Sept 3, 2025 – Several thousand construction workers, union members and business leaders gathered Wednesday at the state Capitol building with a message for lawmakers as delayed budget negotiations continue: Do your jobs and find a sustainable solution to Michigan’s looming road funding cliff.

Sept 3, 2025 – Some rare bipartisanship was shown Wednesday when a legislative panel advanced bills that would create a state regulatory framework for capturing and storing planet-heating carbon dioxide.

August 27, 2025 – Courts recently blocked a southeast Michigan landfill from accepting Manhattan Project-era nuclear waste from a cleanup site in New YorkThe Michigan Senate voted Tuesday to prevent certain radioactive materials from being disposed of in the state.

August 27, 2025 – Those for and those against constructing a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac are making their cases. A comment period for the necessary permits from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy ends this Friday.

Environmental activists are appealing to Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Director of EGLE, Phil Roos, to urge the state to reject permits to build the tunnel.

August 26, 2025 – The deadline for public input on Enbridge’s Line 5 project is ending Friday, with two sides of the issue stating support and opposition.

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy is currently reviewing Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 tunnel project at the Straits of Mackinac.

The project would see Line 5 replaced with a new tunnel running four miles along the Mackinac Straits. It would bury the line underground and include a concrete liner that’s one foot thick.

August 25, 2025 – Another ballot initiative was approved to start collecting signatures Friday, with the hopes of appearing on the 2026 ballot. The initiative, supported by the group Michiganders for Money Out of Politics, would ban political spending from utility companies and other large state contractors.