Blog categorized as Environment

Environmental groups make the case that legislators should promptly pass the "Clean Energy Future Plan" as the federal government prepares to deploy billions of dollars to states and local governments with competitive plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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.