by Lauren Sarnacki | Mar 28, 2023 | Planet, Your Neighborhood
Jalen Rose Leadership Academy (JRLA) is a high school on the northwest side of Detroit that strives to be an environmental pillar in the local community and set an example for those around them. Tamika McCombs, scholar enrollment coordinator and business manager at...
by Lauren Sarnacki | Feb 17, 2023 | Planet, Your Power
Across the state of Michigan, our wind and solar parks are generating clean energy for homes, schools, and businesses alike. It’s not often you get to see one of these parks for yourself – but with our virtual field trip, you can visit a wind or solar park any time...
by Kate Mitchell | Feb 2, 2023 | Energizing Youth, Environment, Monroe, Monroe County, Our People, Planet, Uncategorized
On a cold, clear Saturday morning in late January, the fish were jumping, deer were grazing and dozens of bald eagles soared overhead at DTE Energy’s Monroe Power Plant. On the shore was a handful people, watching as the birds flew, played and settled on the branches...
by Kate Mitchell | Oct 14, 2022 | Economic Progress, Energy Future, Environment, Human Needs, Places, Planet, Progress, Wayne County, Your Neighborhood
It started with a hole. Nearby, a young tree was waiting to take root in its new home on a median across from St. John Lutheran Church in Detroit, a crowd watching as an urban forestry specialist expertly planted it in the ground on a warm fall day. Far from a...
by Lauren Sarnacki | Sep 26, 2022 | Planet, Your Power
It’s National Clean Energy Week, which means we get to celebrate all the incredible things our renewable energy team has been doing this year. Here are the top three: Bringing Michigan’s largest wind park online By the end of this year, our Meridian Wind Park...
by Lauren Sarnacki | Sep 9, 2022 | Planet, Your Neighborhood
The Detroit Historical Society has been around for more than 100 years, working tirelessly to ensure the preservation of the city’s history and engage metro Detroiters in the events that helped shape our lives as we know them. As the Detroit Historical Society...
