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Boy drinking water from a water fountain in a park. He is wearing a yellow t-shirt, a backpack, and blue jeans.

Michigan must ensure there's no lead in school drinking water, report finds

Michigan is failing to enforce safe drinking water at school, a new report finds.

Nothing this year brought home the dangers in private ownership of major social media platforms more than the capricious, often-destructive and regularly unpredictable actions of Twitter CEO Elon Musk. He is pictured above at Tesla's "Gigafactory" in Germany on March 22, 2022.

Six ways media took a big step backward in 2022

Elon Musk caused Twitter chaos, the streaming industry hit adolescence, late night TV lost its footing, there were lots of layoffs and some dispiriting indications of compassion fatigue.

Josh Paul resigned from the State Department on Wednesday, citing his objection to continued U.S. arms transfers to Israel.

A former State Dept. official explains why he resigned over U.S. arms sent to Israel

Josh Paul tells NPR why the U.S. response to the Israel-Hamas conflict pushed him to quit the bureau that oversees arms transfers to foreign nations. Experts say it's unlikely to change much.

A view of the paint shop at Stellantis’ Detroit Assembly Complex – Mack plant. Michigan environmental regulators say the company failed to properly treat fumes coming out of the paint facility.

Stellantis to pay fine for air quality violations at Detroit assembly plant

The company invested $1.6 billion to convert a former engine plant to build the new Jeep Grand Cherokee, but the state said it didn't properly treat fumes coming from the paint department.

Martha Durr, seen at her home in Lincoln, Nebraska, left her job earlier this month as the state's principal communicator of climate information. "It gets draining over time," she said.

Weather experts in Midwest say climate change reporting brings burnout and threats

Talking about climate change can be a tough job, especially in places where audiences may be less likely to accept the science. Strong resistance has pushed some meteorologists out of the field.

Josh Groban and the combined casts of <em>Hamilton</em> and <em>Sweeney Todd</em>.

Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda, Josh Groban, cast of 'Hamilton' celebrate 'Sweeney Todd'

The casts of both shows joined together to sing a parody song penned by Miranda.

Bureau of Land Management land in Harney County, Ore.

Why Biden's new public lands chief has to 'walk a line' on climate policy

President Biden is under pressure to end all fossil fuel development on federal land in order to fight the climate crisis, yet the influential industry still expects new drilling opportunities.

Here are some mysteries and thrillers to curl up with this fall

From a serial killer sister, to a collection of Black Mirror-esque stories about Black identity, to a cozy lodge turned creepy, here are some of the favorite recent mystery and thriller reads from Michigan Radio staff.

Coal power has resurged since the pandemic, like at this coal processing plant in China's Shanxi Province, but research shows it should be phased out by 2030 to avoid extreme climate change.

Here's how far behind the world is on reining in climate change

The world is set to start crucial climate change negotiations soon. To avoid extreme warming, nations have to make deep cuts in heat-trapping emissions, fast.

Traffic moves along Interstate 80 in Berkeley, Calif., on Feb. 16, 2022. The Biden administration proposed new tough emission rules so tough it would force auto makers to boost sales of electric cars to meet the requirements.

The big reason why the U.S. is seeking the toughest-ever rules for vehicle emissions

The EPA is proposing tailpipe emission rules so strict that carmakers would need two-thirds of their sales to be zero-emission by 2032 to comply. And that seems to be precisely the goal.

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