Category: Michigan Public
Environmental groups, state officials could go to court over Trump admin. order on MI coal plant
The Department of Energy is stopping Consumers Energy from closing an aging coal-burning plant. Petitioners say the order is costly, harmful, unnecessary, and unlawful.
A record year for Great Lakes piping plovers
The Great Lakes piping plover recovery effort has been ongoing since the mid-1980s when the population got as low as a dozen nesting pairs. This year, the number reached 85 nesting pairs for the first time.
Stateside: Thursday, July 10, 2025
A conversation on a Michigan summer classic — lightning bugs. Also, the Detroit community gathers for a collard green cookoff. Plus, an ophthalmologist becomes the first Michigander to win an open water swimming challenge.
Fe, a record-setting Michigan loon, births ‘downy fluffballs’ No. 43 and 44
The common loon, Fe, has broken records again with the arrival of loon chicks 43 and 44. Fe is the “world’s most productive” loon known to exist.
Trump moves jeopardize cleaner, more competitive U.S. steel industry, some experts say
The Trump administration has recently taken two steps which put a cleaner vision for a strong domestic steel industry in jeopardy, according to some analysts.