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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…