The Essential Environmental & Energy Blog

Michigan issues draft MI Healthy Climate Plan, seeks public comments through Feb. 8.

The proposed new definition of “Waters of the United States” by the EPA and USACE could have significant environmental ramifications for your property, operations or activities. 

Like other requirements, environmental regulations apply to medicinal and recreational cannabis businesses too.

Moving on all fronts, Trump administration has several ways to affect environmental regulations and policy.

Michigan just made it easier for owners and operators of underground storage tanks to demonstrate financial assurance and obtain cash for closing leaking tanks.

Federal legislators try to insert weaker ballast discharge regulations into defense budget, which may pave the way for more invasive species in the Great Lakes.

Michigan's Legislators should consider the increasingly positive business case for supporting the state's Renewable Portfolio Standard before acting to roll it back or eliminate it outright.

Federal appellate court blocks EPA’s rule defining “Waters of the United States” for the purposes of the Clean Water Act.

Changes in Michigan net metering laws should be based on actual data, not conjecture.

Court requires MSPC to reconsider its decision permitting a gas pipeline and to comply with the Michigan Environmental Protection Act.

Veterans are often exposed to hazardous materials during their service; here’s what is being done to help them.

Local communities are responding to fracking by attempting to restrict the practice through the passage of ordinances, with inconsistent results.

Michigan bills allow reuse of byproducts from incinerated coal and municipal waste in landfills, fertilizer, building materials, among other uses