Keith Matheny
Environmental Reporter at Detroit Free Press
'Don't believe everything that you breathe.' - Beck. I'm the environmental reporter for the Detroit Free Press [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Keith Matheny
Huron-Clinton Metroparks is willing to sell — for $5 — the Flat Rock Dam and a portion of adjoining Huron River bottomlands to either the city of Flat Rock or Huron Township, parks officials declared Friday. Metroparks posted the offer to its website, as well as separate letters sent Friday to Huron Township Supervisor Kelly Trombly and the township board, and Flat Rock Mayor Steven Beller and City Council members.
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2 weeks ago |
freep.com | Keith Matheny
Huron-Clinton Metroparks announced its willingness to sell the Flat Rock dam either to the city of Flat Rock or Huron Township for $5. Metroparks has been studying options on how to improve habitat and fish movement on the Huron River past the dam, first established in the late 1920s by Henry Ford.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Keith Matheny
The city of Detroit is the sixth-worst location in the country for year-round particle pollution — soot, the nonprofit American Lung Association's 2025 "State of the Air" report finds. Detroit also received failing grades for its number of unhealthy days per year of ground-level ozone, or smog, in the Lung Association study, which looked at air quality monitoring data collected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other state, local and tribal groups.
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2 weeks ago |
freep.com | Keith Matheny
American Lung Association's 2025 "State of the Air" report found Detroit with the sixth-worst year-round particle pollution in the nation. The report gives Detroit failing grades for ground-level ozone pollution — smog — as well as for particle pollution. The city of Detroit is the sixth-worst location in the country for year-round particle pollution — soot, the nonprofit American Lung Association's 2025 "State of the Air" report finds.
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2 weeks ago |
freep.com | Keith Matheny
Cuts include eliminating the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, slashing the National Ocean Service budget, and ending Sea Grant programs. These cuts would impact critical research on harmful algal blooms, weather forecasting and Great Lakes ecosystems. Critics argue the cuts increase risk to public health and safety, while the administration claims they eliminate unnecessary programs and bureaucracy.
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Employees at the Detroit Free Press, Detroit News and other regional newspapers represented by the Detroit Newspaper Guild haven't had wage increases since 2018. There's been a 25% to 31% cumulative rise in inflation since 2018. We're at the table now, seeking a fair contract. https://t.co/mX4TxAzrXr
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Nuisance Canada geese will be killed, not moved, starting this year under new DNR guidelines. https://t.co/8Ss5yFJrG8 @freep
