Environmental Law for the People.
Our Mission
Every Michigander deserves to live in healthy, vibrant neighborhoods with clean air to breathe, safe water to drink, community-centered spaces to enjoy Michigan’s many natural treasures. Too often, irresponsible polluters target disenfranchised communities and force them to live with unsafe levels of pollution that endanger the health of their community and environment. We work with communities impacted by racism and economic discrimination to utilize the power of the law to create effective strategies to hold polluters and government agencies accountable.
Our Services
We empower individuals and organizations impacted by environmental injustice in Michigan to utilize our legal system to create comprehensive solutions to environmental issues impacting their health and quality of life and to create systemic change. To do this, we generally provide a variety of public education, policy development, and legal services to individuals and organizations. Learn more about the issues we’re working on and how we can help you.
Resources
We compile and update an Wayne County Air Quality Permit Tracker and an Enforcement Tracker as a public resource.
The Permit Tracker compiles permit installation applications, public hearing information, links to all finalized permits to install, and more.
The Enforcement Tracker compiles violations of air quality regulations at major sources of air pollution and enforcement actions taken by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) to address the violation from multiple databases.
We also publish reports and toolkits for free download on subjects ranging from investigations of our water systems to the use of trees to improve our air quality.
