When faced with testimony that Zug Island’s EES Coke Battery is one of Michigan’s worst sulfur dioxide polluters, an attorney for the facility said Monday: “So what?” The DTE Energy-owned facility was ...

DTE also ordered to establish a community committee and fund it with an additional $20 million for local projects to improve ...

The company saved $70 million by not adhering to the Clean Air Act, the court stated, when issuing the financial penalty.

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