The Detroit River lost “probably 95%” of its coastal wetlands, “particularly on the Detroit side,” says riverkeeper Bob Burns.
Planet Detroit
Posted inEnvironment, Political and Public Policy Information
Transfer prices and your bill: What Michigan’s clean energy law means for you
The formula utilities use to compare renewables to fossil fuels is coming under fire, and the changes could shift dollars toward or away from ratepayers.
Posted inEnvironment
Keep Growing Detroit fundraises to buy Eastern Market property, aims for ‘food sovereign city’
Keep Growing Detroit nears $40,000 fundraising goal for purchase of neighboring Eastern Market property.
Posted inEnvironment, Health and Welfare
Q&A: Mary-Jacqueline Muli, the Climate Justice Nurse, on how climate change manifests at the patient’s bedside
The floods in Detroit in 2021 are when Mary-Jacqueline Muli “really got activated,” she says. The cardiac ICU nurse is the founder of the Climate Justice Nurse.
Posted inEnvironment, Political and Public Policy Information
Heat waves challenge Detroit renters: Should city legislate air conditioning?
A Detroit apartment building’s air conditioning failure raises questions about what the city can do to protect renters from heat as the climate warms.
Posted inElection 2025, Environment
‘Detroit needs to take its water back’: Mayoral candidate Joel Haashiim on utility shutoffs
Detroit mayoral candidate Joel Haashiim talks pollution enforcement, utility shutoffs, flooding, why he opposes neighborhood solar developments, and more with Planet Detroit.
Posted inElection 2025, Environment
Detroit mayoral candidate Saunteel Jenkins says she’ll work for city’s most vulnerable
Detroit mayoral candidate Saunteel Jenkins talks environmental impact, utility affordability, public transit, public health, ICE, the Office of Sustainability, and the tree canopy with Planet Detroit.
Posted inElection 2025, Environment
Fred Durhal III on fixing Detroit’s flooding problem: ‘I’ll be very aggressive’
“It’s going to take a lot of funding,” Detroit mayoral candidate Fred Durhal III says of upgrading the city’s infrastructure to combat flooding.
Posted inArts & Culture, Environment
The sustainable art of Blight Hernandez: ‘No waste’
Blight Hernandez credits his grandmother for his artistry. “She gave me those taste buds for the regal, the antique…”
Posted inEnvironment, Health and Welfare
Detroit’s Eden Park: A $21 million bet on health, wellness in polluted community
Residents of the 48217 zip code hope to counteract the area’s industrial pollution with clean energy solutions at the Eden Park development.