Michigan environment

Gravel mining companies have been fighting to shift authority for issuing permits to Michigan's environmental agency, taking it out of the hands of local residents and their elected township boards.

The American Lung Association’s State of the Air 2018 report released today, showing mixed results for the state of Michigan. WKAR’s Katie Cook reports.…

The Trump Administration budget released Tuesday slashes funding for the Environmental Protection Agency by nearly one-third, laying off thousands of…

The state is close to running out of money to clean thousands of abandoned, polluted properties all across Michigan.The state spends about $15-million a…

The Obama years are now behind us. How did the Great Lakes fare as a result?And Governor Rick Snyder and others are calling for another lock at the Soo.…

A Wisconsin city's plan to draw drinking water from Lake Michigan has some in the U.S. and Canada questioning the proposal. WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Waukesha…

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Federal officials say they'll continue efforts to prevent Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, despite uncertainty about…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — State regulators are giving utilities about three months to report how they'll meet electricity demand through 2021.It's the third…

The Flint Water Crisis became a top story in 2016, but it wasn't the only development involving Michigan water or the Great Lakes. We review and update…

University of Michigan researchers say the number of lead water lines that need replacement in Flint may be several times higher than expected. We get the…