climate change

Consumers Energy, a public utility company providing power to 6.7 million Michigan residents, has said it may keep its coal-reliant plants open, a possible reversal from previous plans to close them by 2025.

Governor Whitmer opposes a $2.5 billion tax cut package passed by state legislature. Also, decision-making in a post-omicron surge Michigan. And another episode of Interlochen Public Radio's [Un]Natural Selection series.

On today's how, we bring you more updates on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and what this means for citizens. Plus, hear about shoreline erosion on our Great Lakes with IPR's [Un]Natural Selection.

The Michigan Public Service Commission will be reviewing Consumers Energy's 15 year plan. Environmental justice advocates say they're happy the plan shuts down coal burning plants, but doesn't like the move to buy natural gas powered plants.

Warming winters are changing the Great Lakes, but little is known about how those changes affect life beneath the surface.

A Beaumont pulmonologist provides an inside look at how hospitals are coping with a surge in cases. Then, how two Michigan photographers captured the grandmas of America. And, why climate change solutions must include Indigenous voices.

"Viticulture has not changed much, but vineyard management practices and cultivar choices continue to be refined through the use of developing technology, climate patterns, and knowledge."

Researchers are working to better understand why monarch butterflies are disappearing. It's complicated.

Landsat 9 was launched in September. NASA has been checking out its systems before it turns day-to-day operations over to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The Great Lakes are unusually warm. The high temperatures are to bring lots of snow this winter. But the warming of the Great Lakes poses longer-term threats too.