Storm reports Thursday afternoon and evening included golf ball-sized hail in Capac and Emmett in St. Clair County. Quarter-sized hail was reported in Deerfield Township in Lapeer County.

The Trump administration is seeking to abandon a rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution, arguing that the Biden administration did not have authority to set the tighter standard on pollution from tailpipes, smokestacks and other industrial sources.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in February on whether the Environmental Protection Agency can continue enforcing its anti-air-pollution “good neighbor” rule in 10 states.

The Department of Energy announced Friday it is awarding up to $1.2 billion to two projects that promise to remove carbon dioxide from the air in what officials said was the largest investment in “engineered carbon removal” in history.

The U.N. health agency says nearly everybody in the world breathes air that doesn’t meet its standards for air quality.

Two people were killed and three others were hospitalized and listed in critical condition after a crash in St. Clair County, according to police.

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a plan that would restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas with air pollution they can’t control.

A U.N.-backed study has found that the world needs to cut by more than half its production of coal, oil and gas in the coming decade to maintain a chance of keeping global warming from reaching dangerous levels.

The community came together and cleaned up the entire field in time for Friday night’s multiple Little League games with hundreds of kids.