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FILE - Flooded roads in Detroit.
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Detroit Evening Report: Heavy rain causes trouble for commuters in metro Detroit

Jerome Vaughn July 24, 2024

Detroiters had to deal with an ugly commute Wednesday morning, with heavy overnight rain leading to street flooding in many...

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Cleanup efforts after a severe flooding incident in Detroit.
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The Metro: Contributors and solutions to Detroit’s flooding problem

Sydney Waelchli July 15, 2024

Over the past decade, the effects of climate change have led to a major increase in flooding events in cities...

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A Detroit freeway is shown after a severe flooding event in June 2021.
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Created Equal: How ‘ghost streams’ contribute to Detroit flooding

Madison Ganzak July 10, 2024

Over the past decade, the effects of climate change have led to a major increase in flooding events in cities...

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green sign with gold lettering that reads, "Welcome to Dearborn"
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Detroit Evening Report: Dearborn mayor, city win national climate award for public health efforts

Nargis Rahman July 1, 2024

The city of Dearborn was recognized for a 2024 Mayors Climate Protection Award at the U.S. Conference of Mayors for its work...

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Residents share excitement with city officials for the new solar neighborhood plan at a press conference on Monday, June 24, 2024, in Detroit's Gratiot/Findlay neighborhood.
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City selects first Detroit neighborhoods to house solar fields

Bre'Anna Tinsley June 25, 2024

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan this week announced the first three communities selected to build solar arrays on vacant land as...

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The Detroit skyline from Hart Plaza.
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Created Equal: Why urban areas like Detroit are more at risk during heat waves

Justina Giglio June 20, 2024

A heat wave is moving through metro Detroit this week, bringing with it various health risks, severe storms and a...

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers a keynote address at the 2024 MI Healthy Climate Plan conference in Lansing, May 17, 2024.
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Whitmer announces federal funding to boost Michigan’s green initiatives

Michelle Jokisch Polo May 21, 2024

Michigan is receiving funding from the federal government for projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer made...

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A photo of the Detroit skyline on June 7, 2023.
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The Metro: ‘Heat island effect’ contributing to warmer temperatures in Detroit, research shows

The Metro May 17, 2024

As global temperatures continue to rise due to climate change, environmental factors in some urban communities are amplifying the heat...

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Volunteer Pamela McGhee (left) and her daughter, Arboretum Detroit employee Robyn Redding, stand next to a six-year-old sequoia tree in "Treetroit 2," a small tree park created by the arboretum in Detroit's Poletown East neighborhood.
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Local nonprofit aims to plant Detroit’s first-ever forest of giant sequoia trees

Jenny Sherman April 30, 2024

A nonprofit in Detroit’s Poletown east neighborhood is partnering with an organization in northern Michigan to plant Detroit’s first ever...

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Lake Superior is warming fast. Its national parks are starting work to cut fossil fuels

Izzy Ross March 12, 2024

As national parks around the country try to raise awareness about climate change, those around Lake Superior are taking steps...

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A flooded sidewalk
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The Metro: Detroit expands program to prevent basement flooding

The Metro March 8, 2024

Detroit experienced one of the warmest winters on record. More extreme weather events, caused by climate change, will continue to...

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Rae-Ann Eifert, a lake monitor for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, braved sub-freezing temperatures to gather buckets of water for testing off a Lake Michigan breakwater in Racine, Wis., on Feb. 28, 2024, as part of an effort across the Great Lakes to understand the effects of an iceless winter.
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Fewer fish and more algae? Scientists seek to understand impacts of historic lack of Great Lakes ice

Associated Press March 8, 2024

RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Michigan Tech University biologists have been observing a remote Lake Superior island's fragile wolf population every...

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