A federal audit calls on regulators to ensure industrial sites are reinforced against floods, wildfires and other worsening climate hazards that could trigger chemical spills.
Michigan won’t emerge unscathed if society fails to limit global warming. A landmark report published Monday warns that communities across the globe are behind on planning for the coming extremes.
The Michigan Public Service Commission included climate change impact as it considers Enbridge Energy's request to move its Line 5 oil pipeline from the lake bed of the Mackinac Straits to a proposed tunnel under the Straits.
Next week, scientists from across the Great Lakes will fan out to take a snapshot of winter beneath the ice. Here’s what we know about how climate change is affecting Great Lakes winters, and how research can help.
Low-energy homes are critical to combating climate change, which is why progressive Ann Arbor is helping fund sustainable home building. But experts say good policy, as well as money, is needed for other cities to follow suit.
Environmental activists have lauded Michigan’s new climate plan as a positive step toward weaning Michigan off fossil fuels, but urged state regulators to set more aggressive targets for transportation, housing, and other areas of heavy energy consumption.
State regulations not only slow down organizations that operate in Michigan from reaching their sustainability goals, but also can hurt job growth as we are left behind by other states that attract companies that want to reduce their energy footprint.
State officials will consider raising minimum energy standards for newly constructed homes. Environmental groups back the tougher standards, noting a federal study showing savings in utility costs. Home builders object that it will raise the cost of new construction.
Hamtramck and Detroit are surrounded by corporate polluters that emit pollutants in our neighborhoods and have suffered from harsh rains last summer. Our climate resilience plans must prioritize those residents most at risk.
Across the country, anglers have watched as droughts, floods and high temperatures batter the rivers they depend on, including Michigan’s Au Sable. Now, they’re calling for swift action.
Above-average temps are becoming the norm in October. Climate change means warmer waters that threaten salmon and trout, a possible rise in tick-borne illnesses and delays in bird migration.
Like the rest of the world, Michigan must work toward mitigating the projected trajectory of climate change by significantly reducing our greenhouse gas generation.
The massive storms that ripped through southeast Michigan this summer are likely the state’s new normal, but our aging infrastructure was designed for the climate of the past.
