A bellwether bench trial against the EPA begins Jan. 26 in Ann Arbor, over a decade after Flint’s water crisis emerged.
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Michigan Supreme Court considers ban on ICE courthouse arrests
Prosecutors and advocates say rising ICE courthouse arrests have a chilling effect on testimony and legal participation.
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EPA drops health cost calculations for air pollution: How it could harm Detroiters
The agency will no longer consider health costs and deaths prevented when reducing two major pollutants, but will account for costs to industry.
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$2 billion in mental health, substance abuse funding: Cut one day, reinstated the next
Grant recipients who had their funding canceled on Tuesday told The Associated Press they hadn’t yet received word of the reinstatements.
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Data center protest in Van Buren Township targets 1-gigawatt proposal
Data center opponents say the 800,000-square-foot facility could strain local utilities. The data center will use as much as 3.6 million gallons of water a day, according to the township.
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VOICES: Does Great Lakes chaos offer opportunity for a reset in 2026?
In a destructive time for the Great Lakes, advocates can prepare for a reinvention by following at least three core principles, writes Mike Shriberg, a Great Lakes policy expert and director of the University of Michigan Water Center.
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Will new EPA rule fast-track fossil fuel projects, data centers?
The Clean Water Act allows states and some authorized tribes to review what effect pipelines, dams and other federally regulated projects have on water quality within their borders.
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EPA halts health benefit calculations for air pollution rules
Environmental and public health advocates called the agency’s action a dangerous abdication of one of its core missions.
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‘World-class attraction’ Belle Isle kicks off 2026 with digital makeover
The Belle Isle Conservancy’s new website includes a space to share island memories, a centralized calendar, and Spotify playlists for the island.
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Lyon Township ‘may be revisiting’ data center site plan: Residents pack meeting
Approval for a 1.8-million-square-foot data center depends on review of sound study and energy audit, Lyon Township says.