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Detroiters rally against company’s request to pollute in city’s most toxic area
Southwest Detroit is already inundated with a toxic stew of chemicals
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Environment, Politics & Government, Southwest Detroit, Delray, environmentalism, environmental racism, Southwest Detroit Community Benefits Coalition, Edward C. Levy Company
State slaps Stellantis with 8th violation for stench from Jeep plant in Detroit
Despite repeated violations for the odors, the pungent smell continues to make life miserable for the predominantly Black neighborhood
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Environment, Stellantis, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Mack Assembly Complex, factory, odor, EGLE, Michigan, Detroit, environmental racism
Environmental activist returns to Detroit to rally against injustices
Justin Onwenu could go anywhere to fight against injustice, but he chose to come home
Tags: Metro Detroit News, Environment, Environmental racism, Detroit, Justin Onwenu, lawyer, Columbia Law School, economic justice, environmental justice, profile
Detroit sues Bloomfield Hills company over blighted, hazardous land on city’s west side
Can-Am International Trade Crossing created the mess in a predominantly Black and lower-income neighborhood
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Environmental racism, Core City, Detroit, Can-Am International Trade Crossing, concrete crushing, lawsuit, Wayne County Circuit Court
New research in Michigan on preterm births, environmental toxins
Among large American cities, Detroit has the highest rate of preterm births
By Mark Richardson, Michigan News Connection
Tags: Michigan News, Health Care, Environment, Wayne State University, National Institutes of Health, preterm births, Center for Leadership in Environmental Awareness and Research, environmental racism
Detroit shoots down proposal for potentially hazardous concrete crushing plant
It’s a rare victory for environmentalists — but residents aren’t celebrating yet
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Industrial site, Detroit, Core City, Detroit Building, Safety Engineering and Environmental Department, Can-Am International Trade Crossing, environmental racism, environment
Opinion: Michigan’s blue trifecta will be judged by progress on environmental justice
There are many urgent issues on the table, but none deserve more attention than the right to breathe clean air, drink clean water, and raise our children free from cancer-causing pollutants
By Theresa Landrum
Tags: Metro Detroit News, Environment, Views & Opinions, Democrats, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Stellantis, 48217, Southwest Detroit, EGLE, Zug Island, Sierra Club
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
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, CanAm International Trade Crossing, concrete, environmental racism, pollution, Core City, Detroit, Gabriela Santiago-Romero, Sen. Chang
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
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
Tlaib introduces bill aimed at curtailing environmental racism
In Michigan and other states, polluters are often concentrated in communities of color
Tags: Michigan News, Environment, Detroit, Congress, U.S. House, Rashida Tlaib, 48217, environmental racism, pollution, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Environmental Protection Agency
Opinion: Michigan military bases put environment at risk
Negligent practices by the U.S. army disproportionately impact vulnerable minority communities
By Jonathan Sharp
Tags: Michigan News, Environment, Michigan, U.S. army, the Wurtsmith Air Force Base, pollution, contamination, environment, PFAS
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.
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
Jackson, Miss., water crisis has parallels with Flint and Benton Harbor, Michigan leaders and activists say
‘This is racism — environmental racism at its finest’
By Ken Coleman, Michigan Advance
Tags: Michigan News, Flint Water Crisis, Flint water crisis, water, environment, environmental racism, Jackson, Mississippi, Benton Harbor
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
Tags: Michigan News, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes, Michigan, pollution, environment, PFAS
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
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
Detroiters call for environmental protections caused by hazardous-waste plant
U.S. Ecology received two dozen violation notices for environmental contamination since 2014
Tags: Metro Detroit News, Environment, Environment, Environmental racism, Rashida Tlaib, Aiyash Abraham, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, pollution, U.S. Ecology
Flint water prosecution of Snyder, 8 others moving forward despite recent setback
Prosecutors say they are still committed ‘to keep fighting for the people of Flint’
Tags: Michigan News, Flint Water Crisis, Rick Snyder, Flint, Flint water crisis, environmental racism, Solicitor General, Fadwa Hammoud, Wayne County Prosecutor, Kym Worthy, Michigan Supreme Court
Stench from Jeep plant in Detroit prompts fourth air quality violation
Residents in the predominantly Black neighborhood filed a civil rights complaint against the state
Tags: Metro Detroit News, Stellantis, Detroit, environment, environmental racism, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, air quality violation
EPA probes whether state environmental regulators discriminated against Black Detroit residents with plant
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
Prosecutors stopped pursuing racketeering case against public officials over Flint water crisis, according to report
Tags: Michigan Attorney General, Dana Nessel, Flint, Flint water crisis, Michigan, pollution, Bill Schuette
Netflix is still looking for Detroit ‘Love is Blind’ contestants
By Lee DeVito
Tigers fixing up run-down Comerica Park ahead of Opening Day with $30M investment
Royal Oak’s Hideaway has been transformed into the bar from ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’
By Layla McMurtrie