Michigan is getting $33 million to spend on urban forestry, which can help mitigate heat waves fueled by climate change. The question is whether government can do a better job engaging with communities in the process.
Developers are trying to lease large tracts of land for utility-scale solar projects, but their plans are pitting neighbor against neighbor in Livingston County, even prompting allegations of 'disinformation' campaigns.
Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago, Milwaukee, Windsor and Toronto, though close to the Great Lakes, are all urban 'heat islands.' Experts say these cities have unique opportunities to create more green spaces to cool things down.
Three Detroit neighborhoods will host a combined 104 acres of solar fields under a plan Mayor Mike Duggan says will target "some of the most blighted areas in the city."
Doctors need to understand how climate change plays a role in health, so Michigan medical students are pushing for climate health education in their programs.
Cities like Detroit, with lots of buildings and infrastructure that absorb and re-emit heat, are considered urban heat islands, but the tracking of related health events is lacking.
The state will experience its first long heat spell of the year beginning Sunday. Peak temperatures in much of lower Michigan are expected to hit the mid and upper 90s.
Michigan is grappling with increasingly expensive climate-related weather incidents and disasters. But the state’s primary recovery fund is $15 million short of projected costs.
Pharmaceuticals, microplastics, PFAS and ingredients found in personal care products are among the emerging — and sometimes unmonitored — contaminants in the Great Lakes region.
Twenty-eight Michigan school districts received a combined $24 million in federal rebates to purchase electric buses. It’s the latest in a series of federal awards to eliminate aging diesel buses.
Hoping to entice drivers into electric vehicles, the government is spending mightily to build EV charging stations across Michigan. But high costs mean the money won’t go far.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants 2 million electric vehicles on Michigan roads by 2030. But to make sure they all have a place to refuel, Michigan may need to install about 47 chargers a day, every day, for the next six years.
The group Citizens for Local Choice wanted to give voters the chance to overturn a Michigan law that puts the state in charge of permitting large wind and solar arrays. But it has not collected enough signatures to be on the November ballot.
From mosquitoes to sewer overflows, the heat and moisture of a changing climate are creating new health threats in the Great Lakes region, prompting a call to educate residents and doctors about the risks.
Growing concern over health risks posed by harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie prompts scientists to study a potential treatment found in an unlikely place: the lake.
Though ticks can be spotted in any season, experts especially encourage checking for them during this time of year, when people are enjoying more outdoor activities.
Proponents say luring the massive cloud-computing facilities could revitalize struggling former factory towns. But critics fear without safeguards, the energy-hogging facilities will obliterate Michigan’s climate goals.
