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Home » Accountability

Category: Accountability

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Why Detroit’s energy grid still fails its poorest residents

Avatar photo by Floodlight May 14, 2025May 15, 2025

In Detroit, faith leaders are pushing for the release of $2 million in EPA grants to establish resilience hubs with renewable energy, a crucial step for communities left vulnerable by a funding freeze under the Trump administration.

DTE Energy headquarters in downtown Detroit
Posted inAccountability

DTE Energy, Consumers Energy shareholder returns drive up Michigan energy bills: ‘It’s costing consumers so much money’

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt May 6, 2025May 6, 2025
DTE Energy's coal-fired power plant in Monroe, Michigan.
Posted inNews

Could Trump’s executive orders endanger Michigan’s climate laws?

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt April 15, 2025April 15, 2025
Peeling lead paint
Posted inNews

Detroit softens lead inspection rules in new rental program: Expert says it’s ‘unconscionable’ move

Avatar photo by Isabelle Tavares March 27, 2025March 27, 2025
Gerald Patton, Jefferson Chalmers resident, looks at construction outside his home.
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Jefferson Chalmers residents say they were left out of GLWA’s $138M pump station project

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Ethan Bakuli and Nina Misuraca Ignaczak March 19, 2025March 20, 2025
DTE Energy logo on office building
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DTE Energy to request another rate hike in April on heels of $217-million January increase

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt March 11, 2025March 11, 2025
Boy drinks from water faucet.
Posted inNews

GLWA customers challenge water rate hike as costs spike by 5.9%: ‘Why now?’

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt February 27, 2025February 27, 2025
DTE Energy headquarters in downtown Detroit
Posted inAccountability

‘Extravagant expenses’: How DTE, other utilities can charge customers for lobbying, advertising and travel 

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt December 12, 2024December 13, 2024
Posted inAccountability

Years-long fight over Stellantis, EGLE’s alleged discrimination ‘resolved’ but Detroiters remain unsettled

by Jena Brooker, BridgeDetroit November 18, 2024November 18, 2024
Posted inAccountability

Are companies masking climate inaction with low-quality carbon offsets?

Avatar photo by The Conversation November 11, 2024November 11, 2024

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