The EPA’s position of holding the parent company liable would “destroy” the point of corporations, and “pierce the corporate veil,” an attorney for DTE Energy and EES Coke Battery says in federal court.
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Mary Sheffield, Solomon Kinloch emerge winners in Detroit mayoral primary
Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield emerges as the frontrunner in the city’s mayoral primary, with more than half the vote.
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Annexation is Rogelio Landin’s central strategy in Detroit mayoral write-in campaign: ‘More is more’
Write-in Detroit mayoral candidate Rogelio Landin calls for annexation of 28 communities around Detroit to form a larger, more efficient city.
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Attorney Todd Perkins says Detroit will be ‘environmentally conscious’ if he’s mayor
The rollbacks in federal pollution regulations are “draconian,” says attorney and Detroit mayoral candidate Todd Perkins.
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Detroit mayoral candidate Jonathan Barlow on balancing development, environment: ‘Before they get, they have to give’
By the time a Detroit economic development project reaches the community benefits stage, it’s too late to secure environmental protections, says mayoral candidate Jonathan Barlow.
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Lifelong Detroiter DaNetta Simpson’s priority in mayoral campaign? ‘Neighborhoods.’
DaNetta Simpson, who is running for Detroit mayor for the third time, is a lifelong resident with a plan for a city insurance program to address home repairs and blight.
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Canadian wildfire smoke triggers Wayne County’s 16th air quality alert of 2025
Detroit’s air ranks fourth worst in the world Monday, according to the index published by the website IQAir — between Baku, Azerbaijan and Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Fred Durhal III on fixing Detroit’s flooding problem: ‘I’ll be very aggressive’
“It’s going to take a lot of funding,” Detroit mayoral candidate Fred Durhal III says of upgrading the city’s infrastructure to combat flooding.
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‘Detroit needs to take its water back’: Mayoral candidate Joel Haashiim on utility shutoffs
Detroit mayoral candidate Joel Haashiim talks pollution enforcement, utility shutoffs, flooding, why he opposes neighborhood solar developments, and more with Planet Detroit.
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Detroit mayoral candidate Saunteel Jenkins says she’ll work for city’s most vulnerable
Detroit mayoral candidate Saunteel Jenkins talks environmental impact, utility affordability, public transit, public health, ICE, the Office of Sustainability, and the tree canopy with Planet Detroit.