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Michigan's environmental groups demand action in lame duck – …
2 days ago · For Michigan’s environmental groups, 2023 was a big year. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat with bipartisan support from the legislature, acted on clean energy legislation, calling it another step in helping “the state stay on track to achieve 100% carbon neutrality by 2050.”. The non-profit advocacy group Michigan Environmental Council (MEC), representing 100 organizations, took notice.
Planet Detroit’s stories to watch in 2024
Dec 28, 2023 · Trucks abound in residential neighborhoods. Photo by Rosa Maria Zamarron Will Detroit take action on trucking and dust? A significant question for Detroiters plagued by truck traffic will be whether the city will enact a truck-route ordinance or add protections against fugitive dust from facilities like scrap yards and bulk storage facilities. We expected Councilmember Gabriela Santiago-Romero ...
Study finds Detroit an air pollution hotspot – Planet Detroit
Apr 25, 2024 · A new report on U.S. air quality shows metro Detroit performing poorly when it comes to annual PM 2.5 or fine particulate matter pollution, while the Grand Rapids area deals with high levels of ozone. The American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air Report says that the climate crisis is worsening air pollution, with wildfires and heat increasing ozone and particulate matter pollution ...
Detroit riverfront project, farm labor shortage, and Trump's EPA ...
2 days ago · Nina Misuraca Ignaczak is an award-winning Metro Detroit-based editor, journalist, and documentary filmmaker. She is the founder, publisher, and editor of Planet Detroit, a digital media startup focused on producing quality climate, equity, health, and environment journalism that centers grassroots voices, holds power accountable, and spotlights solutions.
Detroit unveils new climate strategy, adopts energy and water ...
Nov 22, 2023 · Nina Misuraca Ignaczak is an award-winning Metro Detroit-based editor, journalist, and documentary filmmaker. She is the founder, publisher, and editor of Planet Detroit, a digital media startup focused on producing quality climate, equity, health, and environment journalism that centers grassroots voices, holds power accountable, and spotlights solutions.
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Detroit says its new climate strategy will empower residents. Activists ...
Detroit is rethinking its climate strategy, this time leaving more power to its residents by providing them with tools and funding. The Detroit Climate Strategy planning effort aims to produce a roadmap that will outline how the city will meet its “obligation to its residents to proactively prepare for climate impacts and create a more resilient Detroit.”
Who is working to preserve and restore Detroit wetlands
Sep 18, 2024 · Wetlands don’t often come to mind when thinking about major metropolitan cities like Detroit. Bogs, marshes, vernal pools, and swamps contrast starkly with the city’s skyscrapers, roads, and industrial plants, and up to 90 percent of the area’s wetlands along the Detroit River have been lost since European settlement.. In addition to serving as picturesque areas for watersports and ...
Detroit’s battle with climate change: Flooding, asthma, and ...
In 2018, the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department began collecting a “drainage fee,” which charges property owners based on the amount of impermeable surface on their parcel, to pay for this new type of infrastructure.On Detroit’s northwest side, a new median with improved stormwater retention was unveiled this October. In March last year, the city and U.S. Army Corp of Engineers spent ...
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