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OPINION: Energy assistance programs don’t keep the lights on. Energy affordability will.

When Michigan’s utility shutoff protections expired June 12th, over 225,000 families in DTE Energy’s service territory became vulnerable to losing…

4 years ago

How does Michigan get its electricity?

Energy has been on the mind of Metro Detroiters recently. COVID-19 has made energy costs even more unaffordable for many,…

4 years ago

DTE Gas announces plan to go ‘net zero’ by 2050; activists skeptical

DTE Energy's natural gas business will achieve 'net-zero' carbon emissions by 2050 through reducing emissions across its operations, the company…

4 years ago

Profiles in the fight for environmental justice: shane bernardo

shane bernardo. Photo by Cybelle Codish. For the first 13 years of shane bernardo's life, his Filipino immigrant parents ran…

4 years ago

Call for pitches: Black, indigenous or person of color (BiPOC) journalists

We are thrilled to announce that the Detroit Equity Action Lab Race and Justice Media Collaboration at Wayne State University…

4 years ago

In Detroit, the long-term fight for biodiversity is bearing fruit (and flowers, and birds, and butterflies…)

When invasive species and development overtake prairies, forests, and marshlands in the Detroit area, biodiversity is threatened. But conservation groups…

4 years ago

EGLE approves GM-Hamtramck Assembly air permit application

After several virtual hearings and public information sessions beginning in May, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s…

4 years ago

Revere Dock restoration plan includes new seawall

A restoration plan proposed by Revere Dock LLC, the company responsible for the dock collapse on the Detroit River in…

4 years ago

How air pollution and asthma affect kids in Detroit

Thirteen-year-old Jeremiah Cannon was home alone two years ago in 2018 when he suffered an asthma attack. "I was watching…

4 years ago

Profiles in nature: Birding in place with Feral Detroit

Empty roads, canals and bridges are among Melissa McLeod’s favorite spots to look for birds. From the slow-moving canals of…

4 years ago