A group of Ann Arbor residents are taking the first steps toward removing DTE Energy as their electrical provider and creating a public electric utility board.
Following the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to cancel funding for the federal Solar For All program, US Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-Grand Rapids) and her fellow Democratic House representatives are calling on EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to reinstate more than $7 billion in terminated grants.
More than a decade after the state of Michigan took over management of Belle Isle, residents are being asked to help shape the island’s next chapter.
EPA lifts emergency order on Flint’s water system after 8 years of compliance with federal lead standards and $100M in infrastructure upgrades.
A report from the Michigan Lighthouse Assistance Program said more than $2.9 million in matching grants has been awarded since the program began in 2000, benefitting dozens of preservation projects across the state.
A stalemate between President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker that threatened a $1.2 billion plan to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes appears to have been settled.
The US Army Corps of Engineers has decided to fast-track permits for building a protective tunnel around an aging Enbridge oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes, stoking environmentalists' fears that the project will escape scrutiny, damage the sensitive region and perpetuate fossil fuel use.
Six Michigan-based tribes have withdrawn from federal discussions over the proposed Line 5 oil pipeline tunnel, calling it “unacceptable” that a permit for the controversial project is expected to be issued soon in accordance with an executive order by President Donald Trump declaring a national “energy emergency.”
If we truly want to put America first, keep more money in the pockets of hard-working Americans and ensure that our energy future is secure and local, solar power is the solution.
An estimated 80% of dairy workers speak Spanish. These apprenticeships were opening up career opportunities in rural Michigan—until Trump's federal cuts started, impacting farmers across the state.
