Did you have a chance to take our Michigan Climate News Reader Survey? We want to hear from you! What topics are you counting on Michigan Climate News to cover in 2022? TAKE THE READER SURVEY HERE! As climate disasters increase, displacement and climate migration will increase. We can expect Michigan and Detroit to be […]
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From the Headlines — January 24 – 28, 2022
Limited data: A community meeting intended to inform the public about the Stellantis facilities on the east side of Detroit seemed to generate more questions than answers, including why the plant was allowed to continue operating for several months after it was discovered that emissions weren’t being properly treated. Representatives for Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE), […]
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What are the challenges and opportunities for climate migration in Michigan?
Climate migrants may not yet be flooding into Michigan, but eventually (as we discussed in part one of this series on climate migration in Michigan), they will. And though we may not yet know when or how many – it’s likely will come. So what can we do to start planning for them? Susan Ekoh, […]
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It's getting icy
CO2 2022/2021 418.96 ppm / 416.4 ppm https://www.co2.earth/daily-co2 Did you have a chance to take our Michigan Climate News Reader Survey? We want to hear from you! What topics are you counting on Michigan Climate news to cover in 2022? TAKE THE READER SURVEY HERE! Frosty lakes: A few weeks ago, we shared news of […]
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OPINION: Can a carbon tax support environmental justice?
This past summer, homes in Detroit were flooded with up to five feet of sewage backup after heavy rains dumped six inches of water overnight. It took weeks and more than $10,000 (not reimbursed by insurance) for my home in East English Village to be restored to a livable condition. Two weeks later, our homes […]
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What do we know about climate migration and Michigan?
Did you have a chance to take our Michigan Climate News Reader Survey? We want to hear from you! What topics are you counting on Michigan Climate News to cover in 2022? TAKE THE READER SURVEY HERE! Will Michigan and the Great Lakes be the climate haven that so many are predicting it will? In […]
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From the Headlines — January 17 – 21, 2022
Following the money: A new report says that when Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel restarted the investigation into the Flint water crisis, she dropped racketeering charges against state and city officials that would have come under RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) laws. Nessel had criticized the investigations launched by her predecessor Bill Schuette as “politically charged show trials.” Although Nessel re-charged […]
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Michigan families navigate scarce resources when seeking help for lead-poisoned kids
When Detroit resident TaNiccia Henry’s grandson Lloyd Toliver was 4, his hair stopped growing and his feet turned black. Henry took her grandson to the doctor, and she was shocked by what she learned: her grandson had lead poisoning. “At the end of the day, I’m going to say God’s honest truth: I didn’t know […]
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Snow will come
CO2 2022/2021 418.76 ppm / 415.08 ppm Did you have a chance to take our Michigan Climate News Reader Survey? We want to hear from you! What topics are you counting on Michigan Climate news to cover in 2022? TAKE THE READER SURVEY HERE! Snow will come: At present, ice covers about 3% of the […]
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From the Headlines – January 10-14, 2022
Still smells: Stellantis has fixed the ducting issue at its Jeep plant on the east of Detroit, which had allowed emissions from the paint shop to escape untreated. The company also says it will install additional emissions controls after a third-party analysis found a high level of odor coming from the facility. But these moves may do little to assuage the concerns […]