Planet Detroit is thrilled to welcome Eleanore Catolico as our 2022 Detroit Energy and Environment Reporting Fellow. The fellowship, a partnership between Planet Detroit, Energy News Network’s (ENN), and the Detroit Equity Action Lab helps support critical journalism on climate change and clean energy in under-resourced communities in southeast Michigan. Having grown up in the suburbs of […]
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Pollen season is getting longer and more intense with climate change – here’s what allergy sufferers can expect in the future
The Conversation By Beth Daley Brace yourselves, allergy suffers – new research shows pollen season is going to get a lot longer and more intense with climate change. Our latest study finds that the U.S. will face up to a 200% increase in total pollen this century if the world continues producing carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles, […]
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Protecting climate with greenspace in Michigan
CO2 2022/2021 418.69 ppm / 416.70 ppm https://www.co2.earth/daily-co2 TAKE OUR READER SURVEY HERE! Protecting climate with greenspace: An opinion piece in the Free Press makes the case for protecting natural resources to meet state climate goals. Rebecca Esselman and Daniel Brown, who both work with the Huron River Watershed Council, wrote that the state’s “MI […]
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From the Headlines— March 7 – 11, 2022
Energy burdens: Late fees add to the utility burden for households already dealing with energy affordability, poor insulation, and damage from natural disasters. In 2017, African American families spent 43% more on energy bills than white households. Michigan’s two largest utilities, DTE and Consumers, have a 2% late fee, the highest charge allowed under state law. In […]
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Asthma makes more Detroiters sick than anywhere else in Michigan – and it’s getting worse
Public health officials say it’s ‘not clear’ why the disparity is growing Detroiters get asthma at higher rates than the rest of the state, a disparity that has risen sharply in recent years, according to a new report. In February, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) released its analysis of health and […]
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Manistee worm farmer aims to reduce greenhouse gasses with wrigglers
This is the first in an ongoing series about Michiganders working toward climate solutions. Know someone we should write about? Hit reply! SUBSCRIBE TO MICHIGAN CLIMATE NEWS! In Manistee, Michigan, hundreds of thousands of worms in large bins are feeding away at food scraps. The worms then poop, producing a compost that contains beneficial microbes, […]
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Great Lakes platform helps connect green investors with regional projects
The Great Lakes Impact Investment Platform features 40 projects representing nearly $4.5 billion in investment opportunities, including household energy efficiency retrofits, coal mine reclamation and solar development. Energy News Network by Kari Lydersen A two-year-old economic development partnership is helping to draw attention — and investment dollars — to sustainability projects in the Great Lakes region. […]
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Imperiled: Indigenous maple-syruping in northern Michigan, ice fishing in Ohio, pond hockey in Minnesota
CO2 2022/2021 419.63 ppm / 416.51 ppm https://www.co2.earth/daily-co2 TAKE OUR READER SURVEY HERE! Painfully clear: Climate experts are weighing in on the most recent report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which found that the climate crisis is already significantly disrupting economies and ecosystems, a trend that will grow much worse if […]
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OPINION: We need to investigate the links between air quality and lung disease in Wayne County
As the system director of thoracic surgery for the Henry Ford Health System, I see the results of lung disease on a daily basis in my patients. I realize that many of my patients suffer from both benign disease and lung cancer secondary to behavioral causes like smoking. But I also understand that many of […]
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Water shortages elsewhere threaten Great Lakes, author says
By KAYLA NELSENCapital News Service LANSING — As the megadrought in the Western U.S. worsens, calls for freshwater diversions from the Great Lakes to the West have grown increasingly popular. Last August, federal authorities announced a water shortage in Lake Mead, the largest source of freshwater for the Western states. At the same time, protective […]