February 04, 2021
The Biden administration announced Thursday it won't appeal a Michigan judge's ruling that stopped the Trump adminsitration's attempt to block a side settlement between an environmental group and DTE Energy Co., which the Trump administration had said would give outside groups too much power.
December 03, 2020
The federal government can't block a deal the Sierra Club struck with DTE Energy Co. to resolve long-standing allegations that the energy company illegally modified power plants, a Michigan federal judge ruled on Thursday.
August 07, 2020
The Sierra Club says the federal government's opposition to a deal the group struck with DTE Energy Co. to resolve long-standing allegations that DTE illegally modified power plants is over the top, unfounded and should be rejected.
July 09, 2020
The federal government is opposing a "side deal" the Sierra Club struck with DTE Energy Co. on top of a government settlement that resolved a 10-year suit over allegations DTE illegally modified four of its plants, including Michigan's largest coal-fired power plant.
May 14, 2020
DTE Energy Co. has agreed to pay $1.8 million and implement pollution reduction measures to settle a 10-year-old suit brought against it by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Sierra Club for illegally modifying four of its plants, including Michigan's largest coal-fired power plant.
January 10, 2017
The Sixth Circuit on Tuesday revived the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Sierra Club's lawsuits alleging DTE Energy Co. increased air pollution by illegally modifying Michigan's largest coal-fired power plant.
March 05, 2014
A Michigan federal judge on Monday blocked a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's preliminary injunction request for a DTE Energy Co. power plant operating permit and placed limits on the government's ability to bring actions based only on preconstruction emissions estimates.
November 24, 2010
The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club have won a bid to join as plaintiffs in the U.S. government's suit claiming DTE Energy Co. modified a coal-fired power plant in Michigan without a permit and failed to install proper pollution controls.