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WEB3 days ago — Our mission is to produce quality climate, equity, health, and environment journalism in the public interest that centers grassroots voices, holds power accountable, spotlights solutions, and serves the community. Planet Detroit produces news about local climate, environment and public health issues in Detroit and Michigan.
Study finds Detroit an air pollution hotspot – Planet Detroit
WEBApr 25, 2024 — A new report on U.S. air quality shows metro Detroit performing poorly when it comes to annual PM 2.5 or fine particulate matter pollution, while the Grand Rapids area deals with high levels of ozone. The American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air Report says that the climate crisis is worsening air pollution, with wildfires and heat increasing ozone and particulate matter pollution ...
Detroit says its new climate strategy will empower residents. Activists ...
WEBDetroit is rethinking its climate strategy, this time leaving more power to its residents by providing them with tools and funding. The Detroit Climate Strategy planning effort aims to produce a roadmap that will outline how the city will meet its “obligation to its residents to proactively prepare for climate impacts and create a more resilient Detroit.”
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Planet Detroit’s stories to watch in 2024
WEBDec 28, 2023 — He covers the climate crisis, environmental justice, politics and open space. More by Brian Allnutt. 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.
These Detroit environmental nonprofits supported the community …
WEBDec 22, 2020 — When the pandemic hit Detroit last spring, environmental organizations pivoted to respond. Many threw away their work plans, they joined in efforts of mutual aid to help their neighbors and they doubled down in the fights for environmental and energy justice as COVID-19 disproportionately ravaged the low-income and majority black and brown communities they serve.
Environmental justice: A beginner’s guide - Planet Detroit
WEBOct 8, 2022 — Asthma is a medical issue, but it’s also an environmental issue because poor air quality (both indoor and outdoor) can trigger and worsen asthma. It’s an environmental justice problem because low-income, Black populations are disproportionately harmed by it – especially in Detroit. Asthma is more common in Detroit than it is in Michigan ...
Exhausted in Detroit: Our air quality problem
WEBJul 19, 2024 — Detroit family tackles asthma with DIY air filters — and measures the results. Dominique and Aidan Johnson participated in a study to measure the impact of inexpensive air filters on indoor air quality in Southwest Detroit. Here’s their journey. by Nina Misuraca Ignaczak and Koby Levin December 4, 2023.
Parts of Detroit could be radically transformed by city solar plan, …
WEBJan 25, 2024 — John Gruchala shovels snow on Parkhurst St, near the proposed Greenfield Park solar project. Photo by Quinn Banks. Neighborhoods east of Palmer Park could soon be transformed by a city plan to power municipal buildings with six solar fields, and neighbors are divided over the prospect.
In Detroit, the long-term fight for biodiversity is bearing fruit (and ...
WEBWhen invasive species and development overtake prairies, forests, and marshlands in the Detroit area, biodiversity is threatened. But conservation groups are fighting, project by project, to restore some of the region’s natural biodiversity.
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