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Tom Perkins is a freelance reporter living in Hamtramck. More by Tom Perkins

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Detroit Zoo leads coalition to connect habitat restoration efforts across the city

By Tom Perkins ● Community ● January 18, 2023 February 22, 2023

State regulators quash DTE proposal to encourage customers to pre-pay their electric bills

By Tom Perkins ● Accountability ● January 12, 2023 February 22, 2023

DTE-linked dark money group funded campaign to strip Whitmer’s lockdown authority, tax records show

By Tom Perkins ● Accountability ● January 10, 2023 February 22, 2023

Study finds biogas is no silver bullet in Michigan’s climate woes

By Tom Perkins ● Accountability ● January 5, 2023 February 22, 2023

Public frustration with DTE is growing. So are its charitable and political spending.

By Tom Perkins ● Accountability ● December 8, 2022 February 22, 2023

How will the Inflation Reduction Act impact Michiganders?

By Tom Perkins ● Guides ● November 1, 2022 February 22, 2023

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New Detroit partnership to begin planting trees where people need them most

By Tom Perkins ● Solutions ● August 11, 2022 February 22, 2023

Detroit River dock collapse fallout: City in court with property owner, storage company to cease operations

By Tom Perkins ● Accountability ● March 28, 2022 February 22, 2023

Is ‘renewable natural gas’ a real option to power Michigan? Consultant with ties to DTE and Consumers hired by regulators to help decide

By Tom Perkins ● Accountability ● February 10, 2022 February 22, 2023

UNDERSTANDING YOUR ENERGY UTILITY

By Tom Perkins ● Guides ● December 15, 2021 February 22, 2023

A Planet Detroit Climate Guide

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