Infrastructure
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New passenger train route between Holland and Detroit to be explored
A proposed east-west train route would carry passengers across Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.
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Ann Arbor residents plan ballot initiative to dump DTE and shift city toward public power
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.
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Scholten leads Michigan Dems calling on Trump administration to restore solar energy funding
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.
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Michigan asking residents to list investment priorities for Belle Isle state park in Detroit River
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.
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Flint, Michigan’s journey to clean water: What you need to know
EPA lifts emergency order on Flint’s water system after 8 years of compliance with federal lead standards and $100M in infrastructure upgrades.
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State continues to support restoration of iconic lighthouses
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.
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Great Lakes’ $7 billion fishing industry may get a reprieve from the great carp invasion after all
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.
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US Army engineers decide to fast-track Great Lakes tunnel permits under Trump energy emergency order
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.
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Tribal nations in Michigan withdraw from Line 5 tunnel project discussions
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.”
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Opinion: If you care about true energy independence, solar is the way forward
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.
