The DTE Vantage sale does not include EES Coke Battery on Zug Island, a facility for which DTE is appealing a $100 million fine for air pollution.
Brian Allnutt, Planet Detroit
Posted inElection 2026, Environment, Michigan Government
El-Sayed, Rogers face voter opposition to data centers in crucial Senate race
Abdul El-Sayed, Mike Rogers square off in key Senate race in Michigan, where 62% of likely voters oppose data centers.
Posted inElection 2026, Environment, Michigan Government
Blowback from latest DTE outage surfaces on midterm campaign trail
Candidates call for accountability from DTE following the Fourth of July weekend outage, and boost efforts to freeze rate hikes, end utility political spending, and increase outage credits.
Posted inEnvironment, Health and Welfare
Detroit faces toxic smoke from Ontario wildfires on top of heat
Canadian wildfire smoke reaches Metro Detroit, compounding health risks for vulnerable residents.
Posted inEnvironment, Michigan Government
Guide: Michigan’s water affordability issue by the numbers
State and federal legislators have failed to pass water affordability legislation as federal funding for water systems has plummeted.
Posted inEnvironment
DTE offers 2-year rate hike freeze if Saline data center opens on time: Nessel calls it ‘ransom note’
Energy expert challenges DTE’s assertion that data centers will decrease costs for other ratepayers.
Posted inEnvironment
Detroit air quality gets another F from American Lung Association
Nearly half of U.S. children, or 46% of those under 18 years old, live in an area that received an F for at least one measure of pollution included in the report.
Posted inEnvironment
Michigan updates air quality alert system as wildfire smoke season approaches
Michigan officials offer advice for tracking air pollution and protecting yourself from wildfire smoke.
Posted inBusiness, Environment
DTE Energy secures $242 million electric rate increase
In August, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed testimony asking the MPSC to approve an increase of $158.4 million, a roughly 72% reduction of DTE’s request that would have represented a 2.5% jump in the average utility customer’s bill.
Posted inEnvironment, Health and Welfare
EPA drops health cost calculations for air pollution: How it could harm Detroiters
The agency will no longer consider health costs and deaths prevented when reducing two major pollutants, but will account for costs to industry.