Warren resident Andre Mason aspires to a career in renewable energy. “I currently work for DTE, but I plan to one day leave substations and go into solar and other sustainable energy,” Mason told Planet Detroit. “I’m motivated by the environment and the children. Energy can be sustainable and still be done economically.” Mason was […]
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We’re Fixin’ to Fish aims to recruit the next generation of Detroit anglers
Tracy Webb loves to fish. Raised by a single mother who taught her older brothers to fish, Webb caught the fishing bug at a young age when her older brother Kevin taught her the ways of the water. Webb continued the tradition when she became a single mom, teaching her own son to fish. These […]
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PARKS REPORT: Lafayette Park
View on Instagram >>> Find your way to this park: Lafayette Park Lafayette Park located at 1592 Antietam Ave. is a large park spanning 3 areas Lafayette Entry, Lafayette Central, and Lafayette Plaissance. Each part of the park is separated by a two lane road with paved sidewalks progressing you toward Lafayette Plasissance where the […]
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Michigan 2050: Hot, wet, and no ice
Climate projections anticipate more hot days, longer mosquito seasons, increased air pollution and declining ice coverage on the Great Lakes.
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From the Headlines – August 23-27, 2021
Called to account: A state commission is demanding answers from energy utilities for the outages that affected over a million homes in early August. “The MPSC recognizes Michiganders’ rights to expect reliable service from their utility companies and timely restoration of power after storms,” Michigan Public Service Commission Chair Dan Scripps said. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel expressed support for what she called the […]
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OPINION: I’ve been fighting lead exposure in Detroit since the mid-90s. The fight is not over.
I grew up in a house in Flint built in 1939, one I know had lead in it. I can remember playing with the neighborhood kids, picking paint chips off of their porch to pass the time. Years later, during my pediatric residency, I heard one of our toxicologist physicians talk about how lead chips […]
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Fewer kids were tested for lead poisoning amid the pandemic. This pop-up clinic aims to change that trend.
When Alashna Moore took her 4-year-old son Aishani to sign up for preschool at United Children and Family Head Start on Harper in early August, she took advantage of an unexpected opportunity to test him for lead poisoning. A mobile health unit stationed in the parking lot behind the school building was staffed with health […]
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PARKS REPORT: Clark Park
View on Instagram >>> Find your way to this park Clark Park Clark Park, located at 1130 Clark Ave in southwest Detroit, sits next to Western International High School and Maybury Elementary. The park is a sprawling landscape featuring a canopy of trees to shade park visitors. The park includes multiple picnic pavilions, 2 playground […]
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Metroparks, SMART to offer rides to Lake St. Clair Metropark
The Huron-Clinton Metroparks and SMART will launch a year-long collaborative experiment to offer transit to Lake St. Clair Metropark next month. The Metropark Express program will leverage the transit agency’s SMART Flex program to give riders on-demand service between a bus stop at 15 Mile and Gratiot and several locations within the Metropark. SMART Flex […]
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From the Headlines – August 16-20, 2021
Power failure: At the beginning of the week, 20,000 DTE Energy customers were still without power, following the storms that had knocked out service to around 800,000 homes on the previous Thursday. This latest round of outages has drawn attention to the utility’s track record of long and frequent outages even as it enjoys high-profit margins and […]