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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.

How safe are Metro Detroit’s dams? We broke down the data
It shouldn’t have been a surprise when two dams in mid-Michigan dams failed on May 19th—they are two of hundreds
Artist Sydney G. James’ Malice Green mural won’t just be a tribute — it’s a call to action
Sydney G. James’ art is a call to action: to see Blackness — especially Black women, to remember that Black
The oppressive history of curfews in Detroit
Historian Jamon Jordan traces the roots of Detroit's protest curfews to a Black uprising in 1833.
Amid protests, Detroit Bail Project keeps fighting to change a broken system
"We are trying to end the systemic racism that has been happening for so long and trying to create real
9 ways to soak up the first week of June in Detroit
Here are some ideas for things to do in Detroit right now -- on a screen and out in the
Do you have a question? Ask Planet Detroit!
Do you have questions about your air, water, soil, food, energy, and health? We’re here to help answer your questions
Join ‘Detroiters Do Science’ in June for a BioBlitz with iNaturalist
We’ll be offering ways to help get you thinking about the outdoors and indoors — and how your local environment
‘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
Detroit’s population was still slowly shrinking in 2019
That's part of why there's so much riding on the 2020 Census.
12 ways to feel sunny this week in Detroit
Keep bumping that techno. Sip wine with the stars. Test your trivia knowledge. Head to the drive-in (popcorn included)!