Lucas Smolcic Larson
Environmental Reporter at MLive
Environmental reporter @mlive. Previously @AnnArborNews @IslandPacket. Falo português, hablo español.
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1 week ago |
mlive.com | Lucas Smolcic Larson
OTTAWA COUNTY, MI - A Trump administration order requiring an old power plant burning coal on the shores of Lake Michigan to remain open months longer than planned faces a challenge from 10 environmental groups and consumer watchdogs.
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2 weeks ago |
mlive.com | Lucas Smolcic Larson
Michigan’s two largest utilities will be expected to use a deep-dive audit of their outage-prone grids as a roadmap to improve historically poor electric reliability for more than four million customers across much of the state. On Thursday, June 12, state regulators with the Michigan Public Service Commission ordered both Consumers Energy and DTE Energy to evaluate ramping up tree trimming along power lines, better protect the public from dangerous downed wires and address maintenance backlogs.
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2 weeks ago |
mlive.com | Lucas Smolcic Larson
New estimates show Michigan hunters killed greater numbers of deer during the 2024 season than the year prior, a trend driven partly by boosted doe harvest. A state survey conducted by mail pegged the number of white tails harvested at 373,300, a nearly 8% increase over estimates from 2023. Overall, the estimated deer harvest remains significantly lower today than its peak in the late 1990s, with fewer Michiganders headed into the woods every fall and winter.
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2 weeks ago |
mlive.com | Lucas Smolcic Larson
Consumer Energy plans to retire J.H. Campbell Generating Complex in 2025OTTAWA COUNTY, MI - The utility keeping a Michigan coal-fired power plant on life support under a last-minute Trump administration order says the costs involved should not burden only in-state power customers. Instead, a broader region covering large portions of the Midwest should help pick up the tab, Consumers Energy argued in a Friday, June 6 legal filing.
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2 weeks ago |
mlive.com | Lucas Smolcic Larson
A coyote in wintertime. An Ingham County judge has ruled Michigan's shortened coyote season, instituted in 2024, will remain after a legal challenge from hunting groups.
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RT @rosekellywhite: FOIA-led reporting from @GusBurns on how Michigan's conservation districts are operating with little oversight and mism…
Here's Consumers' CEO on Mackinac confirming the challenges around keeping Campbell open: bringing staff back, getting coal after contacts expired, leasing rail cars again... https://t.co/CVW5Rj3FoP
Keeping an old coal plant open under a Trump order, especially one that was days from closing, will bring big costs for the utility that owns it, experts say. While the details are still slim, it promises to burden utility bills. Here's how. https://t.co/5FDSvSPQhF
Keeping an old coal plant open under a Trump order, especially one that was days from closing, will bring big costs for the utility that owns it, experts say. While the details are still slim, it promises to burden utility bills. Here's how. https://t.co/5FDSvSPQhF