In 2020, the Sierra Club’s Michigan chapter made an unconventional choice for their “environmentalist of the year”: Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. The group commended her “extraordinary work in safeguarding democracy during this year’s historic elections”, which in Michigan included dealing with Republicans who believed votes were being improperly counted and mobbed Detroit’s TCF Center […]
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As agencies seek more environmental justice data, longtime residents are skeptical
Environmental regulators hope new data-driven tools will help identify hotspots and drive environmental justice. Some activists, who’ve been fighting polluters for decades, have doubts that more information will make a difference. Co-published with Midwest Energy News. It was the violent smells, his pounding headaches, and burning eyes. Longtime resident and activist Robert Shobe’s home on […]
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Youth Voices: Climate change has been a part of my reality for as long as I can remember
Planet Detroit partnered with the Southeast Michigan Stewardship Coalition and teachers across Michigan to recruit these youth voices on how climate change affects kids’ lives. Here are their stories. By Stella Ruby Hughes, Age 14, Hamtramck High School Climate change has been a part of my reality for as long as I can remember, and for […]
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Youth Voices: 5 things you can do about climate change
Planet Detroit partnered with the Southeast Michigan Stewardship Coalition and teachers across Michigan to recruit these youth voices on how climate change affects kids’ lives. Here are their stories. By Livielle Peters, tree, water, and earth lover, Wylie Elementary School, Dexter, Michigan You, me, trees, water, and our natural world, need each other. Trees absorb carbon […]
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Youth Voices: Do I think about climate change? If so, what are my thoughts?
Planet Detroit partnered with the Southeast Michigan Stewardship Coalition and teachers across Michigan to recruit these youth voices on how climate change affects kids’ lives. Here are their stories. By Alice Meek, Wylie Elementary School, Dexter, Michigan What are some of the things I have heard about climate change? What has inspired me to take action? […]
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Youth Voices: How climate change affects my life
Planet Detroit partnered with the Southeast Michigan Stewardship Coalition and teachers across Michigan to recruit the youth voices on how climate change affects kids’ lives. By Juliette Dubuque, Wylie Elementary School, Dexter, Michigan My name is Juliette, and I’m in fourth grade. And right now, climate change is affecting my life. It’s real hot, I’ll […]
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Youth Voices: Why climate change is bad for the earth
Planet Detroit partnered with the Southeast Michigan Stewardship Coalition and teachers across Michigan to recruit the youth voices on how climate change affects kids’ lives. By Annalies “Anni” Messner, Wylie Elementary School, Dexter, Michigan Climate change is bad for the Earth because it makes the surface warmer, it can kill plants by drying them out, […]
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A new carbon record set, rolling blackouts this summer, Michigan raises the nuclear question
CO2 2022/2021 421.84 ppm / 419.58 ppm Dear Michigan Climate News readers, We've set a new high for atmospheric carbon. Not a win. Michigan may not have enough power this summer, according to the regional grid operator. And in this month's policy update, a Michigan House bill would have the state look more closely at […]
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Policy Tracker: Michigan raises the nuclear question
SUBSCRIBE TO MICHIGAN CLIMATE NEWS! Dear Michigan Climate News readers, We asked you what topics we should cover in this newsletter, and we got a resounding response — you want to stay up-to-date on climate solutions, politics, and policy. To that end, in addition to regular solutions-based stories, we will be bringing you this monthly […]
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Trees aren’t a climate change cure-all – 2 new studies on the life and death of trees in a warming world show why
When people talk about ways to slow climate change, they often mention trees, and for good reason. Forests take up a large amount of the planet-warming carbon dioxide that people put into the atmosphere when they burn fossil fuels. But will trees keep up that pace as global temperatures rise? With companies increasingly investing in forests as offsets, saying […]