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Detroit bee population
Posted inCommunity

How Detroit bee populations are reviving vacant lots — and fighting climate change

Jada Vasser by Jada Vasser August 8, 2024August 23, 2024

How Detroit Hives is helping Detroit fight climate change through pollination.

Residents of Hubbard Farms were awoken by odor pollution
Posted inNews

What’s that smell? Southwest Detroiters search for the source of pollution 

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Isabelle Tavares and Brian Allnutt August 8, 2024August 8, 2024

In the middle of the night, Hubbard Farms resident Elizabeth Luther woke up to a foul odor that smelled like “extremely concentrated natural gas.” Once morning came, she took to the neighborhood’s listserv to see if anyone else smelled the “terrible odor” on the morning of July 19 around 2:45 am.  “If it’s in the […]

Lake Erie toxic algae blooms are not visable in stunning shot of the lake with an autumn landscape and sunset.
Posted inNews

What we’re reading: Lake Erie is still toxic ten years after Toledo water advisory

Avatar photo by Nina Misuraca Ignaczak August 8, 2024August 8, 2024

Warren incinerates sludge, Metro Detroit floods and Windsor gets a new national park

Posted inDemocracy

Advocates optimistic Harris could champion environmental justice

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt August 7, 2024August 10, 2024

Michigan advocates say Kamala Harris could be an environmental justice champion.

Posted inNews

Detroit organizers demand a public hearing ahead of DTE’s latest proposed rate hike 

Avatar photo by Isabelle Tavares August 1, 2024

DTE asked for a $456 million revenue hike just four months after state regulators approved $368 million.

Posted inNews

What we’re reading: Michigan’s landfills lead on methane 

by Nina Misuraca Ignaczak July 31, 2024

The lawsuit alleges extravagant purchases with conservancy funds and a 12-year conspiracy involving former CFO William Smith, his family and the best man at his wedding.

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Planet Detroit’s environmental voter guide to the 2024 Michigan primary election

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt July 31, 2024August 9, 2024

What environmental voters need to know about how to vote in the Michigan primary and the important races and initiatives on the ballot.

Posted inCommunity

City council approves first phase of Detroit solar farms plan

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt July 31, 2024August 6, 2024

Council President Sheffield voices concern over ‘imminent’ legal action against the plan and DTE’s involvement as a developer.

People wait in line outside a building.
Posted inNews

Nonprofits deliver more halal meals to seniors, as demand and need rise

by Mickey Lyons July 31, 2024

Creating the program from scratch was a slow and laborious process, but now Dearborn’s Halal Meals on Wheels program is a national model.  

Posted inNews

Black Tech Saturday brings together Detroit climate and health innovators

Avatar photo by Ethan Bakuli July 31, 2024August 12, 2024

Climate and public health entrepreneurs find community in Detroit’s growing Black tech ecosystem.

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