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Michigan 2050: Hot, wet, and no ice - Planet Detroit
2021年9月2日 · Nina Misuraca Ignaczak is an award-winning Metro Detroit-based editor, journalist, and documentary filmmaker. She is the founder, publisher, and editor of Planet Detroit, a digital media startup focused on producing quality climate, equity, health, and environment journalism that centers grassroots voices, holds power accountable, and spotlights solutions.
Study finds Detroit an air pollution hotspot – Planet Detroit
2024年4月25日 · A new report on U.S. air quality shows metro Detroit performing poorly when it comes to annual PM 2.5 or fine particulate matter pollution, while the Grand Rapids area deals with high levels of ozone. The American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air Report says that the climate crisis is worsening air pollution, with wildfires and heat increasing ozone and particulate matter pollution ...
Planet Detroit’s stories to watch in 2024
2023年12月28日 · Trucks abound in residential neighborhoods. Photo by Rosa Maria Zamarron Will Detroit take action on trucking and dust? A significant question for Detroiters plagued by truck traffic will be whether the city will enact a truck-route ordinance or add protections against fugitive dust from facilities like scrap yards and bulk storage facilities. We expected Councilmember Gabriela Santiago-Romero ...
Detroit solar farms approved by city council – Planet Detroit
2024年7月31日 · The Duggan administration’s plan to place large solar arrays in Detroit neighborhoods moved forward this week, with Detroit City Council voting to approve land acquisition and contracts for the first three projects.. Mayor Mike Duggan has pitched the Detroit solar plan to offset city buildings’ energy use and fight blight by developing large areas with solar farms and fencing them off.
Who is working to preserve and restore Detroit wetlands
2024年9月18日 · Wetlands don’t often come to mind when thinking about major metropolitan cities like Detroit. Bogs, marshes, vernal pools, and swamps contrast starkly with the city’s skyscrapers, roads, and industrial plants, and up to 90 percent of the area’s wetlands along the Detroit River have been lost since European settlement.. In addition to serving as picturesque areas for watersports and ...
These 10 numbers reveal Detroit’s invisible air pollution problem
2023年12月4日 · 38%. Portion of particulate pollution in the Detroit area attributable to traffic and other ‘mobile sources’ The largest sources of air pollution in Wayne County are trucks, railways, boats and construction equipment.. Detroit is criss-crossed by major thoroughfares that run alongside large neighborhoods or schools.
On Detroit’s flood-prone east side, residents wonder: Will decision ...
2023年10月19日 · A canal at Lakewood Park looking toward the Detroit River (Sarah Cwiek/Michigan Radio) Published in partnership with Michigan Radio. Part 4 of a five-part series.. Metro Detroit’s water and sewer infrastructure is a massive, sprawling underground world.
Detroit unveils new climate strategy, adopts energy and water ...
2023年11月22日 · Nina Misuraca Ignaczak is an award-winning Metro Detroit-based editor, journalist, and documentary filmmaker. She is the founder, publisher, and editor of Planet Detroit, a digital media startup focused on producing quality climate, equity, health, and environment journalism that centers grassroots voices, holds power accountable, and spotlights solutions.
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