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These 10 numbers reveal Detroit’s invisible air pollution problem
WEBDec 4, 2023 · 22. Number of air quality Action Days called for the Detroit area in 2023. That’s the most warnings since 1999, when the area saw 25 ozone action days, and it’s up from 13 in summer 2022. Smoke from wildfires in Canada wafted repeatedly through the region, setting off alarms with state regulators.
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Study finds Detroit an air pollution hotspot – Planet Detroit
WEBApr 25, 2024 · A new report on U.S. air quality shows metro Detroit performing poorly when it comes to annual PM 2.5 or fine particulate matter pollution, while the Grand Rapids area deals with high levels of ozone. The American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air Report says that the climate crisis is worsening air pollution, with wildfires and heat increasing ozone and particulate matter pollution ...
Exhausted in Detroit: Our air quality problem
WEBJul 19, 2024 · Detroit family tackles asthma with DIY air filters — and measures the results. Dominique and Aidan Johnson participated in a study to measure the impact of inexpensive air filters on indoor air quality in Southwest Detroit. Here’s their journey. by Nina Misuraca Ignaczak and Koby Levin December 4, 2023.
Detroit’s toxic river: After decades, some progress—but a long …
WEBSep 23, 2021 · In 1987 the U.S. and Canada entered into a Great Lakes agreement to start the process of cleaning up the most polluted sites, 43 of them, that dot the waterways in and between the two countries.. The sites, officially known as Areas of Concern, contain legacy toxic sediment from the industrial era when dumping …
These Detroit environmental nonprofits supported the community …
WEBDec 22, 2020 · When the pandemic hit Detroit last spring, environmental organizations pivoted to respond. Many threw away their work plans, they joined in efforts of mutual aid to help their neighbors and they doubled down in the fights for environmental and energy justice as COVID-19 disproportionately ravaged the low-income and majority black and brown communities they serve.
UNDERSTANDING YOUR WATER UTILITY - Planet Detroit
WEBHuman Utility: www.detroitwaterproject.org. The Heat and Warmth Fund (THAW): 800-866-8429 or www.thawfund.org. United Way for Southeastern Michigan: www.unitedwaysem.org, or by dialing 2-1-1. When discussing water affordability, it’s important to understand costs of water services as a percentage of income.
New Detroit partnership to begin planting trees where people …
WEBAug 11, 2022 · New Detroit partnership to begin planting trees where people need them most. by Tom Perkins August 11, 2022. Grant funding totaling $900,000 will help launch an ambitious plan to improve Detroit’s ailing tree canopy and make it more equitable. The effort, dubbed the Detroit Tree Equity Partnership, will begin planting trees this autumn.
Will data improve air quality in Detroit? Not without community …
WEBDec 4, 2023 · A Black woman wearing hoop earrings and a denim shirt gestures as she speaks with reporters who hold microphones in the foreground while in the background smoke rises from EES Coke Battery, an industrial facility in Detroit.
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