Environment

It's hard out here for a bat.Especially if it's a bat in Michigan, according to Detroit News reporter Charles E. Ramirez. He writes that the three biggest…

The Next IdeaEvery year, the United States spends $218 billion growing, transporting, and processing food that no one ever eats. That's billion. The…

LANSING, Mich. - Efforts to rid Michigan communities of plastic shopping bags would be banned under a bill set to advance in the Republican-led…

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has proposed approving a permit for a company that plans to develop a gold, zinc and copper mine in…

The natural gas industry tells us that using natural gas is environmentally friendly. The industry says natural gas has fewer impurities than coal, and…

Officials with Enbridge Energy say they’ll spend $7 million over the next two years to buy new clean up tools in case there’s a spill along its Line 5…

The Next IdeaIf the first Industrial Revolution was characterized by centralization of our water, energy, food and organizational infrastructures, then…

UPDATED at 4:30 pm on 4/22/16 Imperial Oil of Canada is still tracking chemical levels in the St. Clair River after a spill earlier this week. The company…

Local bans on plastic grocery bags wouldn't be permitted, under a bill in the state Senate.The bill would block local ordinances that regulate bags,…

With the weather warming up, trees around the state will soon fill with leaves again.But not for some red oak trees in the state.Oak wilt, an invasive…