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If anyone doubts the danger of not appropriately considering environmental hazards, they need only to consider Flint.To try to save a little money, the…

Drilling for oil and gas in Michigan is down to levels not seen since the Great Depression.And so far, newer methods of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking,…

Falling crude oil prices may put the brakes on new oil exploration in Michigan.Michigan’s not a big oil producer. The state ranks 17th in the country in…

News of a decline might sound surprising since there has been so much excitement and controversy over horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," in…

A lot of us are curious about the oil pipeline running through the Straits of Mackinac.Michigan Radio's M I Curious is a news experiment where we…

This story was updated at 6:27 am on 9-10-14State lawmakers got an earful today from people who want townships to have the ability to say no to oil and…

This Week in Michigan Politics, Emily Fox and Jack Lessenberry discuss U.S. Senate Terry Lynn Land's plan to fix Michigan's roads, if residents can have…

Michigan officials might allow up to 36 tons of low-level radioactive waste from Pennsylvania into a landfill in Belleville after other states have…

Our need for energy could be colliding with our desire to preserve Michigan’s natural beauty.Case in point: around 9,700 acres of Hartwick Pines State…

One Michigan township wants to make special deals with oil and gas drillers. State law does not allow townships to regulate oil and gas drilling. But with…