On one hand, this is just another land use. But on the other hand, I know there’s a lot of concerns about this,” said Scott ...

Dozens of local governments have challenged rules taking away their final authority over big renewable energy projects in ...

Nobody thought much of 420 acres in Gaylord until a proposal to put solar panels on it. Now, it’s become hallowed ground — and points to the difficulty of meeting Michigan’s climate goals.

One of the first bills introduced this year in the Michigan House would make exceptions for some Upper Peninsula natural gas ...

Payments from the State of Michigan, in some communities, are having huge impacts on the budgets of small townships that ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is exploring the possibility of leasing about 420 acres of forest land near ...

This coverage is made possible in part through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media ...

Some 420 acres of state-managed, forested land near Gaylord, and nearly 1,100 acres near Roscommon, would be leased to solar ...

Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources offered a 420-acre parcel of “less than pristine” land to a solar developer to expand a nearby project. This sparked backlash from local politicians, who ...

A Michigan expert weighs in on an historic shift in 2024 - wind and solar power surpassed coal on the U.S. grid. According to ...

But with little to no public reaction, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has pursued leasing for multiple utility-scale solar projects on forested and other public lands the DNR manages ...