Environmental Justice

Researchers predict a combined heatwave and blackout in Detroit could be worse than Katrina. Here’s why.

A new study shows that Detroit is in serious danger from a simultaneous heatwave and power outages that causes blackouts.

3 years ago

Sign up for the Planet Detroit newsletter to wise up about the environment

Planet Detroit is your source for reporting on environmental issues in Detroit and Michigan, following the stories that impact you,…

4 years ago

Profiles in the fight for environmental justice: Dr. Tony Reames

Dr. Reames is a Black researcher at the highest levels of academia studying issues that directly affect Black people.

4 years ago

From the Headlines

Climate apocalypse vs. ‘stunning Michigan sunsets’

4 years ago

From the Headlines

Climate apocalypse vs. ‘stunning Michigan sunsets’

4 years ago

From the Headlines

September 11, 2020 Getting the lead out: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes and…

4 years ago

Did Michigan violate civil rights law with its permit to US Ecology?

In November of 2018, an explosion at a US Ecology facility just outside Grand View, Idaho, population 450, killed one…

4 years ago

From the Headlines

Sept. 4, 2020 Toxic justice? A recent decision to allow US Ecology to massively expand its toxic waste storage facility…

4 years ago

Jamesa Johnson-Greer: A conversation on why poor communities will suffer the most from climate change

To learn more about why environmental justice matters the ways poor communities are more vulnerable to the climate crisis, Planet…

4 years ago

Hog Island and Detroit’s ‘park question’: A brief history of Belle Isle

In 1870, Detroit had a problem. The City Council had the desire and funds to build a leisure park in…

4 years ago