Detroiters plan to debut ‘EvenScore’ after inaugural Michigan Tech Week in Detroit.
Jena Brooker
Jena is BridgeDetroit's environmental reporter, covering everything from food and agricultural to pollution to climate change.
She was a 2022 Data Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism where she produced award-winning coverage on the automotive industry in Detroit and environmental racism. She was also a Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellow in 2022 through CASW, AHCJ, and SEJ. Before joining BridgeDetroit she covered environmental issues across the Midwest as a Reporting Fellow for the national online news platform Grist Magazine.
Jena has a Bachelor of Arts in environmental studies from the University of Michigan. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, Mother Jones, Salon, Slate, Grist, Next City, Chalkbeat, Planet Detroit, and others.
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Latin flavor fires up Southwest Detroit Restaurant week
The week features unique foods from 21 Detroit restaurants representing six Latin nationalities.
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Detroit’s new parks plan focuses on neighborhood access
The city’s plan aims to bring greenspace within a 10-minute walk for more Detroiters over the next decade.
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One of Detroit’s most powerful families is displacing east side residents
The Moroun empire is quietly buying up properties in Detroit’s Cadillac Heights neighborhood on the east side
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Detroit native Jalonne White-Newsome is Biden’s top advisor on environment
Years of environmental advocacy and leadership lead Detroiter to top role in the White House
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Federal funding to speed the removal of I-375
The $105 million grant will allow the state to remove the one-mile highway and transform it into a boulevard by 2025
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Proposed railway merger heightens pollution concerns for Detroit
Canadian Pacific’s plan would bring 62% more trucks and 70% more rail cars to a rail terminal on Detroit’s west side.
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Sierra Club wants to intervene in pollution suit against Zug Island coal plant
EES Coke is one of the largest emitters of sulfur dioxide in the state.
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In Detroit, coffee from the African diaspora
New roasters sharing the culture and customs of East African coffee.
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Meet the Black Detroiters leading the way in EVs
From manufacturing and installing EV charging stations to hiring workers of color, these Detoiters are paving the way for an equitable transition to EVs.