climate change

With more ice storms expected in the decades ahead as the climate changes, utilities are trying to figure out how to be ready for the next ice storm.

One scientist thinks the next two decades could bring a higher risk for more frequent, severe freezing rain events.

For northern Michigan businesses that count on snow, last year stunk. Federal disaster loans were a short-term help for many, but what about warmer winters ahead? That's this week on the Up North Lowdown.Plus, the Lions roar, area music festivals face an uncertain future and we remember the arrest that sparked a change in fishing rights.

Among the longer-term approaches to address increasingly unreliable winter weather, some groups are pushing against fossil fuels.

A new federal bill aims to close the gap for businesses that suffered from a lack of snow last year that weren't eligible for federal loans.

Big snowstorms like the ones we’ve had this month can be great news for business here in northern Michigan. But last winter was the warmest on record for most of northern Michigan, leaving businesses struggling.

With some help from IPR's Izzy Ross and the Leelanau Enterprise's Zack Marano, we unpack what happened in Leelanau County over solar panels this election season.

Michigan has a goal of cutting its food waste in half by 2030, and that includes composting.

Bridge Michigan's Kelly House talks to IPR about how new owners are using a federal grant to study what an emissions-free Badger would look like.

A new tax credit encouraged me to buy a used plug-in hybrid. But a lack of streamlining is making the credit a challenge to claim.