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Planet Detroit

Planet Detroit helps you get smarter about the environment in Detroit and Michigan. Planet Detroit’s stories and weekly newsletter focus on explanatory, solutions-based and investigative reporting, and a deep commitment to community engagement around local environmental issues. Planet Detroit’s mission is to raise awareness about Metro Detroit’s environmental and public health issues, hold powerful entities accountable and help our audience connect with their local environment and take action to protect the health of their communities.

When food that he couldn’t serve piled up at his restaurant COOP Detroit, Chef Maxcel Hardy and his culinary students
Formed in 2020, the Black to the Land Coalition is a Detroit group "of Black, Indigenous and People of Color
Darlene Alston opened Just A Bit Eclectic, a tea shop, youth program and farm, on Detroit's west side eight years
From Detroit Black Restaurant Week to dining domes and a cloud kitchen, Kwaku Osei-Bonsu of East Eats is forging his
Despite their high price tag, demand was high for the 14 sustainably-designed, single-family EcoHomes in Detroit.
During the pandemic, Ali Dirul and his company Ryter Cooperative Industries have helped Detroit neighborhoods harness renewable energy.
After a decade on the sidelines as over 100 Great Lakes region cities collaborated on common water issues, Detroit has
The SASHA Center and BLOOM Transformation Center are two spaces in Detroit that center Black women's healing and mental health.
HGTV host Nicole Curtis’ battle with the Detroit Land Bank over an Islandview home is the best argument you’ll ever
As Michigan utilities braced for revenue loss during the pandemic, they instead earned up to $30 million beyond what they