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Three people talk at an Emmet County, Michigan debris dropoff site
Posted inNews

Northern Michigan ice storm debris become renewable energy: ‘We were green before green was cool’

Avatar photo by Izzy Ross, IPR April 30, 2025April 30, 2025

In Emmet County, dropoff sites and biomass facilities are transforming ice storm debris into electricity, aiming to cut down on wood decomposition and its greenhouse gas emissions.

Cherry blossom tree on Detroit street
Posted inNews

What we’re reading: Detroit breaks 1899 heat record with 86-degree April day

Avatar photo by Dustin Blitchok April 30, 2025April 30, 2025
A red-walled industrial facility sits next to a river emitting steam or smoke with cloudy skies in the background.
Posted inNews

NSF cancels air pollution research grant focused on Detroit’s most polluted ZIP code

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Nina Misuraca Ignaczak and Koby Levin April 30, 2025April 29, 2025
Educator Deborah Jenkins.
Posted inNeighborhood Reporting Lab

Is lifelong learning the key to success? This Detroit teacher says yes

Avatar photo by Aderonke Ibironke April 29, 2025April 29, 2025
EV car share program at Eastside Community Network in Detroit
Posted inNews

Trump administration cuts end Michigan’s Healthy Climate Corps, halt community projects

Avatar photo by Nina Misuraca Ignaczak April 29, 2025May 4, 2025
Bryan Sanders, a barber at the Mt Pleasant Barber Shop in Mount Pleasant, N.C.
Posted inNews

FEMA cuts leave communities vulnerable to natural disasters with funding drought

Avatar photo by Associated Press April 28, 2025April 28, 2025
Downtown Detroit street scene on sunny spring day at intersection of Monroe and Randolph.
Posted inNews

Unhoused in Detroit: Why are more children experiencing homelessness?

Avatar photo by The Conversation April 28, 2025April 28, 2025
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
Posted inNews

Detroit’s riverfront dream delayed by $40 million embezzlement

Avatar photo by Associated Press April 25, 2025April 25, 2025
DTE Energy
Posted inNews

DTE files for $574 million rate hike, its second-largest request, months after its last increase

Avatar photo by Nina Misuraca Ignaczak April 25, 2025April 25, 2025
Detroit park
Posted inNews

Detroit’s green spaces: Analysis reveals inequities in park access

by Michigan Public April 25, 2025April 25, 2025

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