🚨Breaking: A new letter from Michigan-based social justice groups to General Motors: No more local pollution. No more dirty steel and aluminum. No more suppliers linked to #ForcedUyghurLabor or other violations of human or Indigenous rights. Read the letter here 👉 bit.ly/MichiganOrgsGM

It's crucial to recognize that climate action must go hand in hand with equity and justice for all communities. Let's amplify the voices advocating for climate justice and work together towards a sustainable and inclusive future. newsweek.com/fighting-clima… #ClimateJustice

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has appointed Alessandra Carreon of Detroit to fill the vacancy on the Public Service Commission left by the April departure of Tremaine Phillips. Carreon is a manager for Carbon-Free Transportation at RMI. #mipol

This week, all of #Michigan has been under an air quality alert. Yet this may not be the last time we see the impacts of Canadian wildfires in our state – and it won’t be the end of #ClimateChange affecting our lives. freep.com/story/news/loc…

One big thing to know about Threads: it lacks core #accessibility features. That's a huge fail for Meta but I share a few ways organizations (and individuals!) can improve the experience of disabled users on the app. mixtocommunications.com/writing/five-t…

#EnergyTwitter, if you're still out there, help share the news. Vote Solar and our co-intervenors at Environmental Law & Policy Center, Union of Concerned Scientists, Ecology Center and partners Soulardarity, We Want Green Too, NRDC 🌎🏡, Illinois Sierra Club, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, others announce big win in MI DTE IRP. votesolar.org/clean-energy-a…

BIG WIN IN MICHIGAN: As part of the settlement, DTE_Energy has agreed to contribute $8M to help low-income families with sustainable, enduring, #CleanEnergy ways to lower their bills. Read: bit.ly/3D8zrBV

If these past two months taught us anything, it’s that we need stronger protections against air pollution. I'm introducing the Cumulative Impacts Act to require the EPA to consider the cumulative impacts of pollution in permitting decisions and how they impact our public health.

“The progress represented in the settlement simply wouldn’t have been possible without a strong coalition that recognized the need to center equity and put people first." -Will Kenworthy mlive.com/public-interes…

#DTECanDoBetter advocates across Michigan fought hard for environmental justice + energy equity in DTE_Energy's long-term energy plan. Today's settlement has real wins - but we won't stop until legislators take action so all of us have clean, affordable, reliable energy.

Confused about what DTE_Energy's long-term power plan is and how it will impact you? Join our Zoom event tomorrow (Tues, 7/25) @ 12pm ET to hear the facts & learn what’s next in the fight to hold utilities accountable in our state. Register now: bit.ly/DTESettlementF…

Join us for our Climate Clinic on Sept. 26 and be sure to wear your white coat or scrubs! Register here: bit.ly/mienergydayofa… Be sure to include "MiCCA" where it asks your company.

Wondering what DTE_Energy’s so-called "CleanVision" is all about? Check out our community briefing from earlier today, featuring experts who break down the details + what still needs to be done to hold utilities accountable in our state: DTECanDoBetter.com/GetTheFacts

Last year Stellantis paid a $137K fine as punishment for illegally spewing pollution into Black neighborhoods. For each new violation they pay just $5K in fines. These amounts are meaningless to a company making $12B in 6 months, but the pollution harms our communities forever.

We are deeply disappointed that, despite widespread criticism, the Grand Rapids City Commission voted to adopt new ordinances targeting the unhoused. aclumich.org/en/press-relea…

We're now at 132,500 people without electricity. So, to every politician that's taking money from DTE_Energy and Consumers Energy, and protecting them because of those contributions; You're a part of the problem.

Why do we believe a public power utility can preform better than DTE? Because the currently existing ones already do. When utilities are run for people not profits the infrastructure fails less often, it's that simple

.DTE_Energy executives bragged to shareholders about cutting maintenance to boost profit just days before hundreds of thousands went w/o power for weeks. Their profits are borne on the costs our communities carry - lost food, wages, medical care. freep.com/story/money/bu…

#GrandRapids city officials need to stop prioritizing the interest of the wealthy. Because the solution isn't more criminalization; it's housing. (6/6) #HousingIsAHumanRight

SB271 includes a carve-out for incinerators that would allow the Kent County incinerator to continue to inflict harm to communities in Grand Rapids! There is No Climate Win Without Environmental Justice!