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That huge pile of petroleum coke lying alongside the Detroit River is triggering a growing sense of alarm. You may recall, we spoke with New York Times…

My kids love using Google Earth. With the push of a button they "fly" from Ann Arbor, Michigan to Newfoundland, the Panama Canal, the Great Barrier Reef,…

An eyesore has grown on the Detroit skyline.It's a three-story pile of black petroleum coke that could cover an entire city block and it's the by-product…

DETROIT (AP) - Tests by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality have found that hulking black mounds along the banks of the Detroit River in…

This piece featured on Stateside is part of an ongoing series called The Living Room, curated by Allison Downey."There are those for whom fishing is not…

Efforts to complete a recreational development project along Detroit's east riverfront are getting a $44 million boost from the federal government and the…

After years of rumors, it’s official - beavers are back on Belle Isle.It’s been about 100 years since the animals left the 985-acre island on the Detroit…

The Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge was established in 2001 and it includes shoreline, wetlands, and shoals along 48 miles of the Detroit…

The Nobel-prize-winning writer Anatole France once observed sarcastically that “the law, in its infinite wisdom, forbids the rich as well as the poor to…

Divers took to the Detroit River to try and bring up a long-submerged cannon Wednesday.Detroit Police Underwater Recovery Team divers discovered the…