green infrastructure

An Upper Peninsula nonprofit group has received a federal grant for a "green infrastructure" project intended to protect Lake Superior waters near…

Green infrastructure is the focus of a conference at Detroit’s Cobo Center this week.The people behind it say it’s time to start thinking differently…

Major stretches of highway throughout Metro Detroit were flooded out Tuesday morning, after heavy rainfall Monday night.That’s likely a “new normal”…

The Next IdeaThere are lingering fears that nothing will be the same in Flint. But maybe things shouldn’t be the same. What if there is a better way for…

The Next IdeaMark “Puck” Mykleby is a retired Marine colonel who worked from 2009 to 2011 as an assistant to former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,…

The Next Idea In Detroit we have a real chance to do things with our land that no other major city in the world has ever done. From growing food and…

When Metro Detroit got hit by an unprecedented rainstorm last August, it unleashed massive flooding — and an estimated ten billion gallons of raw sewage —…

We can't prevent an extreme weather event like the deluge that flooded some streets in Metro Detroit last week. However, we can prepare for them. But…