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a forest fire with smoke covering an area near a lake, hills and mountains
  • CultureShift
  • Environment

Climate change continues to be vacant in our movies and TV shows

Ryan Patrick Hooper December 2, 2022

One of the main things on young people's minds these days is climate change. They worry about the future and...

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a small yellow and brown fish swims by some sand and a log
  • Environment
  • News

Great Lakes Now features the search for venomous catfish

Pat Batcheller November 29, 2022

The latest episode of Great Lakes Now features a small fish tale. Or to be more precise, a tale about...

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Brenna Lane sews a pair of Detroit Denim jeans
  • CultureShift
  • Environment

Detroit Denim brings sustainable clothing to Midtown

Ryan Patrick Hooper November 16, 2022

Like many small businesses, Detroit Denim had to make a massive pivot at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. After...

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We the People of Detroit Water Bottle
  • CultureShift
  • Environment

New book explores the complex history of environmental rights in Detroit

Amanda LeClaire October 26, 2022

There’s a complicated relationship between Detroit residents and public infrastructure. The reliability of the city’s mass transit, power utilities, waste...

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  • Environment

Great Lakes see increase in piping plovers and cruise ships

Pat Batcheller October 24, 2022

Piping plovers are making a comeback on the Great Lakes. The federal government listed the tiny shorebirds as an endangered...

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An aerial view of the former Detroit incinerator, which closed in 2019 and was demolished in 2023.
  • Environment
  • News

Detroit tops list of worst places for people with asthma

Pat Batcheller September 28, 2022

Asthma has been a chronic health problem in Detroit for years. But a new report ranks the city the worst...

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Detroit River in December
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • Environment

Detroit River clean-up efforts stall despite influx of federal funds

Detroit Today September 26, 2022

This year, the Biden Administration announced it would designate $1 billion dollars specifically for Great Lakes region sites, which should...

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Photo of landfill
  • Environment
  • News
  • Politics, Government & Finance

Federal regulators prioritize cleaning sites contaminated by ‘forever chemicals’

Pat Batcheller September 6, 2022

The federal government officially recognizes what health and environmental experts have known for a long time: PFAS chemicals are hazardous....

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Crystal Lake kayak
  • CultureShift
  • Environment

What qualifies as ‘Up North?’ Michiganders discuss

Amanda LeClaire September 2, 2022

It’s Labor Day weekend and that means summer is coming to a close in Michigan. Your last trip Up North...

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Down Electrical Pole Storm Damage
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • Environment

Can Michigan’s infrastructure weather extreme storms?

Detroit Today August 31, 2022

Severe storms left over 262,000 customers without power in metro Detroit this week. Parts of southeast Michigan saw wind gusts...

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coal fired power plant
  • Environment
  • Politics, Government & Finance

Detroiters testify to Congress that corporate pollution is harming communities

Eli Newman August 30, 2022

Detroit residents testified during a Congressional hearing Thursday that industrial pollution in the city is damaging their health. The Oversight...

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Coal Ship on Rouge River 062617 - pb
  • Environment

Great Lakes Now exposes coal ash threat

Pat Batcheller August 26, 2022

Environmental groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency for refusing to regulate older coal ash dumps near power plants. Coal...

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