Dustin Blitchok

1 month ago | planetdetroit.org | Dustin Blitchok

Overview: -Butterfly populations in the U.S. have plunged by 22% over the last 20 years, with habitat loss, climate change, and pesticide use as primary culprits. -U.S. Department of Energy allocates nearly $57 million to reopening of Palisades nuclear power plant. -The use of asbestos in the Renaissance Center could complicate demolition plans.

1 month ago | planetdetroit.org | Dustin Blitchok

Overview: -Environmental justice faces setbacks as the Trump administration moves to dismantle EPA initiatives. -Metro Detroit takes proactive steps against flooding with a $10.48-million study launched by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Great Lakes Water Authority. -Kalamazoo's air quality monitors reveal rising fine particulate matter levels since 2021.

1 month ago | planetdetroit.org | Dustin Blitchok

🔧 Southwest Detroit water main repair complete, pipe not yet back in service The Great Lakes Water Authority said Wednesday that it has completed repairs on the 54-inch water transmission main that ruptured Feb. 17 in southwest Detroit, causing extensive flooding. The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department has also finished repairing a six-inch water main and cleared debris from sewers in the affected area. DTE Energy is scheduled to repair a gas main during the week of March 10.

Oct 15, 2024 | outliermedia.org | Dustin Blitchok

This story was created in partnership with the Rocket Community Fund to highlight a tax relief opportunity through the Detroit Homeowners Property Exemption (HOPE) Program. After Brenda Butler received a reduction in her property tax rate, on the home she’s owned in the Chandler Park neighborhood since the 1980s, she started to spread the word. She alerts others who need help from the city to afford to stay in their homes that there is a program to assist.

Oct 2, 2024 | outliermedia.org | Dustin Blitchok

This story was created in partnership with the Rocket Community Fund to highlight a tax relief opportunity through the Detroit Homeowners Property Exemption (HOPE) Program. Two upcoming resource fairs organized by the City of Detroit’s Property Assessment Board of Review, with support from the Rocket Community Fund, give Detroiters the opportunity to meet with a counselor from a housing service provider to apply for the HOPE program.