Michigan Energy & Environment

Access to ample water supplies could make Michigan a climate refuge. That scenario is attracting considerable attention in the Great Lakes State. But...

Building, maintaining, and operating a water and sewer system is generally the most expensive item on a small town’s budget. The U.S. Department of...

Right now, scientists are on a ship taking samples and measurements of the Great Lakes. They’re trying to determine how the lakes will fare this year...

As Canadian officials lobbied a Michigan Senate committee in March to keep the Line 5 pipeline open, Sen. Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) grew frustrated…

As Canadian officials lobbied a Michigan Senate committee in March to keep the Line 5 pipeline open, Sen. Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) grew frustrated...

The floodwaters have receded from Jefferson Chalmers for now, but evidence of the neighborhood’s recent crisis is hard to miss: Dried algae on the...

Climate change in the Great Lakes region means more intense storms. Already some towns are finding they’re flooding where they never have before. One...

Midland and other cities were hit hard by a flood caused by heavy rains and the failure of a weak dam. More than 2,500 homes were damaged. There was an...