Planet Detroit Archives - Page 9 of 18

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Climate apocalypse vs. â€˜stunning Michigan sunsetsâ€™...

Making a home for fish and wildlife in the Detroit River’s ‘Conservation Crescent’

The bald eagle, previously endangered, is now a regular feature of the Crescent, and just one example of the diverse wildlife coming back...

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Hereâ€™s your fall sustainable shopping guide

â€œIâ€™ve always believed clothes have stories behind them and should live more than one life if theyâ€™re physically able to.â€ – Corliss Elizabeth Williams, proprietor...

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September 11, 2020 Getting the lead out: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded Michiganâ€™s Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) nearly $1.9 million...

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OPINION: ‘Life in the Cracks’ matters now, more than ever

With the ongoing tragedies of the global pandemic, the police brutality and uprisings for Black life, the slide towards fascism, the increasing upheavals of climate...

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Community raises concern about FCA expansion, call for better testing and community benefits

Community residents raised concerns about a permit request submitted by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) for both their Detroit Assembly Complex Mack Plant and their Jefferson...

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Did Michigan violate civil rights law with its permit to US Ecology?

In November of 2018, an explosion at a US Ecology facility just outside Grand View, Idaho, population 450, killed one person and injured three. The...

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Sept. 4, 2020 Toxic justice? A recent decision to allow US Ecology to massively expand its toxic waste storage facility on the Detroit/Hamtramck border has...

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Jamesa Johnson-Greer: A conversation on why poor communities will suffer the most from climate change

To learn more about why environmental justice matters the ways poor communities are more vulnerable to the climate crisis, Planet Detroit spoke with Jamesa Johnson-Greer,...

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From the Headlines

Making a home for fish and wildlife in the Detroit River’s ‘Conservation Crescent’

Hereâ€™s your fall sustainable shopping guide

SPONSORED: Let’s fight hunger this September with fresh produce.

From the Headlines

OPINION: ‘Life in the Cracks’ matters now, more than ever

Community raises concern about FCA expansion, call for better testing and community benefits

Did Michigan violate civil rights law with its permit to US Ecology?

From the Headlines

Jamesa Johnson-Greer: A conversation on why poor communities will suffer the most from climate change