The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has launched the Justice40 Accelerator program, providing 25 community-based organizations with funding, training, and technical support to address climate change and environmental justice in underserved communities.
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Biden-Harris administration finalizes rule for lead service line replacement nationwide
The Biden-Harris administration has finalized a new rule requiring the replacement of all lead service lines in drinking water systems nationwide within the next decade, with Detroit receiving $90 million in funding to replace its aging water infrastructure and Michigan communities benefiting from new protections against toxic PFAS chemicals.
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In the News: What’s going on with the Palisades Nuclear Plant?
What is happening with the Palisades Nuclear Plant? The Palisades Nuclear Plant in Covert, Michigan, is being prepared for a historic restart after securing a $1.52 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in late September 2024. This marks the first time a decommissioned nuclear reactor in the U.S. will be revived. The […]
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DNR urges caution with outdoor fires amid autumn drought
Federal monitors have declared parts of northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula to be experiencing a drought, leading to a higher risk of fire due to dry weather and high winds, and the state Department of Natural Resources is urging caution and has restricted burning in many areas.
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Breathing and Peace
To have a breath of fresh air is laughableTo breathe and have it turn into asthma,turn into COPD then turn into lung canceris reality for meThere is no peace of self, family nor community, if there is no fresh airThe fresh air where I breathe it in and my whole body say ahhFresh air where […]
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I am tired of trying to be an environmentally friendly student, so here is a love letter
of glass & plastic skin, fitted with rusty gears. In Ann Arbor, the fledglings have vanished from the oaks. In this parking lot, I begin uncovering our snow slushed promises. How your squeals slam against hot concrete, Muna beats shooting in my eardrums. You ask for descriptions of shimmery streams or dawn lit forests, but […]
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An Infinite Loop
Like a lasso, the end of the world arriveswith the showmanship of a noose. The earth, reversed. Hot, endlessocean, then: land, coagulating like a scab. There will be nothingto remember us. Not the dunes like an unturned hourglass. Not the lakesblooming like a womb. Not the shores receding like a hairline. Not the glaciers,sweating to […]
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Ecology of Migration on Detroit River
Midnight passage over water. Blushing strawberry moon.A litany of stars reflecting the deep blue story curving into my Black body.I hope to see my mother on the other side. Here is a coffin to mold into a boatto lay inside. So many of us chose freedom. Chose the bottom of the sea. The country thatgives […]
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AQI 200
air quality index 200 and the blessings over wine, spice, and candles are followed by grief ritual dedicated to climate. i, like emergency room nurses detached from loss, felt little registering this new notch cut from the great global tree. only in september did it hit me, my anxiety building until grief became a relief […]
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What we’re reading: Vance ducks climate change science, Michigan residents suffer more severe fall allergies, with climate change to blame
Although there is evidence that EVs generate as many or more jobs than traditional gas-powered vehicles, Donald Trump’s opposition to the EV mandate has resonated with union voters.