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Author Archives: Planet Detroit

Posted inFeature Detroit, Featured, Latest News, Michigan, Municipalities, News, Politics, Region, Water Quality

Who is working to preserve and restore wetlands in Metro Detroit?

by Planet Detroit September 18, 2024
Posted inAdvocacy, Equity and Environmental Justice, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, The States

Michigan advocates hail ‘groundbreaking’ settlement to civil rights complaint over hazardous waste facility

by Planet Detroit September 5, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inLatest News, Michigan, News, Region

Canadian wildfires are heating up, bringing smoke to Michigan

by Planet Detroit July 24, 2024
Posted inFeatured, News

This SCOTUS decision may make it harder to protect Michigan air and water

by Planet Detroit July 8, 2024
Posted inClimate Change, Culture, Feature Detroit, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Detroit deaf and hard of hearing kids have a role in climate resilience

by Planet Detroit July 1, 2024
Posted inLatest News, Michigan, News, Region

Surviving a metro Detroit summer in the climate change era

by Planet Detroit June 24, 2024
Posted inFeatured, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Water Quality

Meet the man who has been cleaning the Rouge River for 35 years

by Planet Detroit May 8, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Latest News, News

A Detroit renter’s quest for drinking water clarity

by Planet Detroit May 2, 2024
Posted inAgriculture, Feature Detroit, Featured, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region

Composting, water access and backyard chickens: Detroit’s urban farming evolution

by Planet Detroit March 21, 2024
Posted inEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature Detroit, Featured, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region

Parts of Detroit could be radically transformed by city solar plan, for better or worse

by Planet Detroit January 30, 2024November 8, 2025

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  • North Bay’s PFAS problem: 5 things to know about a ‘forever chemicals’ hotspot in Ontario
    In a small northern city, citizens have launched a class-action lawsuit over decades-old PFAS pollution. The city and federal government, meanwhile, are working on a $122-million clean-up.
  • Enbridge to Pay $275K Settlement for 2019 Wisconsin Spill After DOJ Action
    The Wisconsin Department of Justice announced a $275,000 settlement Thursday with energy firm Enbridge for alleged violations of the state’s spills law over a 2019 spill in Jefferson County.
  • Scientists have a new tool in the fight against toxic algal blooms: buoys
    University of Toledo researchers have developed a system of buoys that slowly release algaecide into the surrounding water.

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