2025

• Federal energy aid goes dark with heating bills set to rise. E&E News, Jason Plautz. November 7, 2025.
• The government shutdown is delaying an assistance program families use to heat homes. NPR, Sophia Schmidt. November 6, 2025
• Heat waves challenge Detroit renters: Should city legislate air conditioning? Planet Detroit, Brian Allnut. July 30, 2025
• Community pressure mounts against CPS disconnection policy, rate structures. San Antonio Express-News, Sara DiNatale. June 30, 2025
• Redlining Shaped the Power Grid. Communities of Color Are Still Paying the Price. Mother Jones, Mario Alejandro Ariza. May 18, 2025
• Ohio grid disparities leave some areas with older, outage-prone equipment. Canary Media, Kathiann M. Kowalski. April 17, 2025
• 1st Friday Focus on the Environment: The journey to energy equity in Michigan. WEMU News, David Fair and Lisa Wozniak. February 7, 2025.
• DEI crackdown nixes community benefits for big energy projects. E&E News, Brian Dabbs. February 7, 2025.
• Advocates: Trump cuts won’t end environmental justice in U.S. Michigan Public, Lester Graham. January 29, 2025.
• Advocates for environmental justice speak at panel hosted by Ford School. The Michigan Daily, Caroline Wroldsen. January 28, 2025.

2024

• Why residents in Black neighborhoods will pay more to stay warm this winter. Boston Globe, Vince Dixon. December 21, 2024.
• ‘Connecting resources to a community’: A look inside the SEAS Detroit Sustainability Clinic. The Michigan Daily, Nadia Taeckens. December 10, 2024
• Greenest Cities in America (2024). WalletHub, Adam McCann. October 2, 2024.
• Black and Brown Global Energy Leaders Converge in Detroit for RECESS24: ‘It’s not a moment. It’s a movement.’ Michigan Chronicle, Jeremy Allen. September 17, 2024.
• Climate activists rally around Harris, seeing a chance to build on Biden’s record. NPR, Michael Copley. August 11, 2024.
• Tony Reames Returns to U-M to Lead SEAS Detroit Sustainability Clinic. SBN-Detroit Sustainability Stories, Kim Kisner. June 25, 2024.
• Climate justice top of mind for UW-Madison students on Earth Day. Wisconsin Public Radio, Danielle Keading. April 19, 2024.
• Los Angeles County Receives $1.34M from US Department of Energy to Re-Energize Communities. Energy.gov. March 12, 2024.
• Michigan plans big spending to insulate homes. But can it find contractors? Bridge Michigan, Kelly House & Jena Brooker. January 29, 2024.
• Federal energy grants aid to nonprofits helps people in need. KUAC, Tim Ellis. January 3, 2024.

2023

• Associate Professor Tony Reames Returns to U-M SEAS to Lead Detroit Sustainability Clinic. Michigan Chronicle, Lynzee Mychael. December 28, 2023.
• Advocates Question Biden Administration’s Promises to Address Environmental Injustices While Supporting Fossil Fuel Projects. Inside Climate News, Aman Azhar. November 2, 2023.
• RECESS Summit Concludes with a Focus on Clean Energy, Policy, and Community. Michigan Chronicle, Lynzee Mychael. November 2, 2023.
• How Biden’s environmental justice plan is changing DOE. E&E News, Brian Dabbs. March 31, 2023
• Dr. Tony Reames wants you to know the Energy Department is serious about equity. Energy News Network, Audrey Henderson. March 28, 2023.
• Dr. Tony Reames: Remaining Optimistic About Energy Justice. NC Sustainable Energy Association, Jessica Reid. February 24, 2023.

2022

• CEOs on ESG: Tony Reames. Public Utilities Fortnightly. November 15, 2022.
• Dr. Tony G. Reames Honored with National Council on Electricity Policy Brinch Award for Collaboration in Public Service. NARUC Press Release. September 23, 2022.
• U-M releases national framework to measure energy equity. The University Record, Denise Spranger. August 22, 2022.
• Presidential energy appointee works to ensure climate change initiatives are equitable, just, and fair. US Black Engineer, Gale Horton Gay. August 2, 2022.
• DOE shuffles clean energy, EJ staff. E&E News, Christian Vasquez. July 15, 2022.
• Energy Department to Flex $62 Billion Funding Muscle on Equity. Bloomberg Law, Daniel Moore. January 28, 2022.

