Tag: National
The Assumptions That Broke: China, India, and the End of Fossil Growth Models
The idea that heavy freight would be the last redoubt of diesel has been repeated for decades, often with confidence and rarely with evidence. In December 2026, that idea finally collapsed. Battery electric heavy duty trucks crossed 50% of new sales in China, a segment that had long been treated … [continued]
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Stateside: Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026
Information on staying safe on winter roads. Plus, the story behind a 1980s ad jingle that became an earworm; the impact of crackdowns on houseless individuals in Traverse City; and an introduction to Michigan Public’s new environment reporter.
Michigan spent $1.1M probing tribal boarding schools, then buried the results
Michigan’s Native American boarding schools were known for physical and sexual abuse. The last to close was in 1983, in Harbor Springs. A state study to document those abuses is finished but won’t be released to the public.
Here’s what Michigan looked like today from space. And it’s going to get colder.
Overnight warming centers are opening across northern Michigan as subzero temperatures, dangerous wind chills, and lake-effect snow move in through the weekend.
Legal battle escalates over botched construction of mid-Michigan EV battery plant
In a new legal filling, China-based company Gotion is seeking fiscal damages from Green Chart Township. They argue the township’s opposition to the plant constituted a contract breach and has rendered the plant “no longer viable.”
