In 2024, Detroit battles dust and truck troubles, water and electric bill worries, smoky air, power outages, wild weather, and gnarly industrial pollution leftovers. We bring you what’s on tap for the coming year.
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Michigan group looks to grow a statewide coalition for water affordability
Lawmakers and advocates say new legislation is needed.
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Planet Detroit’s top environmental stories of 2023
What happened, what’s next, and what were the bright spots?
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Ferndale refillery encourages Detroiters to walk lightly on the Earth
Tessa Benziger opened the zero-waste, eco-conscious business in 2021 aiming help customers reduce waste at home.
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Flood risk study shows ‘climate abandonment’ in Michigan while some areas benefit
The study predicts most climate migration over the next 30 years will occur inside the state, with Wayne County losing population and Macomb and Oakland growing.
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Scaling up textile recycling in Detroit
The fast fashion industry generates enormous waste, with many fabrics ending up in landfills or incinerators. This Black woman is part of the solution with textile recycling in Detroit.
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Swapping in the city
Climate concerns are kickstarting a local clothing swap movement.
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Your grandmother’s crocheted tablecloth is having a moment
This local artist is upcycling textiles as a design solution to an environmental problem.
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Detroit Zoo, Wayne State partner to battle bird deaths
A transparent film applied to the WSU Law Library aims to reduce the number of bird-window collisions on campus.
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OPINION: Humans have a right to water, from Detroit to Palestine
At the same time the United States is funneling billions of dollars to secure our water future, we’re sending taxpayer dollars to Israel to destroy that same type of infrastructure in Gaza.