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The march followed a rally with members of the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition, Michigan Liberation, Detroit Will Breathe and several other social and environmental justice groups in a show of solidarity with protesters in the Atlanta area.

The ruling is a testament to organized community opposition. More than 850 people filed powerful comments in the rate case docket (U-20836), calling out DTE’s greedy profiteering, ruthless shutoff policies, and deteriorating service.

Not everyone will feel the benefits of the new bill equally, analysts and advocates warn. People living in neighborhoods that are already dealing with a lot of pollution fear they will face more harm and climate risk, not less. And that could deepen existing environmental inequalities and lock in decades of unnecessary illness and suffering for people who are already marginalized.

A key takeaway from the research is that meaningful input from those affected by environmental pollution needs to be at the center of the decision-making process and incorporated into environmental justice screening tools, which help identify communities disproportionately impacted by environmental hazards.

Lansing, MI – Grassroots members of the Michigan Environmental Justice Caucus acted quickly last week to sound the alarm on Senate Bill 954, sponsored by Senator Aric Nesbitt, that would re-classify toxic plastic reprocessing technologies as “advanced recycling,” and exempt reprocessing facilities from health-protective regulations.

Activists gathered last week to support a new package of bills to increase financial relief for customers during power outages and force more accountability from utilities.

The Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition, We The People, Detroit Action, Soulardarity and others rallied Wednesday in favor of legislation to ensure DTE customers get reimbursed for outages.

HUGE thank you to everyone who turned out to the Demand DTE Accountability rally. We are incredibly thankful to our partners, We the People, MI and Soulardarity, and our co-sponsors, CRAFT, Empower Michigan, Michigan Interfaith Power & Light, Detroit Action, and Avalon Village for making this happen.

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New research by the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition and Union of Concerned Scientists proves it: Michigan can transition to 100-percent renewable energy by 2035 and can do it by prioritizing investments in the communities most impacted.

Michigan, the United States, and the Entire World Must Transition Away From Fossil
Fuels and Reject False Solutions.

DETROIT – Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition submitted comments on behalf of 30 organizational signatories and many individuals, calling for robust inclusion of frontline communities and solutions in the final MI Healthy Climate Plan.

On Friday, February 18 the Detroit Police Department broke up the ceremonial opening of our Waawiyataanong iskigamizigan, our Detroit Sugarbush, in Rouge Park.