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How to check if your Michigan water system is replacing lead pipes
-Michigan’s ambitious plan to replace 580,030 lead and galvanized lines is underway, yet many residents remain in the dark about their water safety. The Michigan Lead Service Line Tracker empowers communities to safeguard against lead exposure.
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Wildfire smoke from Canadian blazes threatens Detroit air quality
-Michigan issues air quality advisory due to smoke from wildfires in Canada’s Manitoba province, where 17,000 people are under evacuation orders.
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Wetlands rules face rollback under Trump: Great Lakes pollution next?
-Michigan will retain more water quality protections than many states but could still be impacted by pollution from other states or changes to state law.
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Southwest Detroit homes flooded, families displaced by water main rupture
-A 54-inch water main rupture flooded streets and several hundred homes in Southwest Detroit, displacing families and causing significant damage to homes and infrastructure.
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Regulators say Detroit SO2 pollution under control after years of exceeding federal standards
-Following power plant closures and EPA intervention, Detroit and Downriver are seeing lower levels of SO2 pollution.
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Planet Detroit’s top 5 environmental stories of 2024
-Michigan’s environment and energy future faced significant challenges in 2024, including Project 2025, potential data center expansion, DTE rate hikes, wildfires and campaign finance violations.
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In Detroit’s Poletown East neighborhood, residents find healing among the trees
-Detroit’s Poletown East residents turned a vacant lot into Circle Forest, a tree park offering a peaceful city retreat and encouraging nature enjoyment.
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AgricultureClimate ChangeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience, Technology, ResearchFederal aid to rescue Michigan cherry farmers after devastating crop loss
-Federal aid is coming to Michigan’s sweet cherry farmers, who lost much of their crops this year due to erratic weather patterns and subsequent pest infestations.
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DetroitFeature DetroitFeature HomepageLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWho is working to preserve and restore wetlands in Metro Detroit?
-Most Michigan wetlands have been destroyed, even as climate change means we need their benefits. Here’s how groups are working to change that.
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AdvocacyEquity and Environmental JusticeLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesMichigan advocates hail ‘groundbreaking’ settlement to civil rights complaint over hazardous waste facility
-New requirements to consider cumulative impacts in hazardous waste facility licensing could represent a shift in state permitting practices.
