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Author Archives: Isabelle Tavares

Isabelle Tavares covers environmental and public health impacts in Southwest Detroit for Planet Detroit with Report for America. Working in text, film and audio, she is a Dominican-American storyteller who is concerned with identity, generational time, and ecology. 

Industrialized Zug Island seen from the Detroit River.
Posted inNews

EPA offers Clean Air Act exemptions from Trump, and one of metro Detroit’s top polluters applies

Avatar photo by Isabelle Tavares May 8, 2025May 8, 2025

A new EPA policy under the Trump administration could let over 500 facilities nationwide sidestep pollution controls for two years, a move that critics say endangers millions of Americans.

Southwest Detroit resident Ed Gies holds personal air quality monitor.
Posted inNews

Chemical odors in Southwest Detroit trigger April air quality complaints

Avatar photo by Isabelle Tavares May 1, 2025May 2, 2025
Environmental activist Theresa Landrum in Southwest Detroit.
Posted inCommunity

Toxic tour in Southwest Detroit: Cristo Rey students explore environmental justice through art

Avatar photo by Isabelle Tavares April 22, 2025April 22, 2025
Planet Detroit's Isabelle Tavares chats with caseworker and journalist Andrea Meza.
Posted inCommunity

Café y Chisme No. 5: How Andrea Meza amplifies Detroit’s community voices

Avatar photo by Isabelle Tavares April 22, 2025April 22, 2025
A school bus passes through a flooded underpass on Livernois Avenue in Detroit.
Posted inCommunity

Smartphones become tool in Detroit’s flood fight: ‘Sometimes the streets are almost entirely water’

Avatar photo by Isabelle Tavares April 17, 2025April 17, 2025
Detroit Intermodal Freight Terminal
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Detroit’s truck route ordinance: Will it finally bring relief to Southwest?

Avatar photo by Isabelle Tavares April 10, 2025April 10, 2025
Peeling lead paint
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Detroit softens lead inspection rules in new rental program: Expert says it’s ‘unconscionable’ move

Avatar photo by Isabelle Tavares March 27, 2025March 27, 2025
"Do Not Dig" sign at Roberto Clemente Learning Academy in Southwest Detroit
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Southwest Detroit school built atop contaminated site not impacted by nearby flood, officials say

Avatar photo by Isabelle Tavares March 13, 2025March 13, 2025
Planet Detroit Southwest reporter Isabelle Tavares interviews Detroit organizer Victor Jimenez.
Posted inCommunity

Café y Chisme No. 4: Victor Jimenez on environmental organizing in Southwest Detroit 

Avatar photo by Isabelle Tavares March 12, 2025March 12, 2025
Site of water main break in Southwest Detroit
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Water service returns ‘shortly’ in Southwest Detroit neighborhood devastated by flood

Avatar photo by Isabelle Tavares March 6, 2025March 6, 2025

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