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DTE Energy's new 20-year energy plan envisions leaving coal as a fuel behind by 2035. That's not fast enough for many environmental, community, and health groups.

Today on Stateside, a new report highlights how candidates preferred by Black voters are unlikely to win primary elections due to redistricting. Then, Plowshares Theatre producing artistic director talks about future of live theatre after the pandemic. Also, the shutdown of the Abbott baby formula factory that kicked off a nationwide shortage stemmed from an incident with a stun gun. Finally, two treaties made by the US could lead to drastically different outcomes for Line 5.

In 2013, a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. The dangers of oil trains are part of the controversy around Enbridge Line 5 — a pipeline running through the Straits of Mackinac. In part two of this series, we look at the risks of transporting crude oil by rail.

On this episode of Stateside, we recapped all we have learned about the GOP candidates running for governor. Then, an installation in downtown Ann Arbor commemorates the children lost during the ongoing war in Ukraine. Also, we continued the IPR miniseries on oil spills.

There’s no safe way to move crude oil across an entire continent. So what risks are we willing to take? And who bears the brunt of that risk? Over the next couple days, we'll be looking at times when transporting oil went horribly wrong. Today, we’ll hear about a pipeline that ruptured. Next time, we’ll consider the alternative.

Applications for energy assistance in Michigan will be open all year round starting Monday, October 1.Until now, people could only apply for the…

Reporters and activists have been piecing together information on a couple of political organizations funded by Consumer's Energy. Those organizations…

"Michigan is going to control its own energy future."That's Michigan Agency for Energy Executive Director Valerie Brader, describing the benefits of the…

The U.S. EPA estimates that companies in Michigan waste up to a third of the energy they buy because of inefficient buildings and equipment.But most of…

Traverse City wants to get all its electricity for city operations from clean, renewable energy sources by 2020, according to a resolution passed…