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Nature cropping up in Midland lakes where dams failed

Nature is returning to craters left from lakes drained by two dams that failed in May during torrential rain in…

4 years ago

Bridget Quinn joins Planet Detroit as an Artist in Residence

Bridget Quinn is an artist, activist, and experimental nature therapy guide who invites people to reconnect with nearby nature using…

4 years ago

OPINION: Why public water shutoffs are a crisis multiplier for coronavirus

by Nadia Gaber, PhD “Wash your hands.”  If we’ve heard one thing consistently since the start of the novel coronavirus…

4 years ago

Water shutoff protections extended by Michigan governor

By Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Protections to prevent water shutoffs during the coronavirus pandemic are being extended to…

4 years ago

Clinton River named state-designated state water trail

by Lauren Karmo The Clinton River at Yates Park in Rochester Hills Canoers and kayakers across metro Detroit will be…

4 years ago

OPINION: Energy assistance programs don’t keep the lights on. Energy affordability will.

When Michigan’s utility shutoff protections expired June 12th, over 225,000 families in DTE Energy’s service territory became vulnerable to losing…

4 years ago

Michigan seeks disaster declaration after dam failures

By ANNA LIZ NICHOLS Associated Press/Report for America LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Monday she is…

5 years ago

MSU researchers find rain plays a surprising role in making some restored prairies healthier than others

Republished from The Conversation Rain plays a surprising role in making some restored prairies healthier than others A restored prairie…

5 years ago

Now is it a water emergency?

Last week, Governor Gretchen Whitmer declined to declare an emergency around Detroit’s water shutoffs, which affected 23,500 customers last year,…

5 years ago

These Black environmental activists are leading the way in Detroit

Six years after Detroit environmental activist Charity Hicks passed away, a strong network of Black environmental activists remains in Detroit,…

5 years ago