Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s $83 billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 targets roads, education, and economic growth, while also tackling environmental and justice issues like affordable drinking water and septic code, crucial yet often overlooked by citizens.

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has alerted the EPA that Wayne and Kalamazoo counties fail to meet the updated air quality standards for fine particulate matter, initiating their redesignation as nonattainment areas.

After weeks of disruption, the EPA has begun releasing some frozen environmental justice grants, but billions remain uncertain as the Trump administration continues targeting climate and equity programs.

Trump’s EPA is dismantling its environmental justice office, removing the EJScreen mapping tool, while the spending freeze harms the economy, and GOP aims to repeal lead pipe rules despite health dangers

DTE Energy is disconnecting thousands of customers while increasing rates and expanding fossil fuel infrastructure, despite its profits surging 41% in 2024 and its business model prioritizing profits over affordability and reliability.

Despite President Trump’s mixed messages on nuclear power, the Palisades Nuclear Plant in southwest Michigan is set to reopen later this year, with owners navigating the confusion caused by his recent executive orders.

Current and former EPA workers say rollbacks at the National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory would compromise emissions reduction work that has delivered hundreds of billions of dollars in public health benefits.