Green Living Headlines

Michigan continues to lead the nation in unemployment, but lawmakers are working to create jobs in new, emerging fields.
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When your company has announced plans to hire 550 people, with unemployment at 15%, you can expect a lot of attention.

Renewable power is generating increased interest in Michigan.

Hundreds of lakeshore residents asked questions and voiced concerns Monday night about a proposal to build an offshore wind farm between Silver Lake and Ludington

Federal officials have announced $150 million in grants for the program Pathways out of Poverty, and some of it is going to Grand Rapids.

A private ribbon cutting ceremony will take place Wednesday at what's being billed as the "greenest" hotel in Grand Rapids.

It might sound like a field of dreams, but Sam Field and his son Connor Field hope their new solar farm will soon bring a burst of sunshine-generated electricity to Michigan and a return on their million-dollar investment.

The Saugatuck Harbor Natural Area is open to the public for recreational use, thanks to a conservation group that has transformed 171 acres of Lake Michigan shoreline sand dunes into a preserve.

Main Street Ludington starts at Lake Michigan, meaning locals are accustomed to the wind. What is unfamiliar is how to react when an out-of-state energy company wants to invest $3 billion dollars in the community.