Environment

Extreme rainfall and reduced evaporation during the 2010s caused the Great Lakes to rise to record-breaking levels by 2020, swallowing up beaches and digging away at the dunes behind them, threatening waterfront homes like the Brickleys’ which is in Berrien County.

Wake boats are making big waves, and thus bigger clashes on Michigan’s inland lakes. Kalamazoo lawmaker proposes state limits.

A spokesperson says they didn't plant jack pine trees this year due to a "dormancy issue" with young trees. The trees are the only habitat where the Kirtland's Warbler can live.

Wildlife officials hope genetic tests will help reveal how invasive crayfish got to a state fish hatchery in Mattawan.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration is moving to roll back rules on greenhouse gases and exempt oil refineries, chemical manufacturers and others from clean air regulations.

Nine environmental groups are taking the Department of Energy to court to end its order to keep the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant open past Consumers Energy's planned closure date.

The National Wildlife Federation says Michigan's environment department should fully review what damage drilling the tunnel for a new pipeline segment might cause.

The money was slotted for stream restoration and farmland preservation across the region.

Green built could be a new environmentally-friendly solution for eliminating energy waste and human footprint on our planet. These kind of homes are meant to sustain for future generations to come.

Hydropower accounts for nearly 30% of utility-scale renewable energy in the U.S., but federal hurdles may prevent older hydroelectric plants from staying online and new projects from getting off the ground.