Planet Detroit

The unfinished business of Flint’s water crisis

Criminal charges and a class-action settlement may seem like the last chapter in Flint’s story, but many of the most…

4 years ago

What Detroit’s climate change battle will look like

While it may not see hurricanes or wildfires, climate change will present Detroit with challenges. The solution? Building resilience with…

4 years ago

Detroit’s midnight sun: How Canadian greenhouses could endanger Detroit River migratory birds

Canadian cannabis greenhouses are one of the reasons behind glowing skies over the Detroit River -- and a concern for…

4 years ago

New Michigan law bans water shutoffs through March

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Tuesday to halt water shutoffs during the pandemic.

4 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

Michigan’s weakened environmental laws lead activists to embrace other tactics

The 1990 election of Gov. John Engler ushered in a new era of deregulation, and, for the next several decades,…

4 years ago

Shimekia Nichols helps Detroiters scrutinize their energy bills with enlightenment — and empowerment

Most of us pay our electricity bill without much question. But Detroit resident Shimekia Nichols has learned that critical questions…

4 years ago

For one-of-a-kind gifts, shop Detroit’s vintage boutiques

Detroit holiday shopping, vintage edition: find sustainable, budget-friendly and stylish gifts guaranteed to stand apart.

4 years ago

‘Making a way out of no way’: Meet four Black women who helped birth Detroit’s environmental justice movement

Alice Jennings, Donele Wilkins, Theresa Landrum and Monica Lewis-Patrick persevere in the relentless fight to secure environmental justice for the…

4 years ago

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