Rachel Lewis

Advocates say information about the state's findings on the Wyandotte water system should have been available to the public much earlier.

With growing environmental concerns about air quality and pollution from wildfires, some are questioning the impact of fireworks on Michigan's environment. This comes especially after last year’s shows, when Detroit saw the air quality index reaching close to 500, the hazardous zone, on July 5, 2024.

A Republican-sponsored bill would cap solar energy at 20% of Michigan's grid and restrict where solar farms can be built.

Boxwood shrubs in Michigan are in danger this season because of the invasive box tree moth, which can completely defoliate a plant in just a few weeks. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has issued a quarantine for 13 districts in southeast Michigan to try to prevent the moths from spreading. To reduce the spread of the moths, people should dispose of the plants safely by double-bagging infested plants and bringing them to municipal waste sites.

Summer means construction season in Michigan. This week, there are six new projects launching around the state.

An experimental forecasting method developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could help warn of approaching toxins from algal blooms in Lake Erie.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is suing two Wixom-based automotive suppliers, Tribal Technologies and Adept Plastic Finishing.

Michigan researchers are studying why the Upper Peninsula’s moose population is stagnant. There are about half as many moose as expected after repopulation in the 1980s.

A reintroduced state House bill proposes an abandoned Bay Region prison be repurposed for public use.