This coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. In a rare move, six tribal nations in Michigan have withdrawn from discussions on a federal permit for the Line 5 tunnel, which the Canadian company Enbridge wants to build under the Straits of Mackinac. Line 5 carries oil and natural gas liquids across the Straits of Mackinac.

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Interlochen Public Radio and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. To get to the Cherry Capital Airport in Traverse City, you take a road called “Fly Don’t Drive.” (Get it?) The airport isn’t crowded on a mid-November morning; the Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired lobby with its fireplace and warm lighting has a few people milling around — none of the hubbub of big terminals.

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This coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. There’s a hole in what we know about ice on the Great Lakes. While satellites can see where the ice is, it can be difficult to measure its thickness.

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The historic restart of a shuttered nuclear power plant is planned for later this year on the shores of Lake Michigan, and a northern Michigan energy cooperative is playing a major role. Last fall, the Biden administration finalized $1.3 billion in grants to two rural power cooperatives, as part of efforts to reopen the Palisades Nuclear Plant in southwest Michigan’s Covert Township.

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Federal monitors say parts of northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula are experiencing a drought. Dry weather and high winds mean there’s a higher chance of fire, according to the state Department of Natural Resources, which is asking people to be careful. The weekend brought some rain and cooler weather to the region, said Keith Murphy, a fire management specialist for the DNR in Marquette, and they have the situation under control.