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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.
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Canadian wildfires are heating up, bringing smoke to Michigan
-This year’s fires are much smaller than 2023’s historic blazes. However, persistent dry conditions in Western Canada could mean more fires and smoke are coming.
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This SCOTUS decision may make it harder to protect Michigan air and water
-The Chevron decision could jeopardize federal policies addressing PFAS pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
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Climate ChangeDetroitFeature DetroitHistory and CultureIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchDetroit deaf and hard of hearing kids have a role in climate resilience
-AADHH received a $5,000 climate action plan grant to support Detroit’s climate resilience goals, including a community garden and solar panels.
