A new state roadmap shows Michigan can reduce energy burdens and prevent thousands of asthma attacks through efficiency upgrades and electrification, but utility rate reforms are needed to ensure families save money.
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VOICES: Hanging laundry and the math of small climate wins
An Ann Arbor doctor reflects on how hanging laundry in his basement became a gateway to larger climate actions, challenging the idea that individual behavior doesn’t matter.
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Detroit urges flooding precautions with more rain incoming
Detroit asks residents to cut water use as city faces up to 1.5 inches of rain and possible flooding through Thursday night.
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Michigan updates air quality alert system as wildfire smoke season approaches
Michigan will alert residents sooner when air quality reaches the Air Quality Index’s unhealthy for sensitive groups range.
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Data center ordinance development continues in Washington Township: ‘There is a limit to everything’
Washington Township planning commissioners vote to continue developing data center rules after Prologis proposed a 312-acre technical campus last year.
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Trump EPA proposes coal ash rule rollback
Trump EPA proposes weakening coal ash rules that protect groundwater from heavy metal contamination at power plants across the U.S.
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Detroit forms data center working group after council backs moratorium
Detroit City Councilman Scott Benson convened a stakeholder working group to develop zoning policies for data centers, following the council’s March resolution urging a two-year development moratorium.
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EPA: Detroit’s air quality meets sulfur dioxide standards
EPA removes Detroit from sulfur dioxide nonattainment after 57% pollution drop over 13 years; lawyer says process too slow for residents.
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Trump budget proposal cuts EPA funding in half, targets climate programs
Trump’s budget would cut EPA funding 50% and eliminate renewable energy programs.
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Michigan environmental news: Consumers Energy dam sale faces hard questions from state panel
Michigan natural resources commissioners challenge Consumers Energy’s plan to sell 13 dams for $1 each to Confluence Hydro.