Hamtramck and Detroit are surrounded by corporate polluters that emit pollutants in our neighborhoods and have suffered from harsh rains last summer. Our climate resilience plans must prioritize those residents most at risk.
Michigan climate change
Posted inThe Center for Michigan
The 2021 stories that defined Michigan: COVID, jobs, climate and election lies
As we glide toward the end of 2021, Bridge Michigan reporters look back on the stories that best encapsulated a frenetic news year.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Changing Great Lakes latest threat to Michigan’s cherished Fishtown
A nonprofit is raising foundations of shanties along the Leelanau Peninsula because of increased flooding and water levels from climate change.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Climate change grips trout streams across the nation: How anglers are responding
Across the country, anglers have watched as droughts, floods and high temperatures batter the rivers they depend on, including Michigan’s Au Sable. Now, they’re calling for swift action.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Michigan’s balmy October means more mosquitos, peril for coldwater fish
Above-average temps are becoming the norm in October. Climate change means warmer waters that threaten salmon and trout, a possible rise in tick-borne illnesses and delays in bird migration.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Why closing Palisades nuclear plant is like sinking the lifeboats
If we want to slow climate change and reduce our reliance on gas, it’s a mistake to shut down Michigan’s carbon-free nuclear power plant.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
As drought grips American West, irrigation becomes a Michigan selling point
Michigan farmers irrigate with 187 billion gallons of groundwater a year, double what was used a decade earlier. Is the state prepared for more?
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | The time is now for Michigan to invest in climate resiliency plans
Like the rest of the world, Michigan must work toward mitigating the projected trajectory of climate change by significantly reducing our greenhouse gas generation.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Michigan’s soggy summer evidence of a global climate reckoning
The massive storms that ripped through southeast Michigan this summer are likely the state’s new normal, but our aging infrastructure was designed for the climate of the past.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Smoke from wildfires making Michigan’s sunsets even more vibrant
Wildfires consuming the west coast and Canada are troublesome and destructive, but they are also producing stunning panoramas through the hazy skies.