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David Sands

David Sands is a Detroit-based freelance writer. He’s covered the news for Huffington Post Detroit as an assistant editor and worked as a staff writer for the transportation news site Mode Shift. He’s a frequent contributor to Model D and Metromode. Follow him on Twitter @dsandsdetroit.

David Sands's Latest Articles

Wayne State training academy addresses the community healthcare worker shortage

By David Sands ● Solutions ● August 3, 2023

The program focuses on training workers to understand health disparities and social determinants of health.

Local advocates aim to make ‘cumulative impact’ a factor in air quality regulation

By David Sands ● Solutions ● March 9, 2023

Advocates are pushing for regulators to consider cumulative impact – the idea the totality of environmental threats affecting a community should be considered in permitting decisions – which is not typically how environmental permitting decisions are handled today.

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Local advocates aim to make ‘cumulative impact’ a factor in air quality regulation

Advocates ‘feel really damn good’ on transit vote, say region still has far to travel

Efforts to update Detroit’s livestock ordinance in play again

Climate resilience hubs find a foothold on Detroit’s East Side by helping residents face disasters