Category: Climate change
Stateside: Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025
Listen in for an update on the latest data center controversies in Michigan, a song for feeling blue in December, and a deep dive into the unusual hobby of amateur submarines.
Tensions flare as Line 5 public comment deadline nears
Public comments are due by the end of the week after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed a tunnel alternative last month.
Federal government to fund small nuclear reactor development at Palisades site
The federal government is putting up to $400 million toward building small nuclear reactors on the Lake Michigan shore. Holtec International will build the reactors at the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station in Southwest Michigan.
Michiganders urge regulators not to rush approval for data center power plan
Residents attended a protest in Detroit and a virtual public hearing to demand more scrutiny towards DTE’s proposal to power a 1.4 gigawatt data center coming to Saline Township.
Stateside: Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025
Michigan State University hires a new football coach, a Detroit-based food journalist talks about using SNAP benefits, and a biology professor discusses how wildlife survives Michigan winters.