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4 days ago | 
bridgedetroit.com | Isabelle Tavares |Christine Ferretti
EES Coke Battery on Zug Island has filed for a Clean Air Act exemption offered by the Trump administration. Dearborn Works, Carmeuse Lime, and DTE’s Monroe Power Plant are also eligible, according to a map created by environmental groups. “No company polluting our Great Lakes and Midwest communities should be allowed a ‘get out of jail free card,’” says the Environmental Law and Policy Center’s Howard Learner.
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1 week ago | 
bridgedetroit.com | Isabelle Tavares |Christine Ferretti
Planet Detroit originally published this story. Sign up for Planet Detroit’s weekly newsletter here. In Southwest Detroit, a retiree’s report of a petroleum smell to Michigan’s environmental regulator underscores the area’s ongoing air quality challenges. Air quality monitors installed near Marathon Petroleum show elevated total reduced sulfur levels early on April 12. Residents are encouraged to report air quality concerns to EGLE.
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3 weeks ago | 
bridgedetroit.com | Isabelle Tavares |Christine Ferretti
Planet Detroit originally published this story. Sign up for Planet Detroit’s weekly newsletter here. Overview:The Flood Focus app empowers residents to document and understand the impact of flooding in their neighborhoods. Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision’s project manager says she was “blown away” by documentation of flooding following record rainfall April 2. The data will help “define the geographic extent” of Detroit’s flooding problem, says Wayne State professor.
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1 month ago | 
bridgedetroit.com | Isabelle Tavares |Christine Ferretti
Planet Detroit originally published this story. Sign up for Planet Detroit’s weekly newsletter here. By summer, Detroit plans to enact the truck route ordinance for which Southwest Detroit residents have petitioned since 1938. The ordinance aims to reduce truck traffic and associated pollution in residential areas by establishing designated routes.
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2 months ago | 
bridgedetroit.com | Isabelle Tavares |Christine Ferretti
This article first appeared on Planet Detroit and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. Daniel Mata waved a Mexican flag in one hand and an American flag in the other during a protest at Clark Park Tuesday, nearly a month after the detainment of his mother by border patrol agents. Mata, an 18-year-old sophomore at Covenant High School Southwest, said he was in the car when agents pulled them over for apparent obstructed plates.
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2 months ago | 
bridgedetroit.com | Isabelle Tavares |Christine Ferretti
This article first appeared on Planet Detroit and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. When Planet Detroit spoke with Manuel Nolasco last week, he was attempting to start his truck that had been damaged in the icy flood after a 54-inch water main rupture flooded streets and several hundred homes in Southwest Detroit, displacing families and causing significant damage.
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2 months ago | 
bridgedetroit.com | Isabelle Tavares |Christine Ferretti
This article first appeared on Planet Detroit and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. Manuel Nolasco stood in frigid air outside his flooded Southwest Detroit home early Tuesday, chipping away at thick ice chunks that had frozen his car wheels in place. His daughter was packing their belongings for a hotel stay. They’re one of many families displaced after a 54-inch water main rupture flooded streets and several hundred homes with frigid water early Monday morning.
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2 months ago | 
planetdetroit.org | Brian Allnutt |Nina Ignaczak |Isabelle Tavares
Overview: - Vice President JD Vance, a key advocate for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, now faces a significant hurdle as the Trump administration halts billions in funding from two major programs initiated by former president Joe Biden. - The initiative, dedicated to the protection and restoration of the Great Lakes, has supported over 8,000 projects, including microplastics research, algal bloom control, and climate-resilient shorelines.
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Feb 13, 2025 | 
planetdetroit.org | Nina Ignaczak |Isabelle Tavares |Brian Allnutt
Overview: The Trump administration's shock-and-awe attack on federal funds in the bipartisan infrastructure law and the Inflation Reduction Act threatens community solar projects, drought solutions, and polluted neighborhood cleanups. Individuals and organizations face chaos as projects and funding risk cuts. “This story was originally published by Grist.
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
planetdetroit.org | Nina Ignaczak |Isabelle Tavares
Overview: - Federal environmental and climate grants in Michigan have been temporarily frozen, impacting 43 projects including five in Detroit, despite multiple court orders blocking the freeze. - The move follows allegations by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin of widespread waste, fraud, and abuse within the agency.
