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Michigan funds decarbonization studies at Detroit Zoo, Bell's Brewery

Announced the grants

The Detroit Zoo needs industrial-level cooling to keep its polar bears and penguins comfortable. A new $260,000 state grant will help it design heat pumps and geothermal loops to do that with far less energy.

Updated Oct 30

Michigan commits $89 million to restore Detroit and Kalamazoo rivers

Money Moves

As of October 2026: Leading the cleanup effort

Michigan will spend $89 million from pollution settlements to strip decades of industrial contamination from the Detroit and Kalamazoo rivers. Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the Reclaim the Rivers initiative Thursday at Belle Isle, with money targeting PCB-heavy sediment and damaged wildlife habitat.

Updated Oct 2

Notable Quotes

"When our factories run cleaner, the air gets cleaner in the communities around them."

from Michigan funds decarbonization studies at Detroit Zoo, Bell's Brewery · Updated Oct 30

This is such an important waterway, a big waterway, so there are more pockets where it's happening here than other places.

from Michigan commits $89 million to restore Detroit and Kalamazoo rivers · Updated Oct 2