Author: Great Lakes Echo
Trump administration issues third order to keep west Michigan coal plant running
Consumers Energy planned to shut down the J.H. Campbell coal power plant on Lake Michigan in May. Successive orders from the Trump administration have required the company to keep it running.
Stateside: Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025
First, more on environment-friendly changes recently made to animal farm waste disposal laws. Then, we heard about the escalation of demonstrations led by two different conservative political candidates outside of a Dearborn city council meeting.
Groups file federal lawsuit to stop Palisades nuclear plant restart
The lawsuit accuses the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of violating the law when it granted an exemption to allow Palisades to return to operating status.
Climate change is shrinking fish in Michigan’s inland lakes, study finds
Fish in Michigan’s inland lakes are shrinking because of climate change, according to a new study from the University of Michigan.
Environmental groups are fighting to preserve one of Michigan’s last prairies
Environmental groups are looking to raise $6 million to protect a key Michigan prairie from being developed. The Sibley Prairie, located in southeast Michigan, is a rare lakeplain prairie of 440 acres with a robust wetland ecosystem.