The smell: Eastside Detroit residents living near Stellantis’ Jeep assembly plant are enduring odors that smell like gas or paint and complaining of headaches and burning eyes. “Many of them just don’t do basic things like have their grandkids over, have family and friends over. It’s largely just because they’re constantly worried,” said Nick Leonard, executive director of the […]
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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 ‘Inaction is irresponsible’: In November 2022, Ann Arbor voters will decide […]
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‘Green’ cars can still be harmful to disadvantaged communities, report warns
Research looks to challenge the inequity that comes with electric vehicle production While electric vehicles may be better for the environment, the plants that produce them might not be. A new report wants everyone – especially automakers and policymakers – to think about how the production of “green” cars can still be harmful to disadvantaged […]
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Were last week's southern tornadoes caused by climate change?
*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 It’s windy out there. High winds are ripping through Michigan today, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]