A Planet Detroit Climate Guide
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From the headlines – December 6-10, 2021
Cease and desist: The city of Detroit ordered Revere Dock to shut down operations last week and fined property owner Revere Dock LLC $4,000 following the second collapse at that site on the Detroit River in two years. However, Crain’s reported that the site appeared to still be receiving material after the shutdown order was issued. Officials from […]
Posted inAccountability, Deep Dives, Lead poisoning
Sweeping set of bills tackling child lead exposure discussed in Michigan House
A sweeping set of bipartisan bills aiming to reduce childhood lead exposure are making their way through the Michigan Legislature, with provisions that would strengthen intervention and monitoring across state programs, the medical profession and the real estate industry. The state House Committee on Health Policy discussed a package of bills to reform Michigan’s lead […]
Posted inDeep Dives, Lead poisoning, Voices
OPINION: All Michigan children should be tested for lead at one and two years of age
Thousands of Michigan children are lead poisoned each year and nothing is done about it… because no one even knows it’s happening. Not even their families know because their children haven’t been tested — and families don’t even know that they should be tested. In 2019, more than 4,000 children in Michigan were identified as […]
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Climate resilience hubs find a foothold on Detroit’s East Side by helping residents face disasters
This story is a joint collaboration between Model D and Planet Detroit. The torrential rains that hit Southeast Michigan this summer really turned life upside down for Detroiter Delores “Misty” Davis. Davis, who works in the entertainment industry, lives with three relatives in a two-story house located in the East Side’s McDougall-Hunt neighborhood. In late June, […]
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MICHIGAN CLIMATE HEADLINES
*You can always find past Michigan Climate News stories and subscribe to new ones on Bulletin, and you can keep up with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter! Got an idea for a Michigan climate story? Pitch us here.* SUBSCRIBE TO THIS NEWSLETTER HERE Bathtub: The Great Lakes just had their warmest November on record […]
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From the Headlines – November 29-December 2, 2021
Riverfront redux: The Detroit Bulk Storage site on the Detroit River has collapsed, again. A previous collapse in 2019 raised concerns about radioactive contamination from the site–which had been used to make atomic bomb components–moving into downstream drinking water intakes. However, no excessive levels of radioactivity or other contamination from soils and sediments were found following that […]
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Hunting, fishing, and climate change in Michigan
By Nina Ignaczak *You can always find past Michigan Climate News stories and subscribe to new ones on Bulletin, and you can keep up with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter! Got an idea for a Michigan climate story? Pitch us here.* SUBSCRIBE TO THIS NEWSLETTER HERE Last fall, Nick Green was sitting around the […]
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The future of Michigan mobility: Autonomous rideshare, e-bikes, and propane-powered vehicles?
Though many of us grew up expecting to see flying cars as the future of transit, we’re not quite there yet. But as we struggle to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a group of multimodal transportation advocates believes that the future of mobility lies with options beyond electric cars — and they assembled a group of […]