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Detroiters slam regulators for lax approach to stinky Stellantis plant

A nauseating smell has been wafting from the plant on Detroit's east side for more than a year.

By Steve Neavling
Oct 20, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Stellantis, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Detroit, consent order, Michigan, environmental racism, environmental, air pollution, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy
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Demolition set to begin this week on toxic industrial site that oozed toxic slime in metro Detroit

The green slime was groundwater contaminated with cancer-causing hexavalent chromium

By Steve Neavling
Apr 18, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Environmental, Madison Heights, Oakland County, Jeremy Moss, state Senate, Michigan, Gary McGillivray, Oakland County Board of Commissioners, Gary Alfred Sayers, hexavalent chromium
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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
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Whitmer orders state agencies to find alternatives to 'forever chemicals'

By Steve Neavling
Oct 28, 2021

Tags: Gov. Whitmer, executive order, PFAS, environmental, Michigan, Sen. Brinks, Great Lakes PFAS Action Network
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Protesters temporarily shut down controversial Line 5 pipeline

By Steve Neavling
Oct 20, 2021

Tags: Enbridge, direct action, protest, Tuscola County, Michigan, Gov. Whitmer, Line 5 pipeline, oil, Great Lakes, environmental
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Whitmer warns of potential for ‘catastrophic oil spill’ after Canada invokes 1977 pipeline treaty in Line 5 dispute

By Steve Neavling
Oct 5, 2021

Tags: Michigan, Enbridge, Line 5, Great Lakes, environmental, Gov. Whitmer, Canada, oil, 1977 Transit Pipelines Treaty
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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
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City Council considers ordinance to protect Detroit River from another industrial collapse

By Steve Neavling
May 24, 2021

Tags: EGLE, Michigan, Detroit, ordinance, environmental, Detroit City Council, Public Health and Safety Committee, Detroit River, Sierra Club, Raquel Castañeda-López
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Duggan's administration endorses plan to allow hazardous materials on Ambassador Bridge

By Steve Neavling
Jan 26, 2021

Tags: Ambassador Bridge, Mayor Duggan, Detroit. Michigan Department of Transportation, hazardous materials, Sierra Club, environmental, BSEED, Detroit International Bridge Co.
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St. Clair Shores warns about elevated levels of lead in water system

By Steve Neavling
Jan 21, 2021

Tags: Lead, lead poisoning, drinking water, St. Clair Shores, Mayor Walby, EPA, environmental
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Enbridge plans to defy Michigan's order to shut down controversial pipeline

By Steve Neavling
Jan 12, 2021

Tags: Great Lakes, environmental, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Enbridge Energy, Straits of Mackinac, Department of Natural Resources, Michigan, Gov. Whitmer
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COVID-19 relief bill tainted with 'downright dangerous' provision for hazardous material on Ambassador Bridge

By Steve Neavling
Dec 21, 2020

Tags: Sen, Chang, State Senate, State House, Rep. Aiyash, Rep. Garza, Rep. Hammoud, Detroit, environmental, environmental racism, Ambassador Bridge, Gov. Whitmer, hazardous material
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Michigan slaps $60,000 fine on company responsible for dock collapse along Detroit River

By Steve Neavling
Oct 12, 2020

Tags: EGLE, Michigan, Revere Dock, Detroit River, Detroit, environmental, Sierra Club, southwest Detroit
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Detroit activists unveil ordinance to protect Detroit River from another collapse

By Steve Neavling
Feb 18, 2020

Tags: News Hits, Environmental, Detroit, Detroit City Council, Mayor Duggan, pollution, Detroit River, Sierra Club, Detroit Bulk Storage
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Abandoned industrial buildings in Detroit are riddled with potential contamination

By Steve Neavling
Feb 17, 2020

Tags: News Hits, Environmental, Environmental racism, Detroit, industrial buildings, Rep. Isaac Robinson, pollution
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Michiganders find solidarity in fighting hazardous waste

By Mary Schuermann Kuhlman, Michigan News Connection
Feb 12, 2020

Tags: News Hits, EGLE, environmental, Detroit, US Ecology
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Tlaib urges EPA to investigate chemical leaks at Marathon Petruleum in southwest Detroit

By Steve Neavling
Feb 6, 2020

Tags: News Hits, Environmental, racism, 48217, Rep. Tlaib, Congress, EPA, southwest Detroit, Washington D.C., Marathon Oil
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Expansion of hazardous waste plant in Detroit smacks of 'environmental racism,' Rep. Robinson says

By Steve Neavling
Jan 31, 2020

Tags: News Hits, Democrats, Lansing, EGLE, environmental, environmental racism, Rep. Isaac Robinson, Detroit, US Ecology, Gov. Whitmer
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Hazardous waste plant in Detroit with history of serious violations gets state approval to expand almost ninefold

By Steve Neavling
Jan 31, 2020

Tags: News Hits, Environmental, 48217, US Ecology, Gov. Whitmer, EGLE, Detroit, Michigan, pollution
Metro Detroit

Rep. Tlaib is running for a second term in Congress after strong first year

By Steve Neavling
Jan 22, 2020

Tags: News Hits, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, environmental, Congress, Washington D.C., politics, election, Democrats