What Michigan could learn from New Jersey’s 2020 cumulative impact law
Experts say all Michigan residents could benefit from the transparency in the Garden State’s pollution rules for overburdened communities.
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Can Michigan air quality rules adapt to a smoky future?
Scientists and advocates say EPA rules allowing states to discount air quality data influenced by wildfire smoke should be reconsidered.
Interview with an autoworker
UAW member Chris Viola speaks with Planet Detroit on the UAW contract fight, EV workers and climate action.
Michigan regulators release plan to link utility profits with performance
DTE and Consumers would pay more for lengthy and frequent outages, but critics say proposed disincentives are too weak to be effective.
Armed man crashes into Eastside Community Network resilience hub building
Law enforcement investigating whether the incident was a hate crime.
What $10 million for drinking water infrastructure means for Highland Park
The money won’t impact the city’s water debt, but it could help the city address leaky pipes and lead.
Detroit needs a better plan for extreme heat, experts and advocates say
Researchers found Detroit would likely suffer more fatalities than either Atlanta or Phoenix during a heatwave when power remained on, in part because of limited access to air conditioning.
What EGLE’s response to a Flint civil rights complaint could mean for Detroit
Advocates in Detroit believe resistance to changing the state’s permitting process is likely to repeat itself in Detroit, where residents have concerns about the health impacts from the Stellantis expansion.
Climate costs imperil Detroit’s unique, diverse Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood
“Climate gentrification” in cities like New Orleans and Miami has seen wealthier and whiter residents displace low-income residents and people of color in less flood-prone areas. But in Jefferson Chalmers, climate gentrification could mean that those with the resources to manage the risks and expense of living in a floodplain may replace those without them.
DTE is municipal power lobby’s ‘greatest advocate’, backer says after outage
Membership in Ann Arbor for Public Power doubled after last week’s outage, but the path to municipalization promises to be a tough one.