Heavy rains should taper off this evening and give Metro Detroiters a break from the localized flooding impacting the area this week. Kyle Klein, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service (NWS), told Planet Detroit another quarter-inch to 1 inch of rain will fall in Metro Detroit Thursday evening. The area received between 1 and […]
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After Zug Island pollution lawsuit, attorney urges community engagement
Annie Seaman worked on Zug Island for 40 years from 1973 to 2013. She wore all pink to a community meeting about pollution from the island, but the stories she tells about her time as a U.S. Steel Great Lakes Works employee are less than rosy. Seaman, who lives in Detroit, worked as a powerhouse […]
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VOICES: Utility bills don’t have to break us: Michigan’s path to affordable home energy
A new state roadmap shows Michigan can reduce energy burdens and prevent thousands of asthma attacks through efficiency upgrades and electrification, but utility rate reforms are needed to ensure families save money.
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VOICES: Hanging laundry and the math of small climate wins
An Ann Arbor doctor reflects on how hanging laundry in his basement became a gateway to larger climate actions, challenging the idea that individual behavior doesn’t matter.
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Detroit urges flooding precautions with more rain incoming
Detroit asks residents to cut water use as city faces up to 1.5 inches of rain and possible flooding through Thursday night.
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Michigan updates air quality alert system as wildfire smoke season approaches
Michigan will alert residents sooner when air quality reaches the Air Quality Index’s unhealthy for sensitive groups range.
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Data center ordinance development continues in Washington Township: ‘There is a limit to everything’
Washington Township planning commissioners vote to continue developing data center rules after Prologis proposed a 312-acre technical campus last year.
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Trump EPA proposes coal ash rule rollback
Trump EPA proposes weakening coal ash rules that protect groundwater from heavy metal contamination at power plants across the U.S.
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Detroit forms data center working group after council backs moratorium
Detroit City Councilman Scott Benson convened a stakeholder working group to develop zoning policies for data centers, following the council’s March resolution urging a two-year development moratorium.
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EPA: Detroit’s air quality meets sulfur dioxide standards
EPA removes Detroit from sulfur dioxide nonattainment after 57% pollution drop over 13 years; lawyer says process too slow for residents.