Jena Brooker

How a group of Detroit neighbors took on an asphalt plant

Residents in and around North Rosedale Park scored a rare victory when Detroit denied an asphalt company's proposal for a…

3 years ago

Can Detroit’s Joe Louis Greenway avoid gentrification?

Applying a “green reparations” framework to the planned 27.5-mile walking and biking trail across Detroit.

4 years ago

A new plan to reduce phosphorus pollution in Lake Erie pits farmers against Detroiters

State's plan prioritizes upgrades to Detroit's wastewater treatment plant over agricultural runoff.

4 years ago

Ask Planet Detroit: Why is there so much trash in Detroit’s parks (and what can we do about it?)

Why are our parks so trashed with garbage all the time? Is there anything that can turn this around and…

4 years ago

Q&A: Bees in the D founder on why it’s critical to build up Detroit’s pollinator population

Brian Peterson-Roest and Brian Roest-Peterson (yep, you read that right!) are the founders of Bees in the D, a Detroit-based…

4 years ago

Ask Planet Detroit: What’s up with multi-family recycling in Detroit?

Dear Planet Detroit,  I am a Detroit citizen living in the Palmer Park historic apartment neighborhood. Why doesn't the city…

4 years ago

Highland Park City Council unanimously approves COVID-19 ‘Just Recovery Task Force’

Highland Park City Council voted unanimously Monday to establish a COVID-19 Just Recovery Task Force.  “This task force is about…

4 years ago

DTE Gas announces plan to go ‘net zero’ by 2050; activists skeptical

DTE Energy's natural gas business will achieve 'net-zero' carbon emissions by 2050 through reducing emissions across its operations, the company…

4 years ago

Profiles in the fight for environmental justice: shane bernardo

shane bernardo. Photo by Cybelle Codish. For the first 13 years of shane bernardo's life, his Filipino immigrant parents ran…

4 years ago

Revere Dock restoration plan includes new seawall

A restoration plan proposed by Revere Dock LLC, the company responsible for the dock collapse on the Detroit River in…

5 years ago