Detroit Today: New podcast explores auto industry’s shift to electric vehicles
Over the last five years, automakers have been committing more resources to produce and distribute electric vehicles. Ford and General...
Environment
Detroit Today: How Michigan plans to transition to 100% clean energy
Last week, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced her hopes to enact a 100% clean energy standard. The state has also implemented...
Health experts are still learning the impact of wildfire smoke on animals
Canadian wildfires have been sending dangerous waves of air pollution down into Southeast Michigan this summer — drastically reducing the...
Hawaii is vowing to protect landowners on Maui from being pressured to sell after wildfires
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii’s governor vowed to protect local landowners from being “victimized” by opportunistic buyers when Maui rebuilds...
Macomb County announces pump station upgrades in St. Clair Shores
The Chapaton Pump Station and Retention Treatment Basin at 9 Mile Rd and Jefferson Ave. in St. Clair Shores is...
DTE to close Monroe coal plant by 2032
DTE Energy's Monroe Power Plant will retire two of its units in 2028 and will ultimately close in 2032. This...
Study finds 43% of Michigan beaches were likely contaminated with poop in 2022
Nearly half of all Michigan beaches saw unsafe levels of fecal bacteria last year according to a new study. A...
Smoke from Canadian wildfires triggers another air quality alert for Michigan
Michigan environmental officials warn wildfire smoke from Canada is again affecting the air in significant portions of the state. Officials...
Detroit Today: Why Michigan is removing slurs against Indigenous people from its landmarks
In November 2021, Deb Haaland, United States Secretary of the Interior, officially declared the word, “squaw”, to be a derogatory...
Detroit Today: Navigating through the Canadian wildfires’ effect on Michigan air quality
The National Weather Service extended its air quality alert in Michigan because the air quality index has stayed at unhealthy...
Detroit Evening Report: Air quality alert for Metro Detroit extended to Thursday
Detroit health officials are once again alerting residents about poor air quality in the city due to ongoing Canadian wildfires....
Haze over Metro Detroit reminds US residents that Canadian wildfires persist
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit area woke up Wednesday to some of the worst air quality in the United States...