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The view from a dune at Michigan's Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
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The Metro: Former Sleeping Bear Dunes superintendent warns of cuts to national parks, public lands

Robyn Vincent, The Metro April 7, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Huge numbers of Americans took to the streets over the weekend...

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Enbridge Energy Line 5 pumping facility near Mackinaw City, Mich.
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Tribes, enviro groups ask Michigan Supreme Court to block Line 5

Rick Pluta April 4, 2025

Environmental groups and tribal nations are asking the Michigan Supreme Court to put the brakes on a Canadian company’s plans...

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Village employees clear debris left behind by historic ice storms in Wolverine on Monday, April 1, 2025.
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Whitmer deploys National Guard to help ice storm recovery

Michael Livingston April 3, 2025

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has deployed the Michigan National Guard to help with ice storm recovery.Two specialized teams were deployed Wednesday...

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A car drives through a puddle left after a downpour of rain in Detroit.
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Detroit Evening Report: Metro Detroiters brace for more heavy rain, flooding

Jerome Vaughn April 2, 2025

Detroiters are bracing themselves for another round of storms on Wednesday night. Subscribe to the Detroit Evening Report on Apple...

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Detroit has partnered with the nonprofit American Forests, and a number of other state and local conservation groups, on an initiative to grow more trees in the city.
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Detroit’s tree canopy is growing, despite federal funding cuts

Amanda LeClaire April 2, 2025

American Forests, the nation’s oldest conservation nonprofit, says Detroit has planted 25,000 trees since launching a local tree equity partnership...

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A snapped off utility pole lays by the side of the road in Bear Creek Township, Michigan.
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Thousands without power in northern Michigan with more wintry weather on the way

Ed Ronco, Ellie Katz, Michael Livingston April 1, 2025

Relief from a brutal ice storm — which left thousands without power across Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula — could be...

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Jim Lively has a local food market just minutes from the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in northern Michigan. He’s waiting for the federal money he was promised so he can put solar on the roof and offset the costs of opening up a campsite for RVs in this field.
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Farmers and business owners were promised financial help for energy upgrades. They’re still waiting for the money

Izzy Ross, Katie Myers, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Emily Jones March 25, 2025

Editor's note: This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization; BPR, a public radio station...

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Khary Frazier of the nonprofit Soulardarity, at WDET Studios, March 19, 2025.
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The Metro: In the face of big utilities, how do residents have more power?

Robyn Vincent, The Metro March 19, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. In metro Detroit, a quarter of low-income households pay more than...

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EPA’s ‘biggest deregulatory action’ spurs concern for air, water quality in Michigan

Teresa Homsi March 17, 2025

The Environmental Protection Agency has released a laundry list of policies related to climate change and pollution it wants to...

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NWS kicks off training on how to spot and report severe weather

Pat Batcheller March 17, 2025

Tornado season has arrived, and the National Weather Service has started its annual training sessions for Skywarn spotters.Jackie Anderson is...

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For the first time in more than 100 years, cougar cubs have been discovered living in the Michigan wild.
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For the first time in more than a century, cougar cubs sighting confirmed in the western UP

Steve Carmody March 14, 2025

State wildlife officials say they have confirmed two cougar cubs in the Upper Peninsula.It’s the first such sighting in the...

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The Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp.'s natural gas station in Negaunee Township, which came online in 2019.
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The Metro: How will Trump’s trade war affect gas, electricity costs?

The Metro, Sam Corey March 11, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Gas and electricity just seem to be getting more and more...

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