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Smoke over Michigan skies as western wildfires burn

By Kelly House | September 16, 2020
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So far, the wildfire smoke hovering over Michigan has not impacted regional air quality. But climate experts say it should serve as a sobering reminder that the Great Lakes State is not immune to worsening natural disasters caused by climate change.

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Amid racial reckoning, Detroit activists press Whitmer for environmental justice

By Kelly House & Olivia Lewis | August 31, 2020

A deepening debate in the nation on systemic racial inequities has inspired Michigan activists to seize this societal moment to achieve reforms for communities of color that too often bare the burden of pollution in their communities.

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