After five years, Planted Detroit in Islandview is closing unless it can find an investor.
Posted inGuides
How to survive a DTE power outage in Metro Detroit
The challenges of a DTE power outage amplify during extreme weather. Here’s how you can stay cool and safe during summer outages.
Posted inAccountability
While Norfolk Southern funds Detroit tree planting, residents say they need safety
The railroad company, which suffered derailments in Michigan and East Palestine, Ohio, this year, is in talks with city and state officials about plans for the Detroit Intermodal Freight Yard (DIFT) as it opposes legislation to increase rail safety.
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Belle Isle Conservancy tracks trash, aims to hold brands accountable
In 2022, volunteers collected over 8,000 pounds of trash on the island.
Posted inAccountability
State regulators approve settlement in DTE’s long-term energy plan. Here’s what it means.
The deal includes assistance for bills, energy efficiency and renewables for low-income households, but leaves questions open on outage compensation, community solar and affordability, advocates say.
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Analysis: Detroit among most impacted cities in the country for the urban heat island effect
Meanwhile, ‘heat domes’ raise Michigan temps and drive powerful storms. Here’s how.
Posted inCommunity
Poem: the pulled card is a toppling tower
views of the new condo development
are revealed branch by falling branch
with plastic bags caught like
futile parachutes
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Poem: Visiting the Riverwalk with Heraclitus
With each step I take
my voice sounds more foreign.
Posted inCommunity
Poem: Disappointed in Joe
Too beautiful of a morning
to once again realize
I can’t always trust humans to have humanity.