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AgricultureDetroitFeature DetroitFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsComposting, water access and backyard chickens: Detroit’s urban farming evolution
-The city’s first urban agriculture director aims to help gardeners access land and water while making urban farming a seamless part of the city’s policy.
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DetroitEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature DetroitFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeParts of Detroit could be radically transformed by city solar plan, for better or worse
-Residents are divided over whether financial benefits outweigh risks.
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Climate ChangeDetroitFeature DetroitIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsProtectScience, Technology, ResearchWhy poor air quality isn’t just a summer problem in Detroit
-“Atmospheric inversions” caused several days of polluted air this week in much of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, though it did not rise to the level of an air quality action alert.
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Michigan group looks to grow a statewide coalition for water affordability
-Lawmakers and advocates say new legislation is needed.
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Michigan toddlers to receive universal lead testing under new legislation
-Detroit kids test positive for lead at triple the state’s rate, but few get tested. A new universal testing law means more exposed kids may get help.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDetroitDetroit RiverLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismGrassroots greenspace projects expand Detroit’s open space network
-Activists aim to enrich their neighbors’ quality of life and deepen their connection to nature.
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Climate costs imperil Detroit’s unique, diverse Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood
-“Climate gentrification” in cities like New Orleans and Miami has seen wealthier and whiter residents displace low-income residents and people of color in less flood-prone areas. But in Jefferson Chalmers, climate gentrification could mean that those with the resources to manage the risks and expense of living in a floodplain may replace those without them.
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CollaborationDetroitDetroit RiverDrinking WaterLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsRegulators fail for 43 years to stop BASF from ‘staggering’ daily toxic waste spill into Detroit River
-The pollution enters the river just upstream from the City of Wyandotte’s drinking water intake.
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CollaborationForests and PlantsLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchRecord air pollution, Canadian wildfires prompts state to change how it issues air quality alerts
-In the wake of an EPA decision in May to ease air quality restrictions in metro Detroit, the region is experiencing its highest number of Ozone-related air quality notifications in a decade, as well as a new type of alert related to particulate matter.
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Climate ChangeCollaborationLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchDTE agrees to shut down coal-fired Monroe plant in 2032, three years ahead of schedule
-The agreement includes investment in renewable energy and storage, energy efficiency, bill assistance and energy equity. It also gives favorable treatment to DTE shareholders.
