Just got back to MI and the Lyft driver is listening to Paul Hardcastle😎

Significant air pollution episode over Michigan the past 2 days as 50° temps melt a 7-week-old snow pack, mobilizing PM 2.5 particles that had fallen on the snow. Light winds, low mixing, and fresh emissions contributing to the event. AQI largely in the orange "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" range.

The air quality in Detroit is terrible with this warm weather! Rapidly melting snow, plus low winds = trapped particulates @planetdetroit.org explained it to me once

Worth noting legal proceeding in process in Michigan concerning shipping radioactive waste from New York to Michigan for storage. If there's no public health risk the judge asks, why ship it to Michigan? @brianallnutt.bsky.social reports for @planetdetroit.org. planetdetroit.org/2026/02/manh...

Residents raise concerns over diesel generators and utility bill impacts. Developer says proposed data center would be township’s largest taxpayer. planetdetroit.org/2026/02/proj...

Remarkable: Trump's deranged threat to block the bridge connecting Detroit to Canada is backfiring, giving Dems a big issue in 2026 races in Michigan, which could help decide control of Congress. Michigan Dems tell me they'll use this against Republicans big time: newrepublic.com/article/2064...

who would have seen this coming? www.freep.com/story/news/p...

US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE: "I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."

Army Corps continues to send material from Ohio sites to Wayne Disposal, landfill employee testifies; Spokesperson for Wayne Disposal says it's complying with injunction. buff.ly/MFxIS5D

They made Coupon: The Movie real.

Think I sense a theme in the market this year, especially today: - Sell everything even tangentially connected to the computer - Buy the things that actually exist in the real world

Ugh

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Wherein I interview another Allnutt. EPA is fast tracking a review of fluoride in drinking water, following a report tying high fluoride levels to lower IQs in children. Many experts say this study is deeply flawed and U.S. medical groups overwhelmingly support fluoridation. @planetdetroit.org

Hearing ICE targeted the parents at bus stops as they waited for their kids to arrive in -10 cold.

You love nature

Detroiters ask how DTE's long-term power plan will affect their bills and raise concerns over power outages: planetdetroit.org/2026/01/dte-...

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

My take on the Jan 23 action in Minneapolis is that I don’t really care whether it’s a “true” general strike (we could argue about that all day). What DOES matter is that it’s a bold and necessary escalation, and local labor leaders are publicly encouraging workers to join in anti-ICE resistance

HECK yeah

Data center power demands, emissions loophole for Michigan utilities could add to the state’s air pollution in decades ahead, The Union of Concerned Scientists says. @planetdetroit.org

Data center power demands, emissions loophole for Michigan utilities could add to the state’s air pollution in decades ahead, The Union of Concerned Scientists says. @planetdetroit.org

“The crumbling of institutional shells still leaves the people who were inside the institutions. And you can rest assured that hundreds of millions of people just like you can see what is happening. And they are pissed.”

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

New at Can We Still Govern? "I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government." Please read, share, help. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...

The agency will no longer consider health costs and deaths prevented when reducing two major pollutants, but will account for costs to industry. planetdetroit.org/2026/01/epa-...

A protest is planned for 5 p.m. Wednesday at Van Buren Township Hall. The proposed data center would use as much as 3.6 million gallons of water a day, according to the township. planetdetroit.org/2026/01/van-...

A protest is planned for tonight ahead of a Van Buren Township Planning Commission meeting as the township considers plans for an 800,000-square-foot data center. @planetdetroit.org

Approval for a 1.8-million-square-foot data center depends on review of sound study and energy audit, Lyon Township says. planetdetroit.org/2026/01/lyon...

Put on a show for this band in college. Still sounds pretty good.

Allen Park residents say they’re concerned the data center could increase electric rates, while developers say the project will have minimal impacts. planetdetroit.org/2026/01/alle...

Democratic candidate says legislation is needed to safeguard environment and ratepayers from data center impacts: buff.ly/FIqgWBr

Proposed 26 megawatt data center near I-94 is part of a “cluster” of Metro Detroit facilities planned by Solstice Data: buff.ly/ycq4iFG

"The Michiganders for Money Out of Politics, or MMOP, ballot initiative is 'probably the necessary precondition for getting data center legislation'" Reporting from @brianallnutt.bsky.social @planetdetroit.org on the influence of utility $ in data center fights: planetdetroit.org/2025/12/mich...

“This looks like a Boston massacre”

Another bad air quality day in Metro Detroit. May be a good day to mask up.

Pollution from closed-loop cooling systems, wetland destruction are among the issues aired at EGLE hearing on Oracle, OpenAI data center’s wetland permit. planetdetroit.org/2025/12/sali...

There are a lot of great groups where I live (Detroit) doing this kind of work. I am going to list some along with donate links below. If you have some good ones to add I would love to see it. And if you are feeling comfortable this holiday season I hope you'll consider a donation.

The $7 billion, 1.4 gigawatt Oracle and OpenAI data center is planned for 575 acres of farmland south of Ann Arbor. planetdetroit.org/2025/12/dte-...

Public officials and residents at Michigan Capitol rally say there’s nonpartisan, statewide opposition to “secret deals,” as DTE Energy urges regulators to quickly approve contracts for a $7 billion Oracle and OpenAI data center. @planetdetroit.org

Van Buren Township residents express concern about pollution, ratepayer impacts from proposed 1 gigawatt data center: planetdetroit.org/2025/12/van-...

The University of Michigan has failed to act transparently or coordinate with local officials on data center project, says state Rep. Jimmie Wilson Jr. buff.ly/AQ5k7Xy

Township residents press for a data center moratorium following an informal proposal for a 1 gigawatt facility. planetdetroit.org/2025/12/york...

Howell Township official expects developers to resubmit application for the $1 billion project when six-month data center moratorium ends. planetdetroit.org/2025/12/bill...

The air is, once again, garbage. Airnow dot gov is showing lower levels, but my home monitor was rather high this morning. Hoping a change in wind direction today and tomorrow improves things.

Updated story on today's MPSC hearing. “This is your chance to provide some equality between big tech, government, and the people," Augusta Township resident Wendy Albers said, requesting the MPSC open a contested case on the Saline Township data center. @planetdetroit.org

The 25 days of fishmas is giving me hope in a dark time

A virtual hearing on DTE’s plans to power a $7 billion Oracle and OpenAI data center draws commenters worried about power bills, energy reliability, and environmental costs. planetdetroit.org/2025/12/dte-...

Air quality is looking rough this morning Detroit. May be a good morning to wear an N95.