The formula utilities use to compare renewables to fossil fuels is coming under fire, and the changes could shift dollars toward or away from ratepayers.
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Keep Growing Detroit fundraises to buy Eastern Market property, aims for ‘food sovereign city’
Keep Growing Detroit nears $40,000 fundraising goal for purchase of neighboring Eastern Market property.
Posted inEnvironment, Health and Welfare
Q&A: Mary-Jacqueline Muli, the Climate Justice Nurse, on how climate change manifests at the patient’s bedside
The floods in Detroit in 2021 are when Mary-Jacqueline Muli “really got activated,” she says. The cardiac ICU nurse is the founder of the Climate Justice Nurse.
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Detroit’s composting pilot is about to begin. Sign up now
The first 200 residents to enroll in the pilot will receive a free five-gallon composting bucket to participate in the program, which kicks off Aug. 21.
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Smoky summers are Michigan’s new norm, experts say
Climate change is causing longer and more severe wildfire seasons in the western US and Canada, which means Michigan will continue to be vulnerable whenever summer winds blow in an unfortunate direction.
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Trump admin cancels $156M Michigan solar program as coal plant decision looms
Michigan has already committed nearly $14 million of the federal funds to support projects from Escanaba to Detroit. State officials left the door open to a potential lawsuit.
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Belle Isle seeks community feedback on 11 potential investments
The summerlong outreach effort also includes an on-the-ground team of staff and volunteers who will gather feedback at the park and various community events throughout Detroit.
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DTE Energy lawyer: Utility not liable for Zug Island facility in Clean Air Act lawsuit
The EPA’s position of holding the parent company liable would “destroy” the point of corporations, and “pierce the corporate veil,” an attorney for DTE Energy and EES Coke Battery says in federal court.
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Heat waves challenge Detroit renters: Should city legislate air conditioning?
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.
Posted inElection 2025, Environment
‘Detroit needs to take its water back’: Mayoral candidate Joel Haashiim on utility shutoffs
Detroit mayoral candidate Joel Haashiim talks pollution enforcement, utility shutoffs, flooding, why he opposes neighborhood solar developments, and more with Planet Detroit.