climate change

As part of a series looking ahead to Michigan’s upcoming presidential primary and caucus, Michigan Public has been talking with Michiganders and others about what kind of presidential leadership they would like to see when it comes to infrastructure and climate change.

Michigan winters are getting warmer, melting snow earlier in the year. Scientists fear declining snowpack will ripple through the environment, affecting farms and forests.

Unpacking recent cold snaps and ice cover, Bonnie Jo Campbell's new book The Waters, and the growing problem of the toxic "Gelman Plume" under Ann Arbor.

New research from the University of Michigan demonstrates that Americans are more likely to support emission reduction policies when they learn about domestic climate migrants; they are less likely to act if stories are about international climate migrants.

The credits range from $3,750 to $7,500 and are aimed at boosting EV sales as the Biden administration tries to cut planet-warming emissions.

A University of Michigan study compared the costs of buying and owning electric, hybrid, and gasoline vehicles in 14 U.S. cities, including Detroit.

There was less ice cover on the Great Lakes on New Year's Day, 2024, than any other New Year's Day over the past 50 years. But experts say that doesn't tell us nearly as much as the average maximum ice coverage over that same time period.

From a Democratic majority in the Michigan legislature to expanded abortion access policies, we talk about all things Michigan politics in 2023.

Fortescue Metals Group received approval from the Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority to build an electric vehicle battery systems plant in the city.

The public service commission voted Friday to approve a plan from Enbridge Energy that would relocate a petroleum pipeline beneath the Straits of Mackinac.