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Michigan’s heavy industry receives hundreds of millions of dollars to control pollution. When they don’t, they keep the savings.

Growing up in River Rouge, Ebony Elmore remembers seeing thick gas clouds form in the sky every time it would rain. No matter the weather, there was a constant smell in the air from the heavy industry near her house.

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Jena Brooker / Bridge Michigan

Mar 20, 2026, 4:31 AM CT

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