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An electric meter
Posted inNews

Detroiters behind on DTE bills need more help than nonprofits can offer: ‘It’s just too much’

by Outlier Media September 30, 2025September 30, 2025

More help is coming for Michiganders who are behind on utility bills, but will it be enough to help families avoid shut-off?

A "No Data Center" sign by the roadside in rural Saline Township.
Posted inNews

Attorneys sketch out Saline Township’s options in data center fight

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt September 25, 2025September 25, 2025
A yard sign in Ypsilanti reads "Ypsi will not be a sacrifice zone for U of M and Los Alamos."
Posted inDemocracy

Washtenaw communities fight data center developments: ‘Not soft touches’

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt September 24, 2025September 24, 2025
Piles of coal or a similar byproduct or substance are visible on Zug Island, seen from West Jefferson Avenue in Detroit.
Posted inNews

Pollution controls would cut sulfur dioxide from Zug Island by 95%: EPA engineer

Avatar photo by Isabelle Tavares September 20, 2025September 29, 2025
Saline Township resident Fred Gall holds a "no data center" sign outside a board meeting.
Posted inDemocracy

Saline Township denies data center rezoning request: ‘Self-imposed environmental catastrophe’

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt September 11, 2025September 11, 2025
DTE Energy
Posted inNews

Michigan utility customers suffered nation’s longest power outages in 2023: How DTE, Consumers contributed

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt September 11, 2025September 17, 2025
Solar panels
Posted inGuides

Transfer prices and your bill: What Michigan’s clean energy law means for you

Avatar photo by Nina Misuraca Ignaczak August 21, 2025August 24, 2025
Two women wear light blue "People Powered" T-shirts.
Posted inDemocracy

Group behind effort to ban DTE, Consumers political spending lays groundwork

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt August 18, 2025August 18, 2025
Chicago resident Sherita Hamlin at home, seated in front of a table with a a laptop computer and a vase of roses with a pen in her hand.
Posted inThe Great Lakes Promise

Great Lakes energy bills are rising: Federal cuts could add to the pain

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt July 14, 2025July 14, 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

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