The funds will go to to replace 57 diesel trucks and a tugboat with cleaner alternatives, including new diesel and propane trucks and a biodiesel-powered tugboat.
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Posted inEnvironment
9 tips from local experts to reduce waste this holiday season
Households produce up to 25% more waste from Thanksgiving to New Year’s with the extra food scraps and additional online shopping deliveries this giving season generates.
Posted inCivic and Community Information, Environment
Detroit unveils designs for first solar neighborhoods
The city’s first solar neighborhoods aim to integrate renewable energy and community gardens into the urban landscape, as unveiled by Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and city officials.
Posted inEnvironment, Housing
Residents share flood lessons as Great Lakes Water Authority tackles crisis
The Great Lakes Water Authority and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are collaborating on a multi-year study to explore flood management in Southeast Michigan, inviting public input to shape their findings.
Posted inHealth and Welfare, Political and Public Policy Information
Michigan legislators push for water affordability in lame duck
Michigan legislators and advocates push for a 2023 bill package to create a statewide water affordability fund, capping bills for low-income residents via a $2 surcharge on ratepayers’ bills, aiding over 370,000 households.
Posted inEnvironment
In Detroit’s Poletown East, residents find healing among the trees
Unveiled to the public last month, Circle Forest has been years in the making: an urban reforestation project that aims to encourage city dwellers to sit still, watch birds, or gather with others in nature.
Posted inHealth and Welfare
What you need to know: Detroit’s water safe, but lead pipes remain a risk
Water utilities in Metro Detroit and across Michigan are informing residents about lead, galvanized or unknown service lines due to new federal and state regulations. Here’s what you need to know.
Posted inEnvironment, Health and Welfare
New maps detail locations of lead in drinking water lines across Metro Detroit
Water departments are notifying residents about potential lead in their water service lines as required by state and federal drinking water regulations.
Posted inEnvironment, Health and Welfare
Years-long fight over Stellantis, EGLE’s alleged discrimination ‘resolved’ but Detroiters remain unsettled
Michigan grants permit for Stellantis to increase emissions at its east-side automotive factory while a civil rights complaint was resolved.
Posted inEnvironment
Detroit awarded $1.3M to address lead hazards in homes, part of $7M statewide effort
Detroit secures $1.3M from Michigan’s Health Department to boost lead hazard control in homes, aiming to cut lead exposure statewide by September 30, 2025.