Planet Detroit + Room Project join forces for a second year during poetry month. Send us your climate poems!
Posted inCommunity
Detroit names new sustainability director. Will he have enough support?
Jack Akinlosotu is the new director of the Office of Sustainability, but one council member is concerned over a potential lack of funding, support and the office’s structure.
Posted inCommunity
Owl Prowls: Connecting Metro Detroiters with the incredible nighttime birdlife around them
Have you ever prowled for owls? Follow along with journalist Sarah Williams.
Posted inSolutions
Dr. Tony Reames wants you to know the Energy Department is serious about equity
“Equity and justice are central to everything that we do”: As the U.S. Department of Energy’s deputy director for energy justice, Dr. Tony Reames helps to put equitable energy policy into action.
Posted inAccountability
DTE, Consumers aim to spend taxpayers’ ‘low carbon’ money on gas
Utilities hope to expand Michigan’s markets for fossil and ‘renewable’ gas as state and advocates call for decarbonization to fight climate change.
Posted inAccountability
Detroit Audubon grapples with future after national group retains name of enslaver and eugenicist
BIPOC Birders of Michigan founder April Campbell said the decision by National Audubon to keep its name is “a big middle finger to people of color.”
Posted inAccountability
Water rights activists continue years-long push for a statewide affordability plan on World Water Day
Michigan “has a black eye on this issue,” one advocate said.
Posted inAccountability
Can Michigan’s troubled utilities handle the climate crisis?
Recent hearings reveal the ‘elephant in the room’ – government and business forced to confront the climate crisis.
Posted inCommunity
Allergies kicking in already? Blame it on climate change.
The allergy season is starting earlier each year due to increased CO2 and a longer growing season.
Posted inGuides
Has the heat pump’s era arrived? What Michiganders need to know.
A Planet Detroit Climate Guide |
Residential heat pumps were something out of a science fiction novel for decades, especially in colder climates. But technology has advanced. Here’s what you need to know.