Michigan
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![Cheboygan Dam in Michigan]()
![Cheboygan Dam in Michigan]()
Close calls at Michigan’s dams are a climate warning to America
Record flooding pushed Michigan's dams to the brink of disaster. The near miss reflects the national problem of infrastructure that is not suited to the challenges of a warming world.
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![Environmental and Native American activists rally to shut down the Enbridge Line 5 oil pipeline, which runs under the Straits of Mackinac.]()
![Environmental and Native American activists rally to shut down the Enbridge Line 5 oil pipeline, which runs under the Straits of Mackinac.]()
Michigan wins key legal battle over Line 5 pipeline
A unanimous Supreme Court ruling clears the way for state court proceedings in the decades-long dispute over the pipeline crossing between Lakes Michigan and Huron.
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![Satellite view of Michigan]()
![Satellite view of Michigan]()
What’s geologic hydrogen? What to know about the clean energy source buried under Michigan.
Research shows the state may be a hotspot for the resource, prompting a scramble to understand its potential.
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![An electrician working with a heating, ventilation and air conditioning company, or HVAC, prepares the Mitsubishi condenser/compressor used to connect a residential heat pump system July 21, 2025 in Charlotte, Vermont.]()
![An electrician working with a heating, ventilation and air conditioning company, or HVAC, prepares the Mitsubishi condenser/compressor used to connect a residential heat pump system July 21, 2025 in Charlotte, Vermont.]()
Energy projects across the country are in limbo after Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’
Community groups, businesses, and consumers say projects face an uncertain future after Republicans slashed renewable energy tax credits.
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![side profile shot of former senator debbie stabenow]()
![side profile shot of former senator debbie stabenow]()
One senator’s lonely quest to make the farm bill more sustainable
For years, Debbie Stabenow fought for environmentally friendly agricultural policy. She retired with mixed results.
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![Smoke rising from a coal-fired power plant]()
![Smoke rising from a coal-fired power plant]()
Michigan’s ambitious clean energy laws face a peninsula-sized hurdle
Natural gas power plants put in place just five years ago to replace coal in the state's Upper Peninsula are now a conundrum for regulators.
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![Giant yellow coils of pipeline sit on ground against blue/gray sky.]()
![Giant yellow coils of pipeline sit on ground against blue/gray sky.]()
Northern Michiganders are getting off propane — and on to natural gas
The state’s largest utility says natural gas is a bridge fuel, but advocates say it’s no climate solution.
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![solar panels in the forms of crosses installed on the slanted roof of a Christian church]()
![solar panels in the forms of crosses installed on the slanted roof of a Christian church]()
Across the country, houses of worship are going solar
A federal rule makes it easier for churches, synagogues, and mosques to put solar panels on the roof.
