Detroit kids test positive for lead at triple the state’s rate, but few get tested. A new universal testing law means more exposed kids may get help.
Posted inAccountability
Can Michigan air quality rules adapt to a smoky future?
Scientists and advocates say EPA rules allowing states to discount air quality data influenced by wildfire smoke should be reconsidered.
Posted inCommunity
‘Boomerang’ Detroiter launches workshop to help residents activate vacant land
Tanya Stephens returned to the city after 20 years to ‘be a part of the revitalization.’
Posted inNews, Solutions
States look at ways to deter waste from manufactured products
Producer responsibility proposals are one potential solution discussed across the country as a way to hold manufacturers responsible for the “end-of-life” of their products when consumers are done with them.
Posted inAccountability
Dearborn reaches million-dollar settlement with industrial scrapyard accused of pollution
The agreement comes after the city sued the company in April, accusing it of violating Dearborn’s dust ordinance, according to the city.
Posted inNews, Solutions
House bills aim to protect Michigan’s pollinators
Pollinators are in decline. Advocates hope to support them by banning certain pesticides from use on public lands and protecting milkweed.
Posted inCommunity
Detroit’s new urban farming director to serve as liaison between the city and grassroots organizations
Mayor Mike Duggan named Tepfirah Rushdan as Detroit’s first Director of Urban Agriculture, following other major U.S. cities like Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
Posted inCommunity
Detroit Pizza Bar ‘built for the future’
The restaurant is the community’s first Black-owned pizza spot and the first sit-down establishment the area has seen for over 30 years. Plus- it has solar panels!
Posted inAccountability
Stellantis: ‘There was never a problem with the air’
Stellantis says new pollution control technology installed to address odors at its Mack plant is working as designed, and the facility has never posted a health risk – despite more than a hundred complaints and eight air quality violations.
Posted inCommunity
Duggan plans new urban agriculture director to support Detroit farmers
Jerry Hebron, executive director of Oakland Avenue Urban Farms in Detroit’s North End neighborhood, said the position will improve efforts to support city farming projects.