Planet Detroit: Climate Solutions and Service Journalism

Among some of the city’s urban farms, the SNAP pause spotlights a broader mission to make Detroit a food sovereign city, capable of feeding residents healthy and culturally relevant food all year long.

Detroit residents, lawmakers, and activists gather on Detroit's east side to push for bills targeting soaring utility costs, frequent outages, and service shutoffs.

A Detroit firefighter was injured during the response to the June 30 fire at Aevitas Specialty Services, which took about seven hours to bring under control.

“It’s such a unique neighborhood, and there's a lot of work that needs to be done to come up with a fix that is equitable," says Jefferson Chalmers resident Dan Piepszowski.

"It is so bizarre as a member of Congress, finding out that FEMA will come and cover getting a new furnace or water heater, but won't actually cover the actual mitigation and cleaning up of the sewage and the water in people's basements,” says U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib.

Michigan's environmental regulator issued an air quality violation for a US Ecology hazardous waste facility in Detroit on the same day as a public hearing on its license renewal.

Michigan's environmental regulator agreed to hold an informational meeting with the community around the Stellantis plant in its informal resolution with the EPA of a civil rights complaint.

The Detroit River lost "probably 95%" of its coastal wetlands, "particularly on the Detroit side," says riverkeeper Bob Burns.

Detroit officials say the pilot program supports Michigan's 2030 statewide goal of diverting 50% of food waste from landfills. They hope the pilot can divert as many as 220 pounds of food scraps daily, or over 80,000 pounds over the course of a year.  

The 2025 wildfire season is straining Canada's capacity, says Mike McCulley of the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre.