Lucas Smolcic Larson
Environmental Reporter at MLive
Environmental reporter @mlive. Previously @AnnArborNews @IslandPacket. Falo português, hablo español.
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mlive.com | Lucas Smolcic Larson
For thousands of Michiganders, their power company will remain a cash-only business. DTE Energy, the state’s largest electric utility, may continue its unique policy of forcing certain customers to pay their monthly electric bills only in cash for a year’s time, state regulators have ruled. Advocates sought to restrict the practice, with some arguing it preyed on low-income customers, forcing them to ferry around large amounts of cash and go out of their way to stay current on electric bills.
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mlive.com | Lucas Smolcic Larson
LANSING, MI - Republican bills offering a big carveout to Michigan’s clean energy standards for two Upper Peninsula utilities have advanced — with some Democrats reaching across the aisle to speed them along. The legislation introduced this year by two GOP state representatives from the U.P. initially sought to classify power plants burning natural gas, a fossil fuel composed mainly of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, as “clean” and “renewable” under the law.
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mlive.com | Lucas Smolcic Larson
Flocks of Canada geese will be corralled, stuffed into chambers and gassed to death with carbon dioxide this year under a new last-resort option available to golf courses, parks and lake associations through a Michigan nuisance program. The strategy for urban and suburban areas overrun with honkers has recently drawn fire from animal welfare activists who contend it’s inhumane and ineffective.
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mlive.com | Lucas Smolcic Larson
Flint MTA’s has replaced diesel busses with those powered by hydrogen fuel cells as part of a transition to clean energy public transportation. Widespread use of hydrogen remains limited, but new research indicates Michigan might be sitting on reserves of the gas underground.Brice Tucker | [email protected]
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1 week ago |
mlive.com | Lucas Smolcic Larson
LANSING, MI - Michigan game regulators tabled a measure would have restored year-round coyote hunting, days before a three-month “quiet period” where hunting is prohibited begins. The ban on coyote hunting from April 15 to July 15 is meant to avoid the time of year where pups are dependent on their parents to survive. The governor-appointed Michigan Natural Resources Commission instituted it in March 2024, curtailing a year-round hunting season that had been in place since 2016.
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Update: After we published this story, the EPA rescinded the termination of at least $40M in Michigan grants, saying the terminations were "accidentally sent." https://t.co/1dPgKuquS1
A $20M EPA grant to fashion Detroit soup kitchens and food pantries in to "resilience hubs" that can weather power outages is on the Trump admin's chopping block. We confirmed the termination of more than $42M in Michigan EJ grants. https://t.co/zIC95dco7e
A $20M EPA grant to fashion Detroit soup kitchens and food pantries in to "resilience hubs" that can weather power outages is on the Trump admin's chopping block. We confirmed the termination of more than $42M in Michigan EJ grants. https://t.co/zIC95dco7e
GOP reps say Michigan's clean energy law doesn't work for the Upper Peninsula. Their solution? Call natural gas power plants "clean" and "renewable" under the law, a big carveout for the U.P. https://t.co/PUVTOaA6Q1