corruna Dam is a failure, and tells local residents to avoid areas downstream.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012  The July 25, 2010, pipeline rupture spread oil across roughly 35 miles of the Kalamazoo River near Marshall, Mich., fouling wildlife habitat and closing a large swath of the river to boaters and anglers.

Thursday, June 21, 2012  Two parties are interested in the old Buick City site.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012  Tuesday night at Dow Memorial Library Auditorium, the Michigan Department of Environmental quality and representatives from Dow Chemical took input from the public on a plan to reclaim 1,700 acres worth of property contaminated with harmful

Tuesday, March 20, 2012  Federal officials say they're still a couple years away regarding a plan to clean up a 24-mile section of the Tittabawassee River polluted with dioxin from a Dow Chemical Co. plant.

Thursday, March 01, 2012  Dow is offering to test and replace the soil on hundreds of other properties in the Dioxin Resolution Area - a total of about 1,700 acres.  Properties that test above an EPA-approved level of 250 parts per trillion of dioxins will be offered cleanup and re-landscaping. If the property owner chooses to forgo cleanup, Dow will set aside money for future work.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012  Soil testing on more than 1,500 Midland homes is scheduled to begin this summer.

Monday, January 02, 2012  Supreme Court could use Idaho couple's legal fight to make major change in environmental law