2021

• Black and Latino neighborhoods pay more for energy despite far lower emissions. Grist, Adam Mahoney. December 2, 2021.
• White households in US emit most carbon despite greater energy efficiency. Michigan News, Jim Erickson. November 22, 2021.
• Offshore wind is America’s new industry. Who will build it? E&E News, Benjamin Storrow & Miriam Wasser. October 13, 2021.
• University of Michigan offering residents $200 to participate in home heating study. MLive, Ryan Stanton. September 27, 2021.
• Energy equity depends on data, and experts say there isn’t enough of it. Utility Drive, Robert Walton. July 8, 2021.
• Issues of The Environment: Addressing Energy Poverty And Finding Sustainable Solutions. WEMU, David Fair. July 7, 2021.
• ‘That’s Violence’ — Corporations Can Turn Off Electricity For Past-Due Bills Starting Tuesday In Texas. Houston Public Radio, Dominic Anthony Walsh. June 29, 2021.
• KU Alumnus Appointed as Advisor for US Department of Energy. KU Today, Ruth DeWitt. June 22, 2021.
• The White House Wants To Fight Climate Change And Help People. Cleveland Led The Way. NPR, Dan Charles. June 22, 2021.
• Tackling ‘Energy Justice’ Requires Better Data. These Researchers Are On It. NPR, Jeff Brady. June 13, 2021.
• Electricity Disconnections To Resume In Texas As Summer Heat Arrives. Texas Public Radio, Dominic Anthony Walsh. June 11, 2021.
• Cleveland – What Climate Equity Could Look Like. NPR, Dan Charles. June 9. 2021.
• Michigan utilities should prioritize public health inequities in retirement plans, regulator says. Energy News Network (Planet Detroit), Nina Ignaczak. May 12, 2021.
• Dr. Tony Reames is Working to Eliminate Energy Poverty. Ebony Magazine, Monique Wingard. April 27, 2021.
• U-M’s partnerships, initiatives in Detroit on the rise during pandemic. Michigan News, Greta Guest. March 8, 2021.
• Texas’ blackouts may come at a steep cost. The Verge, Justine Calma. February 19, 2021.
• Out in the cold: Pandemic leaves more people in need of energy assistance, but also harder to reach. Sahan Journal, Andrew Hazzard. February 16, 2021.
• Ann Arbor using grant funds to launch new program to help low-income seniors. MLive, Ryan Stanton. January 25, 2021.

2020

• MPSC December Meeting: Neighborhood-Level Equity and Energy. The Handbuilt City, by Nat Zorach. December 5, 2020.
• Today we’re officially out of the Paris Agreement. Now what? Centered, by Katie Pyzyk. November 4, 2020.
• “Born for This”: Meet the First Black Woman to Launch a Community Solar Company. Vogue, by Yessenia Funes. October 27, 2020.
• Profiles in the fight for environmental justice: Dr. Tony Reames. Planet Detroit, by Biba Adams. October 15, 2020.
• Report: Low-Income City Residents Face High Energy Burden. U.S. News, by Elliott Davis. September 10, 2020.
• This prof is shedding light on energy injustice — and how to fix it. Grist, by Adrienne Day. July 30, 2020.
• Clean energy programs can help address some racial disparities, advocates say. Energy News Network, by Kathiann M. Kowalski. July 2, 2020.
• Racial disparities persist in electric service. Is ‘willful blindness’ to blame? Energy News Network, by Kathiann M. Kowalski. July 1, 2020.
• Fighting climate change isn’t just an environmental issue — it’s a social justice issue too. The Rising, by Emily Dao. June 4, 2020.
• DTE, Consumers report on shutoffs, actions to protect vulnerable customers under MPSC order. Planet Detroit, by Jena Brooker & Nina Ignaczak. May 1, 2020.
• Michigan environmental justice council to take on energy access and pollution. Energy News Network, by Andy Balaskovitz. February 10, 2020. 

2018-2015

• Energy access is not created equal. This Ann Arbor organization is trying to change that. Concentrate Magazine, by Jaishree Drepaul-Bruder. October 31, 2018.
• Applications for energy assistance to be open all year starting Oct. 1. Michigan News, by Maya Goldman. September 28, 2018.
• Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs Harder to Find, More Expensive in High-Poverty Neighborhoods. Greentech Media, by Justin Gerdes. May 21, 2018.
• Going green is harder for Detroit’s low-income communities. Grist.com, by Greta Jocham. May 9, 2018.
• Access to energy-efficient lighting varies with poverty levels. The University Record, by Jim Erickson. April 11, 2018. 
• Wealthy benefit most from Michigan’s energy savings plans, study finds. Bridge Magazine, by Andy Balaskovitz. December 14, 2017.
• In Michigan, study shows utility energy savings mostly benefit wealthier customers. Midwest Energy News, by Andy Balaskovitz. December 13, 2017.
• How the Urban Energy Justice Lab is opening new households to LIHEAP, Weatherization, and energy assistance help. LIHEAP.org, by Jake Brown. October 31, 2017.
• How Detroit’s Climate Change Activists are Using Science to Plan for a Warmer City. ModelDMedia.com, by Nina Ignaczak. October 31, 2016.
• The EPA has a plan to protect vulnerable communities. Will it work? Grist.org, by Brentin Mock. April 27, 2015.