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Why EcoWorks’ ED Justin Schott is resigning to end 25 years of straight white male leadership

Justin Schott was always a little unsettled about his position as executive director for Detroit environmental nonprofit EcoWorks. Being the latest in an unbroken chain...

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How safe are Metro Detroitâ€™s dams? We broke down the data

It shouldnâ€™t have been a surprise when two dams in mid-Michigan dams failed on May 19thâ€”they are two of hundreds of dams across Michigan that...

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Do you have a question? Ask Planet Detroit!

Do you have questions about your air, water, soil, food, energy, and health? Weâ€™re here to help answer your questions and information needs about your...

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Join ‘Detroiters Do Science’ in June for a BioBlitz with iNaturalist

Weâ€™ll be offering ways to help get you thinking about the outdoors and indoors â€” and how your local environment and health are connected â€”...

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â€˜Tiger Damsâ€™ provide Jefferson Chalmers with flooding solution â€” for now

“A little bit unattractive, but it’s better.. than the sandbags.” That’s how Detroit General Services Department Project Manager Crystal Perkins described the water-filled â€˜Tiger Damsâ€™...

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Sierra Club, DTE agree to retire 3 coal plants by 2022

The Sierra Club filed a settlement agreement in federal court Friday committing DTE Energy to retire three of its five coal-fired plants by 2022....

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Metro Detroit has its share of old, hazardous dams

The American Society of Civil Engineers gave Michiganâ€™s dams a C- on its most 2018 infrastructure report card (better than the roads, storm drains and...

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DTE gets a rate increase, along with more accountability

The Michigan Public Service Commission approved a 4.7% rate increase for DTE customers last week â€” less than the 9% increase DTE had requested in their June...

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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 areaâ€™s residents, is often the...

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Detroitâ€™s Eastside faces â€˜two nightmaresâ€™ of flooding and COVID-19

Scripps Street on April 3. Photo by Brian Allnutt. On Scripps street in Detroitâ€™s Jefferson Chalmers Neighborhood, Blake Grannum, 36, has been nervously watching the...

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