Detroit Evening Report: Dearborn commits to 100% renewable energy at city buildings

The city of Dearborn is opting in to DTE Energy’s MIGreenPower program to get municipal buildings to 100% renewable energy...

Detroit Evening Report: Michigan communities receive $67M in grants to improve water infrastructure

Several Michigan communities were recently awarded a total of $67.1 million in state grants to replace hazardous lead drinking water...

Health, environmental groups join lawsuit to overturn EPA ozone designation in Detroit

Health and environmental groups are joining a Sierra Club lawsuit claiming the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wrongly found that southeast Michigan now...

Detroit Today: Detroit just built America’s first electric charging road

Detroit is now home to America’s first stretch of road that wirelessly charges electric vehicles. Located on 14th Street in...

EGLE drafts consent order after Stellantis plant violates air permit

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has drafted a plan to enforce an air permit violation...

Deal to stop Great Lakes water diversion has worked for 15 years

Michigan and seven other states made a pact in 2005 to protect the Great Lakes from environmental and human-made threats....

Detroit Today: Michigan Public Service Commission chair on DTE rate hikes, utility oversight

Last week, the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) approved a rate increase for DTE Energy customers and greenlit the construction of...

Whitmer signs directive to transition state fleet to emissions-free by 2024

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive directive Tuesday instructing state departments and agencies to accelerate their transition to zero-emission vehicles...

MichMash: Whitmer signs bills to reach ambitious clean energy goals by 2040

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a landmark energy bill package into law last week that sets an ambitious goal for Michigan...

Detroit Today: Should Michigan end its ban on plastic bag bans?

Michigan Democrats recently came a step closer in their goal to repeal a 2016 state law preventing local municipalities from...

Detroit Today: How Michigan plans to transition to 100% clean energy

Last week, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced her hopes to enact a 100% clean energy standard. The state has also implemented...

DTE to close Monroe coal plant by 2032

DTE Energy's Monroe Power Plant will retire two of its units in 2028 and will ultimately close in 2032. This...