Plastic Pollution in Great Lakes Is “Becoming Increasingly Worse”
The Great Lakes are Michigan’s most precious resource, but plastic pollution and PFAS chemicals in our waterways are actively harming...
Plastic Pollution in Great Lakes Is “Becoming Increasingly Worse”
The Great Lakes are Michigan’s most precious resource, but plastic pollution and PFAS chemicals in our waterways are actively harming...
Southeast Michigan Grappling with New Climate Realities
Large floods have been devastating Southeast Michigan throughout the summer, and the intensifying storms can be linked directly to a...
MDOT Says I-75 Will Remain Down to One Lane Through August for Repairs
Early in July a tanker fire on I-75 at Big Beaver caused the freeway to close and has since left it...
Author of “How To Love Animals: In a Human-Shaped World”: We Need to Rethink Our Relationship to Animals
Penguin/Random House When you think about the future -- whether that’s your own, your family’s or our planet’s -- how...
How Planting More Trees Could Help Detroit Become a Healthier, More Equitable City
American Forests/ KyleHohler / Shutterstock When it comes to Detroit and its trees, the city was once known for its...
“Mosquitoes Are Out and They Are Fierce”: Why There Are So Many and How to Protect Yourself
Mosquitoes are worse than ever in Michigan, experts say. Michigan residents are working hard to protect themselves from bites, but it is...
Feedom Freedom Growers and Taproot Sanctuary Growing Community Care Through Gardening
Rooted shares stories about land tending, community healing and regeneration happening right here on the ancestral land of the Indigenous Anishinaabe, the...
Whitmer Proposes Big Investment in Michigan Parks Amid Longstanding Challenges
Michigan’s parks could be getting a glow up. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced last week that she wants to put $150 million in...
Rep. Elissa Slotkin Discusses Microchip Shortage, Infrastructure and Flooding
Automakers are losing a lot of money this year because of a shortage of microchips. These silicon microchips are about the...
Detroit Continues Cleanup after June Floods as FEMA Tours Neighborhoods to Assess Damage
After more than 6 inches of rain drenched Detroit and the surrounding area last month, residents in affected communities are still...
Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller Questions GLWA Accounts of June Floods
The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) says it does not believe human error was a problem in its response to last...
Detroiters Still Sorting Through Aftermath of Flood
People all over metro Detroit are still recovering from last month's flooding, but residents on Detroit's east side have been devastated by the heightened impacts of every...