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Kimberly Speight holds her dog in her arms outside the Jefferson Apartments in Detroit.
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Heat waves challenge Detroit renters: Should city legislate air conditioning?

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt July 30, 2025September 7, 2025

A Detroit apartment building’s air conditioning failure raises questions about what the city can do to protect renters from heat as the climate warms.

Henry Ford emergency room sign in Detroit
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Detroit roasts as heat index reaches 104 degrees: When will temps fall?

Avatar photo by Ethan Bakuli June 23, 2025June 23, 2025
A sign reading "stop the data center" at the Ypsilanti Township Civic Center.
Posted inNews

Ypsilanti Township residents speak out against University of Michigan’s ‘biggest, baddest’ data center

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt June 20, 2025June 20, 2025
A child cools off in a mister before a baseball game in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Detroit faces dangerous heat wave, with temps in high 90s forecast in days ahead

Avatar photo by Associated Press June 18, 2025June 18, 2025
DTE Energy
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Could Trump make it easier for DTE to build natural gas plants?

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt May 13, 2025May 13, 2025
Michigan state Capitol
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Federal funding risks won’t deter Michigan’s climate plans: EGLE director

Avatar photo by Michigan Advance May 9, 2025May 9, 2025
Industrialized Zug Island seen from the Detroit River.
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EPA offers Clean Air Act exemptions from Trump, and one of metro Detroit’s top polluters applies

Avatar photo by Isabelle Tavares May 8, 2025May 9, 2025
Burner on a stovetop
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Natural gas spending will cost Michigan ratepayers, hurt climate goals, report finds

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt May 7, 2025May 7, 2025
DTE Energy's coal-fired power plant in Monroe, Michigan.
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Could Trump’s executive orders endanger Michigan’s climate laws?

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt April 15, 2025April 15, 2025
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OPINION: Data centers in Michigan pose the ‘other’ existential threat from AI 

by Martin Kushler July 10, 2024August 10, 2024

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