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Michigan

What Is an Energy Emergency? The Trump Administration Says It Alone Decides.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing the first challenge to a series of orders that have blocked retirement of aging coal and oil plants. Advocates say keeping the plants running has been costly to consumers and the environment.

By Marianne Lavelle

A view of the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Mich. Credit: Consumers Energy
Transmission lines lead away from a coal-fired power plant in China Township, Mich. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Trump’s Tax Refunds Do Little to Stem the Affordability Crisis, Michigan Democrats Say

By Arcelia Martin

A look inside Google’s New Albany data center in Central Ohio. Credit: Google

Two Wildly Different Data Centers Reveal a ‘Fork in the Road’ on How to Meet Electricity Demand

By Dan Gearino

People take cover as a thunderstorm, accompanied by heavy hail, sweeps through Paris on May 3, 2025. Credit: Jerome Gilles/NurPhoto via Getty Images

A Warmer Climate Means Bigger Hail

By Bob Berwyn

The ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery is seen on Jan. 13 in Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Michigan Tries a New Legal Tactic Against Big Oil, Alleging Antitrust Violations Aimed at Hobbling EVs and Renewable Energy

By Dana Drugmand

An American kestrel. Credit: Jon G. Fuller/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

On Michigan Cherry Farms, Small Falcons Are Improving Food Safety

By K.R. Callaway

Fred the handyman at the Shiloh Commons installs a new water filter in a residence January 21, 2016 in Flint, Michigan. The city's water supply had been contaminated by lead after a switch from Lake Huron to the Flint river as a source in April 2014. Credit: Sarah Rice/Getty Images

Michigan’s Other Water Crisis: PFAS’s Prevalence in Private Wells

By K.R. Callaway

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at a Ford Pro Accelerate event on Sept. 3 in Detroit. Credit: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

As the Whitmer Administration Enters Its Final Year, Environmental Advocates Lament Wasted Opportunities

By Tom Perkins

Rural Michigan residents rally this month against the $7 billion Stargate data center planned on southeast Michigan farm land in Saline. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Michigan Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Repeal Data Center Tax Incentives

By Tom Perkins

Cabinets hold racks and active servers at the Digital Realty Innovation Lab data center on Nov. 12 in Ashburn, Va. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images

Members of America’s Largest Power Grid Can’t Agree on How to Power Data Centers

By Rambo Talabong

A view of Consumers Energy’s J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Mich. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Trump’s Order to Keep Michigan Coal Plant Running Has Cost $80 Million So Far

By Marianne Lavelle

A rendering of Related Digital’s planned data center in Saline Township, Mich. Credit: Related Digital

Data Center Developer Takes a Small Michigan Farming Community to Court

By K.R. Callaway

Algae blooms can produce toxins and harbor other bacteria, making it potentially harmful to people who come into direct contact with the mucky water. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

There’s a New Plan and Funding to Clean Up the Muck Plaguing Lake St. Clair

By K.R. Callaway

Bitcoin mines rely on loud fans like these, seen at a facility in Niagara Falls, N.Y., that can be disruptive for nearby communities. Credit: Geoff Robins/AFP via Getty Images

A Bitcoin Mine Came to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and Dafter Township Isn’t Happy

By Tom Perkins

A group of residents are trying to stop a proposed data center on an 822-acre property largely in Augusta Charter Township, Mich. Credit: Daniel Karmann/picture alliance via Getty Images

A Michigan Town Hopes to Stop a Data Center With a 2026 Ballot Initiative

By Tom Perkins

Students walk through the University of Michigan campus on April 3 in Ann Arbor, Mich. Credit: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

Los Alamos and University of Michigan Want to Build a National Security ‘Data Center’ in Ypsilanti. Residents and Local Officials See Few Benefits.

By Tom Perkins

An aerial view of southwest Detroit featuring a Marathon petroleum refinery. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Detroit Is the Nation’s Most Challenging City for People with Asthma, a New Report Suggests

By K.R. Callaway

The northern lights are seen above the Bete Grise Wetlands Preserve in Keweenaw County, Mich. Credit: Chris Guibert/Keweenaw Mountain Lodge

In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Stargazing Sheds Light on the Dark Sky Movement

By K.R. Callaway

A view of DTE Energy’s Monroe coal-fired power plant in Monroe, Mich. Credit: Jim West/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

New Data Center Proposals Would ‘Kill’ Michigan’s Strong New Climate Laws

By Tom Perkins

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