Carbon Neutrality

Hearings on the Michigan Senate’s proposed clean energy plan could start next month. Colin Jackson has more.

The Ann Arbor Energy Commission is pushing to get the city to adopt a ban on natural gas for all new construction. WEMU's Josh Hakala reports.

The budget for Ann Arbor’s Community Climate Action Millage will be taken up at tonight’s Energy Commission meeting. WEMU’s Josh Hakala has a preview.

Housing and transportation account for 50% of all greenhouse gas emissions, so changing to electric vehicles won't help slow the climate crisis on its own. The manner in which we build and retrofit our residential and business communities is vital to environmental sustainability. The nation's lead expert on this is Reid Ewing, Distinguished Professor of City and Metropolitan Planning at the University of Utah and this week's guest on "Issues of the Environment" with WEMU's David Fair. Later this month, Dr. Ewing will be a featured panelist in Ann Arbor on the interplay between housing and transportation when it comes to reducing our carbon footprint.

A planned housing development that claims it will produce more energy than it uses was approved for a re-zoning by the Ann Arbor City Council last night. It was a unanimous vote. WEMU's Josh Hakala reports.

Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow has announced she will not seek reelection in 2024, bringing an end to a long and storied political career. She joined WEMUI's David Fair and Michigan League of Conservation Voters executive director, Lisa Wozniak, for a conversation on what environmental goals she wants to accomplish in her last two years.

The Ann Arbor Fire Department has plans to replace its outdated fire station on the southeast side of the city. WEMU's Josh Hakala reports.

A former landfill on the north side of Ann Arbor is moving closer to becoming a housing development. WEMU's Josh Hakala reports.

A part of Ann Arbor's plan in achieving carbon neutrality by 2030 is to create a more robust circular economy. Think and act local first, and become more mindful of how we use, reuse, and dispose of all of our materials at home and at work. Ann Arbor Sustainability and Innovations Manager, Missy Stults, joins WEMU's David Fair with the 2023 plans to grow the local circular economy.

As the new session in Lansing gets underway, Democrats find themselves in control of both chambers of the Legislature for the first time in 40 years. Governor Gretchen Whitmer sees that as a path forward on a number of issues. The governor joins WEMU's David Fair and Michigan League of Conservation Voters executive director, Lisa Wozniak, to lay out her priorities for the next two years.