Articles by Jena Brooker
Jena Brooker is an environmental reporter for BridgeDetroit and was Grist's 2021 Midwest reporting fellow.
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![Collage: Four pieces of coral in a row; one pink, one blue, one red, and one greyscale]()
![Collage: Four pieces of coral in a row; one pink, one blue, one red, and one greyscale]()
For Florida’s corals, no escape from climate change
Some corals will be able to migrate poleward to escape rising temperatures. But scientists say Florida’s reefs have nowhere to go.
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![Residents protest the construction of a new auto-manufacturing facility in southeast Detroit.]()
![Residents protest the construction of a new auto-manufacturing facility in southeast Detroit.]()
Detroit’s first new assembly line in 30 years will compound pollution in Black neighborhoods
Residents are fighting back against the environmental racism.
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![Illustration: Silhouette of the Great Lakes as a puddle with water droplets]()
![Illustration: Silhouette of the Great Lakes as a puddle with water droplets]()
It’s raining ‘forever chemicals’ in the Great Lakes
Scientists found high levels of PFAS in raindrops across several states.
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![Collage: Scales with the Illinois flag holding wind turbines and a solar panel on one side and a coal plant on the other]()
![Collage: Scales with the Illinois flag holding wind turbines and a solar panel on one side and a coal plant on the other]()
Illinois had a chance to pass one of the most progressive clean energy bills in the country. It failed.
How the state went from multiple clean energy bills to none.
