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Flint, Michigan: Did race and poverty factor into water crisis?
2016-01-27 17:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: The contamination of drinking water in Flint, Michigan, has so outraged community advocates that they now pose a powerful question: Was the city neglected because it is mostly black and about 40% poor? Several advocates say yes. They charge that Flint residents are victims of "environmental racism" -- that is, race and poverty factored into how Flint wasn't adequately protected and how its water became contaminated with lead, making the tap water undrinkable. Flint water crisis: AG seeks to...
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DTE Energy Foundation awards $15M in grants to help communities across Michigan
2016-01-26 12:29:22| Energy - Topix.net
The DTE Energy Foundation, the philanthropic arm of DTE Energy, awarded $15 million in grants in 2015, impacting 450 communities across . Over its 32-year history, the Foundation has continued to deepen its support for the state and its residents; last year's charitable giving was its highest level ever, a 25 percent increase from 2014.
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Two Michigan Environmental Workers Suspended Amid Flint Water Crisis
2016-01-23 13:28:12| Waste Management - Topix.net
"Michiganders need to be able to depend on state government to do what's best for them and in the case of the DEQ that means ensuring their drinking water is safe," Snyder said. "Some DEQ actions lacked common sense and that resulted in this terrible tragedy in Flint.
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GM's real estate: Where RACER Trust stands on selling Michigan property
2016-01-21 20:35:15| Automakers - Topix.net
Finding a buyer for an obsolete 5 million square foot former automotive assembly plant on contaminated land may sound like the least promising job in commercial real estate. But that is among the most sizeable tasks for RACER Trust , set up in 2011 to dispose of 89 pieces of real estate owned by General Motors Corp. so it could emerge from bankruptcy.
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Journeymen-Electrician Bill Approved by Michigan House
2016-01-21 20:30:00| Electrical Construction & Maintenance
A Michigan House vote recently approved legislation that would increase the opportunities for apprentices to learn and train to be journeymen electricians. read more
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