Environment

“Climate gentrification” in cities like New Orleans and Miami has seen wealthier and whiter residents displace low-income residents and people of color in less flood-prone areas. But in Jefferson Chalmers, climate gentrification could mean that those with the resources to manage the risks and expense of living in a floodplain may replace those without them.

The city is contracting with a Detroit company to expand electric vehicle charging stations beyond the Central Business District and New Center.

Meanwhile, ‘heat domes’ raise Michigan temps and drive powerful storms. Here’s how.

The deal includes assistance for bills, energy efficiency and renewables for low-income households, but leaves questions open on outage compensation, community solar and affordability, advocates say.

Detroit’s Board of Zoning Appeals unanimously upheld a prior ruling that developer Murray Wikol cannot establish a concrete crushing operation at 4445 Lawton Street near residents and near farms.