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 […]
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Michigan’s rules for testing lead in drinking water may give ‘false sense of confidence’ in water quality
This story co-published with HuffPost. New lead rules Michigan instated in 2018 following the Flint water crisis were heralded as the nation’s strictest, but lax enforcement and flaws in testing protocols are making the state’s drinking water appear safer than it likely is, a Planet Detroit and HuffPost analysis of state records finds. Public health […]
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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 Warm and snowy: The Great Lakes are the warmest they’ve ever […]
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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 Lights out: The climate crisis is making it harder for Michigan […]
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Here's how Michigan plans to respond to 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 Michigan has a new plan for climate change, and state officials […]
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From the headlines – November 15-19, 2021
Disparate impacts: East side Detroit residents filed a civil rights complaint with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), arguing that the state discriminated against the neighborhood’s predominantly Black and low-income population when it allowed Stellantis to expand its Mack assembly plant. Stellantis–formerly Fiat Chrysler Automobiles–had agreed to reduce emissions at a plant in predominantly white Warren in order to […]
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Duggan water advisor Dr. Abdul El-Sayed: Detroit focused on ending shutoffs, but affordability needs national attention
Newly re-elected Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s drinking water focus is clear, according to his point-person for shutoff and affordability plans. “The commitment he’s focused on is ending shutoffs. That’s the first-order goal,” Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, who advises the mayor on public health and water issues, recently told Planet Detroit in a wide-ranging interview. El-Sayed served […]
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A conversation with watershed activist David Brooks on the long-term work of environmental stewardship
“I like biologists. They do cool things. They go to cool places, and I’ll hang around them. I’ll fix their stuff. I’ll carry their stuff. I’m a good pack animal.” This is how David Brooks, a longtime electrical engineer who was born and raised in Detroit and professes to having disliked his high school biology […]
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Even with cash in hand, Black farmers in Detroit struggle to overcome hurdles to purchasing plots
Willie Patmon is straight-up old school. The elderly farmer gets up at 6 a.m., puts on his best sun hat, and tends tirelessly to his crops until sundown. The rows of green beans, fruit trees, and southern watermelon next to his house present a stark contrast to the empty lots in his east side Detroit […]