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A Love Burning Brighter Than The Gas Flares Of Zug Island

November 18, 2021November 18, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments 48216, 48217, 48219, air pollution, ambassador bridge, boynton, crossing us canada border, delray, delray detroit, engagement, engagement photos, gordie howe, gordie howe international bridge, marathon oil, marathon petroleum, marathon refinery, matty moroun, moroun, most polluted zip codes in michigan, Nat Zorach, noah balanda, oakwood heights, river rouge, rouge river, southwest detroit, us canada border, us canadian border, US Steel, water pollution, who is gordie howe, windsor, Zug Island, zug island hum, zug island iced tea

As many of you know, or don’t, I got engaged in September! Yes, folks– if someone thinks they can put

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Travels and Travails in the Downriver Smog

February 10, 2020February 9, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments allen park, arcelor mittal, capitalization, delray, Detroit, downriver, DTE Energy, ESG, krispy kreme, lincoln park, marathon petroleum, marathon refinery, MPC, nucor, rashida tlaib, river rouge, rouge river, violations, X, Zug Island

US Steel’s closure of its two Downriver plants raise the question of the future of the polluted areas around the x217 and x219 ZIP codes.

Ode on Michigan’s Business-Friendly Regulatory Environment

October 21, 2019October 21, 2019 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments air quality, ambassador bridge, aqi, environmental regulation, hubbard farms, marathon refinery, matty moroun, mexicantown, policy, Regulation, southwest detroit, US Steel, Zug Island

One day, I’d like to sit on my front steps with a cup of coffee, breathe deeply, and not catch

Fall Into Detroit Flavor

September 30, 2019September 30, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments air pollution, Detroit, fall, marathon refinery, michigan, particulate emissions, petcoke, pollution, recipes, Regulation, rouge river, Zug Island

(Satire, in case it isn’t apparent.) A new season is upon us, so, naturally, our top talent at the Handbuilt

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The Red-Blooded, Gas-Fired Future of Midwestern Energy

October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments coal, DTE Energy, electric grid, electricity, elon musk, energiewende, energy poverty, lignite coal, michigan, michigan public service commission, ontario, photovoltaics, POCACITO, power grid, powerwall, public utilities, pv, renewable energy, solar panels, Tesla, utilities, Zug Island

I attended a forum on DTE’s Integrated Resource Plan Tuesday. The state’s public service commission, an entity that seems to

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Highlighting Detroit’s Sustainable Community Development Projects

June 24, 2015June 25, 2015 Nat Zorach 0 Comments Delray Neighborhood, Detroit riverfront, Detroit solar, DTE Energy, energy efficiency, energy policy, environmental justice, environmental policy, Great Lakes Works, municipal incinerator, social justice, Sustainability in business, sustainable business, sustainable redevelopment, waste to energy, Zug Island

“We often hear about how it’s great to get like-minded people together in the same place,” one USGBC-DRC member