The Canfield Consortium, a neighborhood organization in East Canfield Village on Detroit’s east side, is one of eight teams across North America awarded funding through the Salazar Center’s Thriving Cities Challenge. The group placed second in the challenge and was awarded $50,000 to “activate” an alleyway in their neighborhood to promote sustainability and improve the […]
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Ann Arbor has a plan to reduce DTE Energy reliance — form their own ‘Sustainable Energy Utility’
*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 BY NINA IGNACZAK A report released Thursday outlines a path toward reducing Ann Arbor’s residents’ and businesses’ reliance on DTE Energy that its authors say is legally, technically, […]
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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.* *** Whose treaty? After the Canadian government invoked a 1977 treaty that protects the unimpeded flow […]
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Got Michigan mushroom mania? Thank 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.* BY NINA IGNACZAK My plans for an autumn mushroom hunting trip to Michigan’s Jordan River Valley […]
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From the Headlines – October 4-8, 2021
Bailout for who? DTE Energy cut power to thousands of Michiganders during the pandemic, despite receiving $220 million in tax relief through the CARES Act. They weren’t alone — the country’s largest electric providers collectively received $1.25 billion in federal bailout money while cutting power to almost a million customers. “It brings the focus on the question of […]
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PARKS REPORT: Murphy Playlot
View on Instagram >>> Find your way to this park: Murphy Playlot This week’s parks report is dedicated to Greg Mudge, who stewarded this park across the street from his restaurant. Located at 1300 Porter Street next to Mudgie’s Deli sits the small but well-kept Murphy Playlot. This area features a playground, half-court basketball hoop, […]
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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.* Build back better? President Joe Biden made a pit stop in Michigan on Tuesday, witnessing some […]
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Is housing an environmental justice issue? In Detroit, yes.
This story is published in partnership with Outlier Media’s The Dig. Nora Rodriguez has lived three places in her life, all in Southwest Detroit. Nearly everything she needs is nearby—her job, friends and family, grocery stores, restaurants and more. But every house is also close to factories or highways. Where she lives now, on Dragoon […]
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Announcing Restorying Agency
Restorying Agency is a self-guided tour that invites us to visit sites of reconnection between us and metro Detroit ecologies. The metro Detroit region bears the scars of colonization, industrialism, racism, and capitalism — all of which require exploitation, a sense of separateness, and a way of thinking that sees the earth and other people as […]