Expand Your Environmental Understanding with WDET’s Earth Week Glossary
From green infrastructure to regenerative agriculture, explore the origins and significance of some key environmental terms and hear from a few folks...
Are America’s Wild Spaces Due For A Cultural Reckoning?
National parks have long been viewed as American treasures. They feel even more important now, during the pandemic, with natural...
Documenter Kendal Kuneman Says Program Serves Detroiters
Detroit Documenter Kendal Kuneman heard about the program through a friend who thought she’d be interested in serving Detroiters. Kuneman...
Is the Line 5 Tunnel a Bridge to Michigan’s Energy Future or a Bad Deal?
The Canadian pipeline company Enbridge Energy plans to spend a $500 million building a 4-mile-long tunnel to encase the part...
Belle Isle Conservancy Gears Up For Earth Week With Pandemic-Friendly Changes To Annual Island Cleanup
Earth Week is just a couple of weeks away and environmental groups all along the Detroit River are gearing up...
Grand Rapids Turns to Natural Infrastructure To Deal With Extreme Rain Events
Climate change in the Great Lakes region means more intense storms. Already some towns are finding they’re flooding where they...
Supporters Hope Infrastructure Spending Can Help Reduce Inequality in Michigan
The new focus on a massive infrastructure spending plan in Washington has big implications here in Michigan. As part of...
How Wetlands Can Help Prevent Property Damage and Save Lives During Floods
The Great Lakes region is seeing more intense rainstorms. Storms that were once considered 100-year events or even 500-year events...
Sierra Club and Environment Michigan File Notice of Intent To Sue AK Steel
In 2015, AK Steel reached a $1.3 million settlement with the U.S. and the State of Michigan, stemming from dozens of...
Why Rep. Deb Haaland’s Nomination To Lead Interior Department Is Groundbreaking for Indigenous Population
Rep. Deb Haaland has been nominated by President Joe Biden to lead the U.S. Department of the Interior. While some GOP...
AG Dana Nessel Remembers Michigan’s “Eternal General” Frank Kelley
Few people have shaped state government in Michigan the way that Frank Kelley did. He defined the role of state...
Seasonal Thaw Combines With Climate Change to Bring Wet Conditions to Detroit’s Belle Isle
As temperatures slowly climb back up throughout Southeast Michigan, officials at Belle Isle State Park in Detroit are trying to...
