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 […]
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From the Headlines- September 27-October 1, 2021
Unanimous decision: On Tuesday, Detroit City Council unanimously approved the Detroit Riverfront Protection Ordinance. The move comes in response to the 2019 dock collapse at the former Revere Copper site, which spilled contaminated soil into the Detroit River. “This legislation is a step forward in rectifying Detroit’s environmental justice inequities,” Councilmember Raquel Castañeda-López said in a statement. “Detroiters deserve […]
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OPINION: Detroit ranks 15th worst in the nation for asthma. Here’s why we need to change our transportation sector.
By Susan Mudd, Senior Policy Advocate, Environmental Law & Policy Center & Kathleen Slonager, RN, AE-C, CCH, Executive Director of the Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America Michigan Chapter Detroit is among the worst places to live with asthma in the United States, ranking 15th out of 100 cities ranked annually by the Asthma and […]
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What do you want to know about your water and electric utilities in a climate change era?
Take our short survey>>> We think Metro Detroiters deserve to know how their local water and energy utilities are planning for climate change, and we’re looking for your input. Do you have questions about how your utilities are funded, how they operate, and what they are doing to prepare for a warming world? We will […]
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Reining in the fumes: New efforts aim to get control over idling trucks and buses in Detroit and Michigan
Few in Detroit experience the hazards of diesel exhaust from idling trucks quite like residents on Southwest Detroit’s Woodmere Street. Among the offenders plaguing the area are trucks at a nearby grocery store, sausage factory, concrete company, a lot where truckers sometimes park and sleep for the night with their rigs running, and a truck […]