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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.

Water organizers rush to deliver bottled water to Detroit residents as COVID-19 spreads
On Saturday morning on March 21, around a dozen volunteers wearing gloves and masks were helping unload an Absopure water
Detroit’s Eastside faces ‘two nightmares’ of flooding and COVID-19
Scripps Street on April 3. Photo by Brian Allnutt. On Scripps street in Detroit’s Jefferson Chalmers Neighborhood, Blake Grannum, 36,
Why the 2020 Census has a big impact on environmental justice in Detroit
The data gathered by the U.S. Census, which includes information on the age, racial background and income level of an
Now is it a water emergency?
Last week, Governor Gretchen Whitmer declined to declare an emergency around Detroit’s water shutoffs, which affected 23,500 customers last year,
These Black environmental activists are leading the way in Detroit
Six years after Detroit environmental activist Charity Hicks passed away, a strong network of Black environmental activists remains in Detroit,
Getting the most out of your ‘COVID Victory Garden’
As COVID-19 forces people to stay home and perhaps look for productive ways to use their time, interest in gardening
How Detroit’s farms and gardens are adapting to the COVID-19 crisis
Detroit's farm and garden community have had to adapt to new realities — including helping their workers and customers stay
Should you have to pay rent during a pandemic?
Michigan activists are pressing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to cancel rent and other housing payments as the state’s eviction moratorium is
How a legacy Black-owned business adapted to serve Detroit mourners during an epidemic
After 74 years in Detroit, MAYS Multimedia is a go-to printer for obituaries and memorial programs. That hasn't changed --
Belle Isle crowds raise questions about closing the park, but Detroiters need open spaces more than ever
The island is more than a favorite recreation spot -- it's one of the most important Black public spaces in