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Lifelong friends, Chris Yahanda and William Wright, embark on an epic 425-mile stand up paddle journey down the coast of Lake Michigan and up the Grand River to explore the environmental issues affecting the Great Lakes. Along the way they join the fight to shut down an aging oil pipeline threatening the Great Lakes, learn how invasive species are affecting their waters and, above all, learn that "community" is the most important asset in protecting the places you love.

Scientists at Purdue University have been experimenting to create adhesives designed to be easier on the environment. So many products from cellphones and shoes, to furniture and cars all contain adhesives. And because of their petroleum base, there are downsides, as the adhesives may have a strong odor and not be biodegradable when they end up in landfills. ...

Virginia environmental advocates are looking for protections of old-growth forests. In 2022, President Joe Biden issued an executive order to have old-growth forests across the country inventoried. A U.S. ...

The unprecedented attempt to build a wall along the U.S. Mexico border has had devastating effects on wildlife from which they may not recover, according to a New Mexico wildlife expert. The Trump administration spent an estimated $15 billion constructing more than 400 miles of wall, much of which replaced smaller existing barriers. ...

Theyre calling it an "adventure conservation documentary," and the film has its first showing tonight in Traverse City. "Troubled Water" chronicles a 36-day, 425-mile journey on standup paddleboards along the Great Lakes. One focus is the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline, which moves crude oil from Canada to Michigan beneath the Straits of Mackinac. ...

Environmental advocates said proposed budget cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency will slow cleanup of toxic "forever chemicals," per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS in public drinking water and at military sites in Maryland and nationwide. The House Appropriations Committees budget for fiscal year 2024 would reduce funding for the EPA by nearly $4 billion, representing a 39% reduction over the current year, and driving funding down to levels last seen in...

Start your weekend early with a free show Thursday evening in TC…then do a little stargazing Friday night at Sleeping Bear Dunes! You can be a part of a film premiere at the City Opera House, then

Four-hundred-twenty-five miles: That’s how far a pair of northern Michigan friends traveled aboard standup paddleboards in the summer of 2021 as a...