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United States v. EES Coke Battery, LLC

  1. September 29, 2025

    Feds' Clean Air Fix Would Shutter Detroit Plant, Judge Hears

    The federal government on Monday asked a Michigan federal judge to order a Detroit facility that produces coke for steelmaking to install processes that would reduce its sulfur emissions and pay a $140 million fine for Clean Air Act violations, while the facility told the court such an order would essentially shutter the operation.

  2. September 03, 2025

    Feds Seek $140M Fine For Mich. Energy Co. Over Air Pollution

    The federal government on Tuesday advocated for $140 million in penalties for a Michigan energy company the government alleges shares responsibility for air pollution resulting from coke production, while the energy company maintained it tried to comply with the state-issued permit, in briefs filed this week ahead of a bench trial later this month.

  3. August 25, 2025

    Detroit Coke Plant Found Liable For Clean Air Act Violations

    A federal judge on Monday ruled a Detroit facility that produces coke for steelmaking violated the Clean Air Act with increased air pollution, teeing up a trial to determine if parent company DTE Energy shares responsibility.

  4. May 05, 2025

    Feds Say Splitting Clean Air Trial Would Harm Public

    Splitting a potential trial over a Detroit-area steel input manufacturer's alleged Clean Air Act violations into two phases would only cause unnecessary delays, the U.S. government has told a Michigan federal judge.

  5. July 02, 2024

    Judge Says Feds Exceeded Question Limit In Pollution Suit

    A Michigan federal judge has denied the federal government's bid to force a coke oven battery company to respond to questions about business decisions and parent company involvement, holding that it has exceeded an agreed-upon limit of so-called interrogatories in its Clean Air Act case.

  6. June 24, 2024

    Sierra Club Says Mich. Power Co. Liable For Illegal Pollution

    The Sierra Club and a small town in Michigan are looking to hold a power plant partially liable for air pollution produced by a steel factory, claiming in amended complaints filed Monday that many of the factory's regulatory compliance failures can be traced back to energy company employees.

  7. April 08, 2024

    Feds Can't Believe Steel Factory Doesn't Know Own Directors

    The U.S. government told a Michigan federal judge that a steel input manufacturer can't try to avoid questions about business decisions by claiming it can't identify company leaders, asking the judge to make the factory answer key inquiries about its practices when it sought to remove oven gas limits.