Grassroots ‘Solarize’ programs have expanded across Michigan cities and counties, helping residents access group discounts on solar installations even as federal incentives have been cut.
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DTE appeals $100 million federal judgment over Zug Island air pollution
DTE Energy is challenging a federal court’s $100-million judgment over sulfur dioxide pollution from its Zug Island coke facility. The utility must also fund $20 million in community air quality programs.
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Century of contamination: How Zug Island became Detroit’s industrial epicenter
Early ideas for the island included a city garbage dump with a promise of the operations being “smokeless and odorless,” or improving the land into a “healthful resort similar in attractiveness to Belle Isle.”
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Data center news: Michigan Chamber, DTE among members of new data center coalition
The group Michigan for Responsible Data Centers says it counters “misinformation” about the facilities and aims to provide fact-based resources to communities.
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Shaquille Quamae Hall’s vision for Detroit youth: ‘Many hands make light work’
Detroit photographer and Planet Detroit Neighborhood Reporting Lab participant Shaquille Quamae Hall details his journey from mentee to mentor.
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Wixom weighs data center ordinance: ‘We aren’t necessarily prepared’
Wixom’s draft data center ordinance creates a buffer between the facilities and residential areas.
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Michigan environmental news roundup: Lawmakers may finally act on septic systems fouling Michigan waterways
Michigan lawmakers are considering the state’s first-ever septic code to address aging systems contaminating waterways. The state remains the only one without uniform septic standards.
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University of Michigan buys possible data center site on Huron River, informs Ypsilanti Township supervisor via text
As a public university, U of M is exempt from local zoning requirements — meaning the project does not require township approval.
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Detroit council calls for 2-year data center freeze: ‘A lot of question marks’
“Our zoning ordinance does not have any regulations for such facilities,” Detroit City Planning Commission Director Marcell Todd tells council members.
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Google, DTE plan 1 gigawatt Michigan data center, eye Van Buren Township site
DTE Energy and Google announced plans on Tuesday to develop a 1-gigawatt data center, possibly as part of the “Project Cannoli” development in Van Buren Township. The company’s planned Michigan operations will be served by 2.7 GW of new grid resources in the form of solar power, energy storage, and demand flexibility, Will Conkling, Google’s […]