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Planet Detroit is three reporters covering the environmental stories no one else will — no paywall, no corporate owner, no ads. This year, we exposed a decade-long fluoride cover-up in Wyandotte, were the only newsroom at the Zug Island air pollution trial, and broke the data center investigations that reached the Washington Post and the LA Times.
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I'm 49 years old and from Mexico City, where I studied journalism. I love people's stories and how they can positively influence society.
Zayd Walid, a Wayne State environmental science student, grew up without public parks in his Southwest Detroit neighborhood. Now he’s studying air quality and urban green space to help the next generation.
