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Michigan regulators settle civil rights case over environmental racism in Detroit

“For decades, Michigan’s communities of color have been the dumping ground for hazardous waste,” an environmental attorney says

By Steve Neavling
Aug 30, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Environment, Government, U.S. Ecology North, pollution, environmental racism, Michigan, Detroit, Michigan Department of Environment Great Lakes and Energy, Great Lakes Environmental Law Center, hazardous waste
Metro Detroit

Detroit’s air quality among worst in the world following Fourth of July fireworks

The sky is hazy, the air smells smoky, and the city's pollution level is unhealthy for all

By Layla McMurtrie
Jul 5, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Environment, News, Detroit, fireworks, pollution, air quality, Detroit air quality, Detroit fireworks, Grosse Pointe, Slideshow
Metro Detroit

DTE Energy added to federal lawsuit over excessive pollution emissions on Zug Island

The EPA previously sued the company’s subsidiary for violating the Clean Air Act

By Steve Neavling
May 22, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Environment, Zug Island, Environmental Protection Agency, federal lawsuit, River Rouge, Detroit, environmental racism, pollution, EES Coke Battery, DTE Energy
Metro Detroit

Lawsuit seeks to save trees, protect residents at contaminated AB Ford Park in Detroit

The city kept the park open nearly two years after excessive contaminants were discovered

By Steve Neavling
Mar 27, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Environment, Pollution, AB Ford Park, Jefferson Chalmers, Detroit, east side, contamination, lawsuit, Wayne County Circuit Court, Michigan Environmental Protection Act
Metro Detroit

Protesters to gather in Detroit neighborhood to oppose a concrete crushing plant

Residents say the proposal is the latest example of environmental racism in the city

By Steve Neavling
Dec 14, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, CanAm International Trade Crossing, concrete, environmental racism, pollution, Core City, Detroit, Gabriela Santiago-Romero, Sen. Chang
Metro Detroit

Tlaib slams big polluters in Detroit for ‘flagrant disregard’ for residents

The congresswoman turned up the heat on Stellantis and U.S. Ecology for air violations

By Steve Neavling
Dec 9, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Rashida Tlaib, U.S. Congress, Ro Khanna, Detroit, Michigan, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, pollution, environmental racism, U.S. Ecology, Stellantis
Michigan

Tlaib introduces bill aimed at curtailing environmental racism

In Michigan and other states, polluters are often concentrated in communities of color

By Steve Neavling
Oct 26, 2022

Tags: Michigan News, Environment, Detroit, Congress, U.S. House, Rashida Tlaib, 48217, environmental racism, pollution, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Environmental Protection Agency
Michigan

Opinion: Michigan military bases put environment at risk

Negligent practices by the U.S. army disproportionately impact vulnerable minority communities

By Jonathan Sharp
Oct 26, 2022

Tags: Michigan News, Environment, Michigan, U.S. army, the Wurtsmith Air Force Base, pollution, contamination, environment, PFAS
Michigan

Great Lakes groups call proposed EPA PFAS rule a ‘watershed’ moment

PFAS chemicals linger in the environment and are linked to increased cancers and other health disorders

By Mary Schuermann Kuhlman, Michigan News Connection
Sep 6, 2022

Tags: Michigan News, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes, Michigan, pollution, environment, PFAS
Metro Detroit

Environmental racism in Detroit takes center stage at congressional hearing

‘Regulators must take action to end the disparate impact on predominantly Black communities,’ Rep. Tlaib said

By Steve Neavling
Aug 25, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Environment, Rep. Tlaib, Rep. Dingell, Congress, U.S. House, Detroit, environmental racism, environmental justice, Nick Leonard, pollution, Stellantis, U.S. Ecology
Metro Detroit

Detroiters call for environmental protections caused by hazardous-waste plant

U.S. Ecology received two dozen violation notices for environmental contamination since 2014

By Steve Neavling
Jul 7, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Environment, Environment, Environmental racism, Rashida Tlaib, Aiyash Abraham, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, pollution, U.S. Ecology
Metro Detroit

EPA probes whether state environmental regulators discriminated against Black Detroit residents with plant

By Steve Neavling
Mar 18, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Detroit, pollution, environment, environmental racism, Michigan, Great Lakes Environmental Law Center, Stellantis
Metro Detroit

Prosecutors stopped pursuing racketeering case against public officials over Flint water crisis, according to report

By Steve Neavling
Jan 17, 2022

Tags: Michigan Attorney General, Dana Nessel, Flint, Flint water crisis, Michigan, pollution, Bill Schuette
Metro Detroit

Judge allows Flint water lawsuit against engineering company to proceed

By Steve Neavling
Jan 11, 2022

Tags: Flint, Flint water crisis, Veolia North America, lawsuit, U.S. District Court, pollution, lead, Judge Judith Levy
Metro Detroit

Pungent odor near Detroit Jeep plant prompts civil rights complaint against state environmental regulators

By Steve Neavling
Nov 16, 2021

Tags: Michigan, smell, Stellantis, environment, environmental racism, Great Lakes Environmental Law Center, Title VI Civil Right, federal civil rights complaint, automaker, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, air quality, pollution
Metro Detroit

State launches website amid air quality violations at Stellantis plants

By Steve Neavling
Nov 4, 2021

Tags: Stellantis, Detroit, pollution, environmental, Michigan, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, environmental racism
Metro Detroit

Amid foul odor, Detroit residents demand meeting with Stellantis but are rebuffed

By Steve Neavling
Oct 18, 2021

Tags: environmental racism, Detroit, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, Detroit people's platform, Mack Assembly Plant, pollution, Stellantis, Auburn Hills, petitions
Metro Detroit

City Council approves ordinance to protect Detroit River from another industrial collapse

By Steve Neavling
Sep 28, 2021

Tags: Detroit River, Detroit, Detroit City Council, environmental, Detroit River Protection Ordinance, pollution
Metro Detroit

‘Forever chemicals’ found at three Michigan military bases near the Great Lakes

By Steve Neavling
Sep 3, 2021

Tags: Department of Defense, military, Harrison Township, PFAS, pollution, contamination, chemicals, Great Lakes, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Harrison Township, Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Oscoda, Alpena County Regional Airport, Alpena
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Levin introduces bill to prevent air pollution from incinerated PFAS

By Steve Neavling
Jul 19, 2021

Tags: PFAS, Andy Levin, Congress, U.S. House, pollution, Michigan, Washington D.C.

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