Environmental Justice

Michigan is testing water for lead under the nation’s most stringent rules. It may not like what it finds.

Flint is the most notable example. But we might soon find out about many more.  Aside from a few infamous…

4 years ago

Ask Planet Detroit: How do we regulate air quality in Detroit?

Dear Planet Detroit, There's a lot of air pollution in my neighborhood. How is air pollution regulated and how can…

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

Heatwave plus COVID-19 equal a strain on city resources

In light of the 90-plus degree temperatures and high humidity, the city of Detroit announced Tuesday that it would open…

4 years ago

Being Black in Detroit’s outdoors: One woman’s story

Tamika Jaja loves the outdoors. She spends as much time as she can in forests, swamps, and creeks, volunteering to…

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

Call for pitches: Black, indigenous or person of color (BiPOC) journalists

We are thrilled to announce that the Detroit Equity Action Lab Race and Justice Media Collaboration at Wayne State University…

4 years ago

How air pollution and asthma affect kids in Detroit

Thirteen-year-old Jeremiah Cannon was home alone two years ago in 2018 when he suffered an asthma attack. "I was watching…

4 years ago

Profiles in the fight for environmental justice: Michelle Martinez

Martinez first began to see firsthand how deep the structural inequities run in our global economy while visiting central America.…

4 years ago

Will Detroit be returning to mass water shutoffs in the middle of a pandemic?

Updated June 9 With Governor Whitmer’s emergency order for the COVID-19 pandemic set to expire on June 19, the Detroit…

4 years ago