Detroit’s new ordinance targets industrial dust pollution, mandating businesses to submit control plans and adhere to stricter rules. Enforcement depends on visual checks instead of real-time air monitoring.

Michigan regulators will hold an online public hearing on Jan. 28 to discuss redesignating parts of southwest Detroit and Downriver as meeting federal sulfur dioxide (SO2) air quality standards. For more than a  decade, regulators have designated a region along the Detroit River from downtown Detroit to Lake Erie as being in “nonattainment” under the […]

By AYUSHYA GAUTAM Capital News Service LANSING – Big buildings, concrete and roads paint Detroit, just as they do other cities across the country, and the city’s temperature also tends to be hotter than in nearby communities. Cities are prone to the heat island effect, a phenomenon in which urban areas experience more heat than […]

The Sierra Club is contesting the EPA’s decision to reclassify Detroit as meeting federal ozone standards, arguing it overlooks local pollution and endangers residents’ health.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ plan to lease over 400 acres in Gaylord for solar development has ignited debate and demands for transparency from legislators and environmental advocates.

Do you have a sick child? Here’s how to know if you should send them to school.

Detroit’s chronic absenteeism is alarmingly high, with asthma as a major factor. Many children lack proper asthma treatment, resulting in missed school and hospital visits.

Michigan’s 2024 State of the Great Lakes report underscores efforts to enhance water quality and ecosystem health in the Detroit River. This includes monitoring toxic PFAS chemicals, phosphorus, and bacteria, and implementing strategies to curb phosphorus runoff causing harmful algal blooms in western Lake Erie.