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Author Archives: Tom Perkins

Tom Perkins is a freelance reporter living in Hamtramck. Follow him at @PomTerkins on Twitter.

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Posted inSolutions

Can Detroit’s urban farms play a role in stemming the floods?

Avatar photo by Tom Perkins July 23, 2021January 19, 2024
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Posted inAccountability

A tale of two census tracts: Why do people live longer in West Bloomfield than on Detroit’s east side?

Avatar photo by Tom Perkins June 17, 2021January 19, 2024
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Posted inSolutions

Michigan’s energy activists start to see decade of work pay off in Highland Park

Avatar photo by Tom Perkins May 6, 2021January 19, 2024
Posted inAccountability

DTE Energy, other Michigan utilities capture pandemic windfall

Avatar photo by Tom Perkins March 25, 2021January 19, 2024
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Citizens issue notice of intent to sue Dearborn’s AK Steel over repeated Clean Air Act violations

Avatar photo by Tom Perkins March 3, 2021January 19, 2024
Posted inSolutions

Solving Detroit’s most intractable environmental justice issues

Avatar photo by Tom Perkins December 22, 2020January 19, 2024
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Posted inSolutions

How environmental activists and attorneys – not politicians – beat Detroit’s toxic trash incinerator

Avatar photo by Tom Perkins December 17, 2020January 19, 2024
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Michigan’s weakened environmental laws lead activists to embrace other tactics

Avatar photo by Tom Perkins December 10, 2020January 19, 2024

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