environmental justice

The city has filed a lawsuit calling the site “blighted, illegally occupied, unsafe and/or dangerous as a public nuisance and danger to the safety and welfare of the public.” It seeks a court ruling for the defendant-owners to clean up the property at their own expense, or risk having the city do it for them—and possibly seizing the property.

Detroit’s Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department (BSEED) denied the permit to Murray Wikol, head of Can-Am International Trade Crossing, noting a number of problems with the application.

Residents of Core City say it would be an environmental injustice to put the heavy industrial site in their residential neighborhood. They’re pushing Detroit officials to deny the facility a permit.

The company invested $1.6 billion to convert a former engine plant to build the new Jeep Grand Cherokee, but the state said it didn't properly treat fumes coming from the paint department.

Detroit has a problem with bad air. But how bad is it, and where are the hotspots? Gaps in air quality monitoring mean we often don’t know. But some community members are trying to fix that.

Officials held a congressional hearing in Detroit Thursday about what they called “sacrifice zones.” That’s their term for areas where Americans feel like their lives are being risked by corporate polluters.

The Michigan Environmental Justice Mapping and Screening Tool is out in draft form. The state wants suggestions on where it could be improved.

A Beaumont pulmonologist provides an inside look at how hospitals are coping with a surge in cases. Then, how two Michigan photographers captured the grandmas of America. And, why climate change solutions must include Indigenous voices.

Census tracts in Detroit, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Flint, Saginaw and Grand Rapids scored high on an evaluation of environmental injustices, according to a…

Today on Stateside, we hear about what's included in the auto insurance reform bill that got a fast-tracked approval from the state Senate on Tuesday.…