Salem Township

For much of the past year, neighboring Northville and Salem Townships have been engaged in a debate over a proposed expansion of the existing Arbor Hills Landfill in Salem. WEMU’s Ana Longoria has the story.

The Conservancy Initiative in Northville Township is hoping to gain further community support as Green For Life (GFL) plans to expand the Arbor Hills Landfill. WEMU’s Ana Longoria reports.

There were elections for new and returning trustees in several Washtenaw County townships.

PFAS contamination is occurring in the area’s only cold-water trout stream. Johnson Creek is a 3.6-mile-long tributary to the middle branch of the Rouge River, where it joins in Wayne County’s Northville Township. The Arbor Hills landfill in Washtenaw County’s Salem Township has been identified as the source of the contamination. Getting regulators to address the issue has been difficult, and that is where the grassroots citizens group, The Conservancy Initiative, comes in. David Drinan is its vice president, and he spoke with WEMU's David Fair on how the group is taking matters into its own hands.

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, or EGLE, has approved a plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions at a local landfill. We get the details from WEMU’s Taylor Pinson.

It was a largely uneventful primary for a number of the townships in Washtenaw County, with most races uncontested. In the two contested races, one incumbent won while the other lost. .

Washtenaw County has decided that its Solid Waste Management Plan is ready for revision. In this week's "Issues of the Environment," WEMU's David Fair…

The conditions of one road in northern Washtenaw County has gotten so bad that hundreds of motorists have signed a petition asking for improvements.…