The Moroun empire is quietly buying up properties in Detroit’s Cadillac Heights neighborhood on the east side
Jena Brooker
Jena Brooker is BridgeDetroit's environmental reporter, covering food and agriculture, pollution and climate change. She has held three fellowships: a ProPublica fellowship, where she led an investigative project on heavy industry in Detroit neighborhoods; a Data Fellowship at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, where she produced award-winning coverage of Detroit's automotive industry and environmental racism; and a Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowship through CASW, AHCJ and SEJ. Her work has also earned the Michigan Press Association public service award three years in a row and recognition as Young Journalist of the Year in 2023. Before joining BridgeDetroit, she covered environmental issues across the Midwest as a Reporting Fellow for Grist.
Jena holds a bachelor's degree in environmental studies from the University of Michigan, and her work has appeared in The Guardian, Mother Jones, Salon, Slate, Grist, Next City, Chalkbeat and Planet Detroit.
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Detroit native Jalonne White-Newsome is Biden’s top advisor on environment
Years of environmental advocacy and leadership lead Detroiter to top role in the White House
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Federal funding to speed the removal of I-375
The $105 million grant will allow the state to remove the one-mile highway and transform it into a boulevard by 2025
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Proposed railway merger heightens pollution concerns for Detroit
Canadian Pacific’s plan would bring 62% more trucks and 70% more rail cars to a rail terminal on Detroit’s west side.
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Sierra Club wants to intervene in pollution suit against Zug Island coal plant
EES Coke is one of the largest emitters of sulfur dioxide in the state.
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In Detroit, coffee from the African diaspora
New roasters sharing the culture and customs of East African coffee.
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Meet the Black Detroiters leading the way in EVs
From manufacturing and installing EV charging stations to hiring workers of color, these Detoiters are paving the way for an equitable transition to EVs.
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Appeals court rules Highland Park must pay water debt
Michigan Court of Appeals rules that the City of Highland Park must pay $21 million in back debt from water and sewerage.
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Marrow gets $80K grant to expand into Eastern Market
West Village restaurant and butcher shop gets state grant from program that seeks to invest in Michigan’s food and agriculture sector.
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Can the police and public coexist at Rouge Park?
Some residents, activists, and conservationists want Detroit police to stop using Rouge Park as a training ground