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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.

The problem with turning the “jewel of Detroit” into a race track
Detroit’s liveliest beach and outdoor area, Belle Isle, will restrict access to the public so paying spectators of the Chevrolet
Apply for Detour Detroit’s 2019 Emerging Voices Fellowship
Here’s all the info on the new fellowship for citizen journalists in Detroit -- apply by June 20. Overview Detour
Opinion: Can an artist from New York call out gentrification in Detroit?
The influx of mostly white newcomers and New York artists has been a concern among Detroiters who worry about rising
Is anyone actually in charge of oversight of the county tax auction?
Wayne County Ethics Board held a hearing to decide whether or not County Treasurer Eric Sabree broke ethics rules in
The devil’s in the details of the Fiat Chrysler deal
When Detroit City Council's development and planning subcommittee met Thursday, they didn’t simply rubber stamp the deal to offer land
Get the lowdown on a pioneering woman in Detroit design
There’s plenty of Michigan icons to celebrate during the ongoingDetroit Modernism Week -- and you’re definitely familiar with their work, if
Going Places
Let go of the wheel and try a new way to commute to work If you're like most people in
Shipping containers were pitched as the Next Big Thing in Detroit housing — but they couldn’t get off the ground
In Detroit, the two Three Squared Inc. project sites remain empty, except a “for sale” sign on the property at
Detroit is a cartographic smorgasbord
If you aren’t just looking up directions, there are some more niche maps for navigating, classifying and surveilling the roads
Is this debtor’s prison?
We're paying big bucks to keep poor people in jail -- before they've been convicted of crimes By Kate Abbey-Lambertz