Do I recall that shortly after Michael Duggan became mayor, Marathon Oil asked for a delay in getting their southwest Detroit into compliance with
Michigan environmental regulations. The mayor, I believe, turned them down and threatened to sue if Marathon did not comply with state regulations. Marathon, as I recall, complied.
I believe there is a standard system for measuring pollution in southwest
Detroit. Is there evidence that the steel mills, cement plants and oil facilities there are consistently out of compliance with state and federal regulations? I realize that many people think that we need much stronger federal and state regulation. Given the pandemic and the very high rate of job loss, environmental concerns may not get much emphasis. I was
discouraged to see that the presidential candidates who put environmental issues toward the top of their list generally fared poorly in the primary elections this year.