Researchers developed the most comprehensive study looking at how PFAS moved through Great Lakes food webs over the last 40 years. (Vivian La/Interlochen Public Radio) ▾ A mainstream climate science critic will oversee the government’s flagship climate change report after he was appointed to lead the U.S. Global Change Research Program by the Trump administration. (Maxine Joselow, Brad Plumer/The New York Times) ▾ New York passed the nation’s first statewide moratorium on dat

Democrats in the Michigan Senate introduced legislation to curb hyperscale data center energy usage and environmental impacts. (Jordyn Hermani/Bridge Michigan) ▾ The Federal Court rules against Trump’s efforts to eliminate air pollution standards. (Amudalat Ajasa/The Washington Post) ▾ The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal to delay enforcement of vehicle air pollution regulations was backed by major automakers, environmental groups say it will lead to an increase

The Detroit River restoration receives $10 million in funding from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state of Michigan. (Isabelle Tavares/Planet Detroit) ▾ The EPA will not set nationwide environmental requirements for data centers. (Alex Guillen/Politico) ▾ The U.S. government is planning to let a rule that regulates federal data center operations expire without plans to renew or replace it. (Molly Taft/Wired) ▾ Google is seeking federal approval to release 32 mi

The Michigan gubernatorial candidates say how they’d address key environmental issues, including threats to the Great Lakes, data centers, climate change, conservation and more. (Simona D Schuster/Bridge MI) ▾ An analysis of federal records finds the National Park Service is using at least $67 million worth of park entrance fees to fund President Trump’s beautification projects in Washington, including renovating the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and fixing ornamental foun

Michigan will receive up to $240 million to clean up PCB contamination following a legal settlement with chemical company Monsanto. (Rick Pluta/Michigan Public Radio) ▾ Camera Hamilton has been named the new lead of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a year after President Trump fired him as the interim lead for speaking against dismantling the agency. (Gabriela Aoun Anguiera/The Associated Press) ▾ Cuba announced its oil reserves have run dry, after the U.S. ene

Michigan Democratic lawmakers introduced a “green amendment” to enshrine environmental protections in the state Constitution alongside bills to regulate PFAS pollution. (Steve Carmody/Michigan Public Radio) ▾ A New York Times expose shows the U.S. Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” upended climate policy, first blocking coal-burning power plant regulations introduced by Obama, showing how the court could rule on Trump’s efforts to rescind the federal authority to combat climate

A new assessment finds emperor penguins and fur seals are now classified as endangered wildlife driven by global warming. (Rachel Nuwer/The New York Times) ▾ The state of California plans to transform Humboldt Bay into the world’s deepest floating offshore wind farm to reach its 100 perent clean energy goal by 2045. (Hayley Smith/The LA Times) ▾ Following a snow drought and heat wave, states in the western U.S. are implementing water use restrictions earlier than usual. (Kile

Michigan Governor Whitmer declared an energy emergency in response to high gas prices to allow continued sale of cheap fuel blend. ( Colin Jackson / Michigan Public Radio ) ▾ The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official in charge of methane regulations helped write arguments against them for the oil industry. ( Alex Cuadros / ProPublica ) ▾ President Trump set the highest rate of rejecting disaster aid for Democratic-run states in 47 years of the Federal Emergency Manag

A coalition of more than two dozen states - including Michigan - are suing the Trump administration for relinquishing the governments legal authority to fight climate change. ( Grant Schwab / The Detroit News ) ▾ The Trump administration agreed to pay a French energy company $1 billion to stop wind farm developments off the East Coast , directing investments into oil and gas projects instead. ( Evan Halper, Jake Spring/ The Washington Post ) ▾ Scientists discovered the oldest

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer says Trump agreed to deliver federal funding to help with costs of ice storm recovery efforts. ( Simon D. Schuster / Bridge MI ) ▾ An Army Corps project could wipe out one of Florida's last thriving coral reefs . ( Nicolás Rivero / The Washington Post ) ▾ Scientists studying sea level rise have been underestimating how high water is - meaning hundreds of millions more people are already living dangerously close to the rising ocean. ( Sachi