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Michigan State Capitol dome
Posted inDemocracy

Michigan budget bills dial back GOP environmental cuts as shutdown deadline approaches

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt October 7, 2025October 7, 2025

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to decide on budget legislation that would cut funding for Michigan’s environmental regulator by 7%, down from a proposed 19% cut, and protects health care and transit funding.

Heavy equipment moves through coal at the Gen. James Gavin Power Plant, a coal-fired power plant in Ohio.
Posted inNews

Government shutdown paralyzes EPA protection of air, water, land

Avatar photo by Associated Press October 1, 2025October 1, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appears before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025.
Posted inNews

With RFK Jr. in power, officials waver on fluoride in drinking water: ‘It just seems like we’re going backwards in time’

Avatar photo by ProPublica September 22, 2025September 22, 2025
Factory smokestack emits white smoke
Posted inNews

What we’re reading: Will ratepayers foot $6 billion bill for Trump’s coal crusade?

Avatar photo by Dustin Blitchok August 28, 2025August 28, 2025
Drinking water expert Elin Betanzo leans on a blue drinking water pipe
Posted inNews

EPA investigates Detroit drinking water expert’s petition signature: Are scientists being silenced?

Leah Samuel of Planet Detroit's spring 2025 Neighborhood Reporting Lab. by Leah Samuel August 13, 2025August 14, 2025
Detroit mayoral candidate Saunteel Jenkins, who is wearing a red shirt, stands with arms crossed.
Posted inDemocracy

Detroit mayoral candidate Saunteel Jenkins says she’ll work for city’s most vulnerable 

Avatar photo by Dustin Blitchok August 1, 2025August 3, 2025
The Great Lakes Water Authority's Water Works Park facility on East Jefferson Avenue.
Posted inNews

GLWA work creates confusion over discolored Detroit drinking water 

Avatar photo by Ethan Bakuli July 3, 2025July 3, 2025
Drinking fountain
Posted inNews

GLWA raises $280 million for water, sewer projects with bond sale

Headshot of Planet Detroit intern Maya Moore by Maya Moore July 2, 2025July 2, 2025
Drinking water drips from faucet.
Posted inNews

What we’re reading: Drinking water runs yellow from some Detroit faucets

Avatar photo by Dustin Blitchok June 26, 2025June 26, 2025
Phil Roos, director of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, on Mackinac Island.
Posted inNews

EPA budget cuts represent ‘serious hit’ to Michigan water infrastructure: EGLE’s Phil Roos

Avatar photo by Nina Misuraca Ignaczak June 16, 2025June 16, 2025

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