Across Michigan, clean energy goals once debated as abstract ideas are beginning to reshape rural communities. Utility-scale ...

Fayette Township, surrounding Jonesville, is moving forward with a renewable energy ordinance to ensure it has authority to make decisions on the new proposed solar project.

In Fayette Township in southwest Michigan, the proposed expansion of a utility-scale solar project has drawn hundreds of ...

As large solar projects spread across Mid-Michigan, residents in Livingston and Eaton counties are raising concerns about environmental impacts and the loss of rural farmland and identity. Local ...

St. Clair County passed regulations for solar farm development after residents voiced health and property value concerns. New regulations address noise pollution, limiting decibels near residential ...

DTE Energy is suing St. Clair County, Michigan, over local regulations on solar energy facilities, claiming they violate a 2023 state law. The county argues the regulations protect public health and ...

This story has been updated with additional comments from DTE. IOSCO TWP., MI — A large crowd of residents opposed to DTE Energy’s proposed solar energy project on more than 1,800 acres — that’s ...

A decades-long financial drain on Waukegan Community Unit School District 60, and a source of pollution potentially threatening Lake Michigan, is now environmentally friendly and a revenue source for ...

Michigan farmers face intense pressure to sell land as developers offer huge payouts, and state programs struggle to help keep farms intact.

Some of the thickest hay in the meadow at Jack’s Solar Garden, in Longmont, Colorado, is on the west side under an elm tree. The tree offers shade, absorbs the brunt of afternoon sun, and keeps more ...