Lucas Smolcic Larson is an environmental reporter at MLive. He covers energy policy, agricultural issues, and land use across Michigan, with a keen focus on climate change and environmental concerns. His work has been honored by press associations in Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Michigan.
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Lucas Smolcic Larson’s focus leans heavily towards local news, specifically municipal decisions and construction projects within Washtenaw County. He seems to value in-depth coverage of government announcements, sustainability initiatives, and transportation developments.
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By: Lucas Smolcic
| A pair of Michigan energy utilities have the official green light to raise customers' rates beginning in 2025.
By: Lucas Smolcic Larson
The outbreak of epizootic hemorrhagic disease, or EHD, in wild deer has now spread to at least 11 counties, wildlife officials say.
By: Lucas Smolcic
| ANTRIM COUNTY, MI - In Northern Michigan, the Jordan River winds its way through an 18,000-acre block of state-owned forest, its fresh water plied by fly fishers and navigated by paddlers
ESCANABA, MI - A utility serving more than 42,000 customers in Michigan's Upper Peninsula has the authority to raise electric rates by $6.6 million in the first increase approved by regulators since its formation in 2016.
By: Lucas Smolcic
| Developers of sprawling solar farms and wind parks have new marching orders when it comes to locating their projects across Michigan.
By: Lucas Smolcic
JACKSON, MI - As electric vehicles land in driveways across Michigan, one of the state's largest utilities will deploy 18,000 artificial intelligence-powered devices to help better understand their impact on the electric grid.
By: Lucas Smolcic
ANN ARBOR, MI - They put solar panels on the roof. They installed new windows and blew insulation into their walls. Then, they threw out their gas furnace.
By: Lucas Smolcic Larson
Why does your power company offer free refrigerator recycling? Michigan law requires it to encourage energy savings.
By: Sheri Mcwhirter, Lucas Smolcic Larson
Milkweed is no longer considered a “noxious weed” in Michigan, a monarch butterfly migration superhighway through the Great Lakes. But is that enough?
By: Lucas Smolcic
| When Donna Riggs' lights flick off, as they have eight times in the past two years, her chief concern is her breath.
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