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Author Archives: Michelle Martinez

Michelle Martinez is the Director of the Tishman Center for Social Justice and the Environment at the University of Michigan and a lecturer in its School of Environment and Sustainability. She is a founding member of the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition and served as its Statewide coordinator from 2017 to 2022. She has been practicing environmental justice in her hometown of Detroit since 2006, from urban farming to corporate campaigns and climate justice focusing on race and equity in the environmental sector. She graduated from the University of Michigan, SEAS, earning her Master's in Environmental Policy in 2008.

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OPINION: More stewardship, not cops, needed at Detroit Parks

by Michelle Martinez August 3, 2023January 19, 2024

A summer cruise ends in trash everywhere, not enough parking, and police kicking people out early.

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OPINION | 2022: The year we struck back

by Michelle Martinez December 15, 2022January 19, 2024
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OPINION | DTE’s influence on Michigan’s elections is out of control. Here’s what you can do about it.

by Michelle Martinez October 26, 2022January 19, 2024
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OPINION | The Inflation Reduction Act is now law. But its carbon fundamentalism won’t solve climate change for marginalized communities.

by Michelle Martinez August 17, 2022January 19, 2024
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OPINION | The fight is not over: On Manchin and exhaustion

by Michelle Martinez July 28, 2022January 19, 2024
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OPINION: If you want our planet to survive, Andy Levin is the clear choice for the 11th

by Michelle Martinez June 15, 2022January 19, 2024
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No guns, no oil: A call to love life

by Michelle Martinez June 2, 2022January 19, 2024
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OPINION: Thank you Congresswoman for your NO Vote

by Michelle Martinez November 8, 2021January 19, 2024
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OPINION: It’s time to get to work on climate

by Michelle Martinez August 12, 2021January 19, 2024

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