Blog categorized as Environment

The Senate Energy and Environment Committee voted out legislation Wednesday instructing utility providers in Michigan to run on 100 percent "clean energy" by 2040, permitting the use of nuclear energy and natural gas plants using carbon capture technology.

Senate Democrats are changing their "Clean Energy Future Plan" to have utilities develop a "100% clean energy standard" by 2040 instead of the 2035 deadline that was originally proposed.

Seven tornados ranging from EF0 to EF2 blew through Michigan Aug. 24, knocking out power to 134,000 DTE and Consumers Energy customers.

The Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE)’s new set of rules regulating permissible levels of PFAS in drinking water were ruled invalid by the Court of Appeals on the grounds that the required regulatory impact statements didn’t properly account for total costs to businesses.

Thursday’s Department of Defense (DoD) announcement to install groundwater treatment systems to clean up per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination from the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda was met with praise from legislators and clean water activists alike.