Detroit, Southeast Michigan Receives $100 Million Donation for Parks and Trails
Oct. 17, 2018 on All Things Considered CultureShift
The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation donated $50-million to improve Detroit’s West Riverfront Park.
Topic
Environment
MichMash: A Light At the End of The Tunnel For Line 5 Pipeline?
Oct. 5, 2018
The plan would bury a new section of pipeline in a tunnel under bedrock. But not everyone is thrilled.
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Michigan and Enbridge Reach Deal on Line 5
Oct. 3, 2018
The plan calls for drilling an opening for the new pipeline through bedrock beneath the Straits of Mackinac.
Corps Values: Army Engineers Keep Things Moving
Oct. 3, 2018
Meet the CO of the Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District.
Sen. Gary Peters On News This Week: Kavanaugh Hearings and PFAS Contamination
Sept. 27, 2018 on Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
“If we have justices that are at the extremes, we are going to feed the fires of partisanship…which threatens our democracy.”
Blood-Sucking Mite Putting Honey Bee Colonies at Risk
Sept. 14, 2018 on Morning Edition
Invasive Varroa Mite wiping out entire colonies
Detroit Fights Lead, Copper in Public School Water
Sept. 5, 2018
Detroit public school officials are shutting off drinking water at all 106 district buildings after finding elevated levels of lead and copper. Cause yet to be determined. Water coolers are now in all school buildings.
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha: “I Grew Up Knowing Exactly What Injustice Could Be”
Aug. 30, 2018 on Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
Dr. Hanna-Attisha joins Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson to talk about her book, the Flint Water Crisis, and the broader crisis of contamination.
Michigan’s Top Health Official Faces Trial on Involuntary Manslaughter Charges Linked to Flint Water Crisis
Aug. 21, 2018
Michigan Health Director Nick Lyon will stand trial on charges that he knew of an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease near Flint but failed to warn the public. 12 people died. Defense attorneys say experts told Lyon no warning was needed.
Michigan Health Director Nick Lyon Will Stand Trial
Aug. 20, 2018
Lyon faces involuntary manslaughter charges in the death of two men during a Legionnaire’s disease outbreak in the Flint area.
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