Blog categorized as Environment

A bicameral bill package giving the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) greater power to issue emergency water management orders was introduced in both chambers last week, in response to a still-unsettled lawsuit over Kalamazoo’s Morrow Dam.

The state has asked a Court of Claims judge to dismiss a counter-lawsuit filed on behalf of a Hanover game hunting ranch, whom the state alleges illegally possesses Russian boar.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s hope to restart a decommissioned nuclear power plant in Van Buren County could happen, but it could cost way more than the $150 million lawmakers put into the budget Wednesday and it could take a long time.

Democratic lawmakers and clean energy advocates are charged up to transition Michigan to renewable energy.

The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced Friday it plans to take another look at the future of a hazardous northern Michigan dam that environmental officials say is too dangerous to keep up