Michigan researcher’s work on air pollution and racial inequities caught in funding freeze • Michigan Advance

Michigan researcher’s work on air pollution and racial inequities caught in funding freeze • Michigan Advance

Marathon Petroleum Corporation's Detroit Refinery, which is located in the most polluted zip code in the state. | Sierra ClubThis article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. For two years, Ember McCoy has been researching air quality and the gaps in data collection in neighborhoods in Southwest Detroit where mos…

Michigan reimagines its toxic land as a solar-powered future

Michigan wants to clean up its polluted past by turning contaminated industrial sites into a new solar-powered frontier.Douglas J. Guth reports for Inside Climate News.In short:Michigan has over 24,000 contaminated brownfield sites, many left behind by heavy industry, and advocates see solar energy as a powerful way to reclaim these spaces.A recent survey found residents overwhelmingly support solar on previously disturbed land — like retired co…