The state will experience its first long heat spell of the year beginning Sunday. Peak temperatures in much of lower Michigan are expected to hit the mid and upper 90s.
Michigan is grappling with increasingly expensive climate-related weather incidents and disasters. But the state’s primary recovery fund is $15 million short of projected costs.
Pharmaceuticals, microplastics, PFAS and ingredients found in personal care products are among the emerging — and sometimes unmonitored — contaminants in the Great Lakes region.
Twenty-eight Michigan school districts received a combined $24 million in federal rebates to purchase electric buses. It’s the latest in a series of federal awards to eliminate aging diesel buses.
Hoping to entice drivers into electric vehicles, the government is spending mightily to build EV charging stations across Michigan. But high costs mean the money won’t go far.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants 2 million electric vehicles on Michigan roads by 2030. But to make sure they all have a place to refuel, Michigan may need to install about 47 chargers a day, every day, for the next six years.
The group Citizens for Local Choice wanted to give voters the chance to overturn a Michigan law that puts the state in charge of permitting large wind and solar arrays. But it has not collected enough signatures to be on the November ballot.
From mosquitoes to sewer overflows, the heat and moisture of a changing climate are creating new health threats in the Great Lakes region, prompting a call to educate residents and doctors about the risks.
Growing concern over health risks posed by harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie prompts scientists to study a potential treatment found in an unlikely place: the lake.
Though ticks can be spotted in any season, experts especially encourage checking for them during this time of year, when people are enjoying more outdoor activities.
Proponents say luring the massive cloud-computing facilities could revitalize struggling former factory towns. But critics fear without safeguards, the energy-hogging facilities will obliterate Michigan’s climate goals.
Citing “billions of dollars of losses” as climate change hits Michigan, Nessel on Thursday criticized fossil fuel companies for denying their own science that foretold the coming crisis.
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Utility and local officials in Wexford County are celebrating the project as an alternative to burning wood and propane for heat, but environmental groups are criticizing the plan.
The federal farm bill has been the subject of contentious renegotiations. At stake are two important provisions that support a healthy climate and community.
In a letter to lawmakers, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she wants Congress and federal regulators to create ‘new paths’ for businesses impacted by the lack of snow this winter to get relief.
