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Posted inDetroit, Feature Detroit, Featured, Latest News, Michigan, Municipalities, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

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, Policy, Environmental Justice, 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, Detroit, Feature Detroit, History and Culture, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, 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 and Restoration Efforts

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

by Planet Detroit May 8, 2024November 8, 2025
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A Detroit renter’s quest for drinking water clarity

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

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

by Planet Detroit March 21, 2024
Posted inDetroit, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature Detroit, Featured, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, 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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