Stories tagged: "environment"


A new report outlines rural policy recommendations focused on four major tenets: protecting people’s freedom to live and work safely; investing in infrastructure; reining in corporate greed and protecting workers, small businesses, and family farmers; and creating opportunities for a better future. (Photo via Shutterstock)
Here’s What Rural Leaders Say Their Communities Need

A new report outlines rural policy recommendations focused on four major tenets: protecting people’s freedom to live and work safely; investing in infrastructure; reining in corporate greed and protecting workers, small businesses, and family farmers; and creating opportunities for a better future.

Lawmakers and community leaders gather to watch a lead pipe be replaced at a home in Grand Rapids. The event was part of President Joe Biden’s “Investing in America” tour. (Lily Guiney/Michigan Advance)
Michigan Lawmakers Highlight $5.1M Clean Water Initiative in Grand Rapids

President Joe Biden’s “Investing in America” tour took form in Grand Rapids on Wednesday morning as lawmakers and community leaders peered into a pit in front of the home of Paige Biek and her family. 

Smoke from wildfires in Canada blankets Grand Rapids, Mich., on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. The smoke is reducing visibility and air quality. (Neil Blake/MLive.com/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)
Canadian Wildfires are Causing Unhealthy Air Quality Again in Michigan and Other Parts of the US

Drifting smoke from the ongoing wildfires across Canada is creating curtains of haze and raising air quality concerns throughout the Great Lakes region.

The new proposal from a group of 176 House Republicans would raise the retirement age for Social Security and Medicare, ban free school meals for students, cut spending on food aid, and weaken environmental protections. (Photo via Shutterstock)
New Republican Budget Plan Would Eliminate Free School Meals, Cut Social Security and Medicare

The new proposal from a group of 176 House Republicans would raise the retirement age for Social Security and Medicare, ban free school meals for students, cut spending on food aid, and more.

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Biden’s Signature Climate Law Will Create a Domestic Jobs and Manufacturing Boom, Study Finds

A new report finds that the Inflation Reduction Act will dramatically lower the cost of solar and wind energy projects, create millions of new jobs, and more.

Foraging Tips to Help Michiganders Find True Morel Mushrooms

While May is Michigan’s “Morel Month,” the actual fruiting period begins in late April and goes until mid-June. Before heading out to hunt, it’s important to know how to identify any wild mushroom before eating it.