Climate Change

In the next few decades, climate experts predict Michigan summers will resemble Arkansas and winters will be more like in Ohio. Now some officials in public health are trying to prepare for the impacts of those trends.

The state is partnering with AmeriCorps to fund community service projects in Michigan focused on addressing climate change.

Some visitors to two of Michigan’s state parks will see something they’ve never fully seen before: the brilliant reds, oranges, and yellows of fall.

Mosquitos have seen a five to ten percent drop in population this summer.Michiganders may have noticed a few less itchy bites on their arms, legs and that awful spot in between your fingers. That’s because the weather in recent months has not been very mosquito friendly.This is good news for most people, but not for mosquito experts like Ned Walker. He’s a professor of microbiology and entomology at Michigan State University.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently published climate predictions that show Michigan may have prolonged winters.

A coalition of environmental and public interest groups has asked the Federal Trade Commission to launch an investigation of the U.S. electric utilty industry.

The United States is the largest producer of corn in the world, but recent findings from a Michigan State University researcher suggest climate change is putting the nation’s top crop at risk.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has dropped a federal lawsuit seeking to shut down Enbridge’s Line 5 oil and natural gas liquids pipeline.

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm was in Michigan Thursday to tout the Biden administration’s new fuel economy standards and a goal to significantly increase electric vehicle sales.

The intense rainstorms and flooding that wreaked havoc on southeast Michigan last month are a sign of things to come with climate change—and President Joe…