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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.

Q&A: Bees in the D founder on why it’s critical to build up Detroit’s pollinator population
Brian Peterson-Roest and Brian Roest-Peterson (yep, you read that right!) are the founders of Bees in the D, a Detroit-based
Lawmakers make cuts, draw on rainy day funds to cover Michigan’s $2 billion budget hole
Michigan lawmakers began approving a plan Wednesday to address a $2.2 billion state budget hole caused by the coronavirus pandemic,
The mysterious origin of Detroit’s Jesuit pear trees
Today, Jesuit pear trees are considered a treasure of Detroit's natural history and preservation efforts are underway.
These Detroit women are at the vanguard of music today
Detour and The Blend curated a playlist of some of our favorite music from Detroit women artists of color right
‘Women Rapping Revolution’ gives Detroit women in hip hop their due — as artists and activists
Detroit has an unquestionable influence on modern music, from the era of Motown, to the birth of techno, to the
The Free Black Women’s Library-Detroit wants to help you discover your favorite book by a Black woman
Katelyn Durst Rivas runs the Free Black Women's Library-Detroit from her bike, with a collection of 400 books, all written
Michigan is testing water for lead under the nation’s most stringent rules. It may not like what it finds.
Flint is the most notable example. But we might soon find out about many more.  Aside from a few infamous
The mysterious origin of Detroit’s Jesuit Pear
When surveyor and explorer Bela Hubbard traveled down the Detroit River with David Houghton in the 1830s, he did not
Detroiters Do Science: What we found (so far) in our urban neighborhoods
Since the Detroiters Do Science project began in May, citizen scientists across Metro Detroit have recorded nearly 2500 observations (and
Detroit police officer uses chokehold on protester Nakia Wallace during rally against police shooting
Detroit Will Breathe leader Nakia Wallace was placed in a chokehold by a Detroit Police Department Officer as she and