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Michigan’s deer populations have soared to 2 million, so the state is tweaking regulations to encourage hunters to shoot more females.

If elected, Trump has vowed to revoke unspent funds from the Inflation Reduction Act, a climate spending law that has heavily benefitted Michigan governments and industry. But experts say it wouldn’t be easy.

A rule finalized Tuesday gives water providers across the country 10 years to get lead pipes out of their drinking water systems.

The plant along Lake Michigan is 53 years-old and closed in 2022. But there’s momentum to bring it back online amid a push to diversify national energy sources.

Proponents say offering tax breaks will help lure tech companies to multibillion dollar server farms in Michigan. But opponents fear the energy-hogging facilities will cause Michigan to falter on its climate goals.

At the former Dan E. Karn coal plant, a vision has emerged to replace smokestacks with solar panels and parks. Some hope to replicate the model amid a rush of coal plant closures.

The dam wars may intensify, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wants the Michigan utility to apply for loans to upgrade old, unprofitable dams it is looking to unload. Conservationists cry foul.

Geese are a conservation success and huge pain in many communities. So next year, Michigan officials will begin allowing some cities and lake associations to apply for permits to kill them.

The federal government will provide more than $600 million to help two rural electricity cooperatives buy money from the nuclear plant. While proponents celebrate, anti-nuclear activists say the money could be better spent elsewhere.

By refusing to clean up their mess, researchers found, polluters are pushing untold costs and risk onto the public. And Michigan law allows it.

As it looks to exit the unprofitable hydropower business, Consumers is mulling offers from a handful of potential buyers. But hydro watchdogs warn that cut-rate sales of aging dams often come with hidden public costs.

After a Grand Rapids couple announced plans to offer green burials in the woods outside Newaygo, local officials responded by banning all cemeteries. On Thursday, a judge called that unconstitutional.

Michigan lags nationwide in EV adoption, but differences are vast among counties. It may surprise no one that counties that went for Joe Biden in 2020 tend to have far more EVs.

The new DNR policy expands e-bike access to a host of trails across the state. Officials touted the move as a way to make outdoor recreation more accessible for people with mobility issues.

Bridge Michigan teamed with the Points North podcast at Interlochen Public Radio to explore the mystery of how a wolf wound up dead in a Marshall-area farm field. Listen here

In this photo essay, take a tour of the SS Badger ferry, which has carried people and freight across Lake Michigan for seven decades.

For seven decades, the SS Badger has ferried people and goods across Lake Michigan while polluting the air with black smoke. The ship’s new owners are considering greener options.

Michigan Supreme Court sides with state regulators who sought to tamp down on manure pollution from big livestock operations. Farm interests said the rules are too onerous.

When three journalists drove around Lake Michigan in a rented Chevy Bolt electric car, they learned the true meaning of range anxiety. You can make the trip. But it takes work.

Most drivers rarely travel far, but experts say they won’t buy EVs until it’s easy to take a road trip in one. Michigan has a long way to go.