The state's energy regulating agency has issued some decisions that should relieve some of the financial burden on large companies that want to become greener. Bell's Brewery near Kalamazoo wants to be a sustainable company for generations to come. So being able to produce cleaner energy on site would be a good thing. Walker Modic is Bell's sustainability manager. He says he hasn't been able to make a business case for any green projects because of something called standby rates. Standby rates

The first major results are in from the American Gut Project . It’s a citizen science project to get a better understanding of the microbial communities inside our bodies. People pay $99 to send in a sample – a swab from their hands, their mouth, or a stool sample.

The last two wolves on Isle Royale are still hanging on. The wolf-moose research study on the wilderness island in Lake Superior is now in its 60 th year, and the report from the past year of the study is out today.

A majority of Americans say the federal government isn’t doing enough to protect air and water quality. That’s the latest from a national Pew Research Center survey . The survey found 69 percent of Americans think the government isn’t doing enough to safeguard water quality, while 64 percent say the government isn't doing enough to protect air quality. Brian Kennedy is one of the authors of the report. He says they also asked people whether it’s possible to cut back on regulations and still

Fishermen in northern Michigan say the federal government is doing nothing while double-crested cormorants eat up fish the anglers would like to catch. For more than a decade, the government used lethal force to keep cormorant numbers down. A lawsuit ended that and now the birds are showing signs of rebounding in places they are not welcome.

A lot of cities have pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the wake of President Trump's decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord. That could mean things like cleaner busses – or energy efficiency. But a sizable chunk of our carbon footprint can be traced to how we get and use our food.

Air quality has gotten better in the U.S. over the last several decades. But more recently, nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide emissions have not been decreasing the way people expected.

An invasive insect is attacking hemlock trees in Michigan and along the East Coast. The hemlock woolly adelgid is an aphid-like bug, and it can kill hemlocks. In Michigan, people are watching what happens out east, where the pest has been established longer.

Republicans who correct misinformation on climate change can be even more persuasive than scientists.

Piping plovers are little shorebirds, and they're an endangered species in the Great Lakes region. But they’re making a comeback thanks to conservation efforts and even some heroics.