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TED Countdown: Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice executive director Laprisha Berry Daniels on providing support, preparing for future

In her talk, Daniels looked to the past to figure out how to help us navigate the future with three pillars — acceptance, aid and adaptation.

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TED Countdown: BlocPower CEO Donnel Baird on greening America’s buildings, improving communities

On Friday, Donnel Baird spoke at the TED Countdown Summit about greening America’s buildings with his company, Blocpower.

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Record 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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Book Review: Scientist offers positive vision to avoid dystopian future in “The Three Ages of Water”

In his new book, California’s Peter Gleick says we are at a choice point after centuries of degrading our water resources.