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GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck Plant Named Flagship Facility For EV Production

Business Facilities

billion to transform its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center into an all-electric vehicle assembly plant, dubbed Factory ZERO. Read: GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck Plant Named Flagship Facility For EV Production at BusinessFacilities.com. General Motors will invest $2.2

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Nature as the city: Why it’s time for a new framework to guide development

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At a systems level, green infrastructure—in the form of public parks, wetlands and grasslands, urban forests, green roofs and siding, and rainwater gardens—is our most affordable and most effective technology in protecting cities from the impacts of climate change. Commercial Buildings, Campuses and Utilities Greening Our Cities.

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Former Public Officials Indicted on Criminal Charges in Flint Water Crisis

Green Building Law Update

The indictments make clear the charges flow from the government determination in 2014 to switch the water supply from the Detroit water system to the Flint River as a cost cutting measure without properly considering the possible impact on human health. Read Rick Snyder’s Grand Jury Indictment. Two were charged with involuntary manslaughter.

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Taos Builder Strives to Work with Green Materials

Natural Building

The work of Patrick O’Brien and his Salamander Group has spanned decades, with curiosity playing a role in leading him from conventional home building in urban Detroit to exploring alternative building in Taos, New Mexico.

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FCA To Create Nearly 6,500 Jobs With Michigan Expansion

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billion to build a new assembly plant in Detroit and add production at five existing Michigan facilities. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will invest $4.5 Read: FCA To Create Nearly 6,500 Jobs With Michigan Expansion at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Industry Focus: Automotive – Hitting On All Cylinders

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automotive sector is going into overdrive to meet the surging demand for new cars and prepare for our green energy future. Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. From driverless cars to all-electric vehicles, the U.S. Industry Focus: Automotive – Hitting On All Cylinders appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Great Lakes U.S.

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Cuts for Cancer: Metro Detroit Landscape Contractors Cut Lawn for Cancer Patients

Green Industry Professionals

The landscape contractors started a program called Cuts for Cancer to help sick people in the community out.

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