Co-published with Detroit Free Press Landlords and tenants across Detroit could see less stringent monitoring of lead under proposed changes to city rules governing lead paint inspections in rental properties. The proposal, which the city’s Public Health & Safety Standing Committee approved Monday, loosens requirements on how often landlords must test for lead in rental properties known […]
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From the Headlines – October 18-22, 2022
Lead in Hamtramck: Hamtramck officials alerted residents this week that the city’s drinking water exceeded state lead limits during its annual test of residential water taps. The testing sampled water at 42 homes that were found to have lead at 17 parts per billion (ppb), higher than the 15 ppb action level set by state and federal lead […]
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‘It’s all Waawiyaatanong’
A conversation with Hadassah GreenSky on the Detroit River, Anishinaabe stories, and the power of water
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Detroit proposes changes to city’s lead enforcement code; activists sound alarm
Proposed changes to the City of Detroit’s rental ordinance governing lead paint inspections were approved by the Public Health & Safety Standing Committee Monday and will head to City Council for final approval next week. Among the most controversial are loosened requirements on how often the city will require landlords to perform lead risk assessments in […]
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What do federal climate plans mean for Michigan?
*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 On October 7, the Biden administration released plans from 20 federal […]
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OPINION: Now is the time to act on water affordability
A recent report from the Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley once again designated Detroit as one of the most racially segregated regions in the country. It is not just segregation of race. Spatial-structural racism is the hyper segregation of race, wealth and opportunity. This segregation lies at the root of Detroit’s multiple crises […]
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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 Michigan’s warming Octobers: Nationally average fall temperatures have warmed by as […]
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From the Headlines – October 11-15, 2021
Taking on lead: With Benton Harbor serving as a reminder of Michigan’s ongoing problems with lead, state Democratic lawmakers announced a bipartisan package of bills on Thursday that look to take on lead contamination statewide. “It’s a tragedy that the state with the greatest access to freshwater is also home to one of the greatest water-related disasters […]