Michigan officials offer advice for tracking air pollution and protecting yourself from wildfire smoke.
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Detroit urges flooding precautions with more rain incoming
Metro Detroit could receive 1 to 2 inches more rainfall through Thursday, with 3 to 4 inches possible in some areas, the National Weather Service says.
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Is your air safe? A guide to cumulative pollution impact in Southwest Detroit
Bills introduced the Michigan Legislature would require the state’s environmental regulator to conduct cumulative impact assessments. What does this mean for environmentally burdened Southwest Detroit?
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Truck traffic study measures impact on residents of Detroit’s east side: ‘A problem forever’
Tracking “trucking hot spots” helps community advocates and city officials “determine what future truck routes in Detroit might look like,” says Eastside Community Network’s Marie Garcia.
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Green stormwater infrastructure in Detroit parks offers examples of flooding solutions
The Chandler Park Marshland “serves as an example of how we can do stormwater in the community,” says Alex Allen, president of the park conservancy.
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Century of contamination: How Zug Island became Detroit’s industrial epicenter
Early ideas for the island included a city garbage dump with a promise of the operations being “smokeless and odorless,” or improving the land into a “healthful resort similar in attractiveness to Belle Isle.”
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5 things to know about the impact of the Air Pollution Control Act
BridgeDetroit spent months investigating pollution control laws in Michigan and the impact when companies aren’t required to follow the laws.
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A law meant to clean Michigan’s air now costs the state billions with little oversight
A 1965 law exempts facilities that install air pollution control equipment from property taxes.
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Michigan’s heavy industry receives hundreds of millions of dollars to control pollution. When they don’t, they keep the savings.
Critics say the Air Pollution Control Exemption is outdated, poorly enforced, and subsidizes companies for doing what they’re already legally required to do — even when they violate pollution laws.
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Michigan cities lose millions to pollution tax breaks with no oversight, little say
Michigan cities are losing millions in tax revenue from pollution exemptions but have little say in granting them, and aren’t required to track or report the cost.