Environment

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said the court ruling directs the state to "more thoroughly scrutinize" the plan to encase a segment of the pipeline in a tunnel buried beneath the Straits of Mackinac — and that should include reviews of permits that were already issued.

In July, as wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota blanketed Michigan, air quality index readings in some areas of the state reached over 1,000, more than three times what the US Environmental Protection Agency considers hazardous.

A decade ago, a federal task force announced a plan to help monarch butterflies along their great migration. The six-state effort along Interstate 35 didn’t take off as expected, but some roadsides are blooming anyway.

The federal approval doesn’t mean construction can begin as the project remains tied up in state and federal court.

In a 6-1 ruling Friday, the Michigan Supreme Court’s found the tunnel's approval should have consider factors like alternatives to the project and harm to Michigan’s “public trust resources.”

The state's high court says the Michigan Public Service Commission failed to fully consider the project's potential environmental impacts.

Facing a crowd of local residents — the majority of whom were against the project — the Wexford Joint Planning Commission on Monday unanimously recommended against a zoning amendment that would've advanced a plan for a 1,500-acre solar array.

Paddlers will spend roughly 15 hours in the river during the 78th running of this non-stop, ultra-endurance competition.

For the first time, Michigan's Fisheries Division is getting funding specifically for whitefish recovery, but officials say it's not enough to solve the ecosystem issues causing the species' decline.

Under the agreement with the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy, nearly 500 acres will be permanently protected and the YMCA Hayo-Went-Ha Camps will gain millions to put toward needed maintenance of its historic facilities.