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April Van Buren/Michigan PublicThe increasing prevalence of data centers in Michigan may leave residents wondering if the state's water infrastructure can keep up with the demand on the water supply. -
Richard Croft/Wikimedia CommonsThe Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is using $77.6 million of its FY26 state budget for the RenewMI program to facilitate the cleanup of brownfields, or formerly developed sites that contain pollutants.
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Contamination in a Cheboygan County wetland has spread, and clean up is taking longer than regulators anticipated. -
We reported on the environment a lot! So, we thought we'd give you some of our best reporting of the year. Enjoy and subscribe to the Environment Report Beat. -
Michigan’s Dept. of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) just released their annual State of the Great Lakes Report. The publication underscores the progress and challenges of managing the world’s largest freshwater system. -
An online portal started processing payments for about 7,000 property damage claims since December 12. According to the official settlement website, 2,854 payments had been made as of Tuesday evening. -
Mercedes-Benz USA and its parent company have agreed to pay $149.6 million to settle allegations the automaker secretly installed devices in hundreds of thousands of vehicles to pass emission tests. -
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources just bought an 8,844 acre area of land in Pigeon River Country State Forest. The public will be able to use the land for hunting, fishing, kayaking, and other recreation. -
Michigan energy regulators conditionally approved a request Thursday to fast-track approval of contracts to power a planned data center near Ann Arbor. -
"Where were they for nine months?” said Brian Roell, the DNR’s large carnivore specialist. "That’s a mystery.” -
The new license is “subject to updated and strengthened conditions designed to improve protection of the surrounding community and the environment,” regulators said. -
Enbridge sought to stop the state from trying any further to shut down the pipeline, which in Wisconsin, runs through the Upper Peninsula, the Straits of Mackinac, and Lower Peninsula, before ending in Ontario, Canada.
