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Planet Detroit’s top environmental stories of 2023
Dec 21, 2023 — by Nina Misuraca Ignaczak and Brian Allnutt December 21, 2023. In a turbulent year for air quality, Detroit bore the brunt of the fallout from Canadian wildfires, earning the dubious honor of having the world’s worst air quality for several days over the summer. Climate change-fueled fires led to the city’s most severe ozone year in a ...
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May 26, 2023 — Nina Misuraca Ignaczak is an award-winning Metro Detroit-based editor, journalist, and documentary filmmaker. She is the founder, publisher, and editor of Planet Detroit, a digital media startup focused on producing quality climate, equity, health, and environment journalism that centers grassroots voices, holds power accountable, and spotlights solutions.
These 10 numbers reveal Detroit’s invisible air pollution problem
Dec 4, 2023 — 660. Number of premature deaths per year caused by air pollution in Detroit. In Detroit alone, particulate matter and ozone are responsible for about 1,500 annual hospitalizations for respiratory and cardiovascular disease, as well as 660 premature deaths, a 2016 University of Michigan study found.
Planet Detroit’s stories to watch in 2024
Dec 28, 2023 — With climate-related extreme weather events increasing, Michiganders could see more blackouts in 2024. Following the February ice storm, the Michigan Public Service Commission discussed moving to performance-based regulation, which adds incentives and penalties based on criteria like reliability, affordability and emissions reduction.
Detroit says its new climate strategy will empower residents. Activists ...
Detroit is rethinking its climate strategy, this time leaving more power to its residents by providing them with tools and funding. The Detroit Climate Strategy planning effort aims to produce a roadmap that will outline how the city will meet its “obligation to its residents to proactively prepare for climate impacts and create a more resilient Detroit.”
Study finds Detroit an air pollution hotspot – Planet Detroit
Apr 25, 2024 — A new report on U.S. air quality shows metro Detroit performing poorly when it comes to annual PM 2.5 or fine particulate matter pollution, while the Grand Rapids area deals with high levels of ozone. The American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air Report says that the climate crisis is worsening air pollution, with wildfires and heat increasing ozone and particulate matter pollution ...
Detroit’s battle with climate change: Flooding, asthma, and ...
A report on climate change in Detroit by the Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments from 2014 predicted the city would struggle with flooding as climate change intensifies. “An increase in the number and intensity of severe storms may further expose Detroit’s existing vulnerabilities in stormwater management and water quality ...
These Detroit environmental nonprofits supported the community …
Dec 22, 2020 — When the pandemic hit Detroit last spring, environmental organizations pivoted to respond. Many threw away their work plans, they joined in efforts of mutual aid to help their neighbors and they doubled down in the fights for environmental and energy justice as COVID-19 disproportionately ravaged the low-income and majority black and brown communities they serve.
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