Planet Detroit

‘Tiger Dams’ provide Jefferson Chalmers with flooding solution — for now

"A little bit unattractive, but it's better.. than the sandbags." That's how Detroit General Services Department Project Manager Crystal Perkins…

4 years ago

Sierra Club, DTE agree to retire 3 coal plants by 2022

The Sierra Club filed a settlement agreement in federal court Friday committing DTE Energy to retire three of its five…

4 years ago

Metro Detroit has its share of old, hazardous dams

The American Society of Civil Engineers gave Michigan’s dams a C- on its most 2018 infrastructure report card (better than…

4 years ago

DTE gets a rate increase, along with more accountability

The Michigan Public Service Commission approved a 4.7% rate increase for DTE customers last week —  less than the 9% increase DTE…

5 years ago

Why the 2020 Census has a big impact on environmental justice in Detroit

The data gathered by the U.S. Census, which includes information on the age, racial background and income level of an…

5 years ago

Detroit’s Eastside faces ‘two nightmares’ of flooding and COVID-19

Scripps Street on April 3. Photo by Brian Allnutt. On Scripps street in Detroit’s Jefferson Chalmers Neighborhood, Blake Grannum, 36,…

5 years ago

Water organizers rush to deliver bottled water to Detroit residents as COVID-19 spreads

On Saturday morning on March 21, around a dozen volunteers wearing gloves and masks were helping unload an Absopure water…

5 years ago

As EPA suspends enforcement, EGLE moves forward with air pollution permits, offers ‘regulatory flexibility’

Theresa Landrum’s neighborhood in the shadow of the Marathon Oil Refinery. Photo courtesy Landrum. Theresa Landrum’s neighborhood in the 48217…

5 years ago

QUESTION: I’ve heard that COVID-19 is caused by 5G. What’s up with that?

A conspiracy theory began floating around on social media in March linking the rollout of 5G technology with the emergence…

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