Michigan Department of Environment Great Lakes and Energy

Political and business leaders have been congregating on Mackinac Island this week to discuss state policy, but this afternoon about 150 people showed up to protest the Line 5 tunnel, ahead of Govenor Gretchen Whitmer's address at the policy conference.

$21 billion in federal grants, loans, and loan guarantees for Michigan projects are being rescinded or held back for clean energy efforts by the Trump administration.

After sitting in the center of town for years and covering the remaining contaminated soil, an nonoperational gas station in Hillman will be torn down in the coming months and replaced by an artisan bakery called the "Black Squirrel Bakery."

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy is partnering with the nonprofit bank Michigan Saves to address failing septic tanks.

The State of Michigan’s MI Clean Water Plan is receiving an extra $290 million for an expansion.

Public health and environment officials recently spoke at Alpena Community College about the current water safety challenges in northeast Michigan. The speakers explained how pollutants enter water sources, how they can lead to potential health issues and what people can do to reduce the number of pollutants from entering water sources.

Legislation to get rid of a committee that reviews plans by the state Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy is headed to the governor's desk.

Health and environmental groups are joining a Sierra Club lawsuit claiming the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wrongly found that southeast Michigan now meets federal ozone standards.

Local, state, and federal agencies conduct exercises based on worst case scenarios of petroleum spills into the Great Lakes.

Michigan environmental regulators are urging residents to avoid going into parts of the Huron River and several of its tributaries.