Repeated, disastrous storms offer a foreboding glimpse of Detroit's new reality in a warming world: flooding intensified by high water levels on Lake Erie and the other Great Lakes, coupled with an ongoing debate over how to manage the problem.
If you’re looking for a strategy to get the most value from climate investments, the answer is simple: Cities like Detroit, Cleveland, and Buffalo will still be livable as the climate changes, and have the space to absorb climate migrants.
As climate change alters our world, Michigan's bounty of fresh water — if managed smartly — could be the foundation of a thriving state economy and superior quality of life.
Three environmental groups have notified the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency they plan to sue because the agency has not come up with a plan to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions in areas of Detroit and Baltimore.
Saying that it wants to control the key technology for electric vehicles, Ford plans to open a battery development center near Detroit by the end of next year.
Across dozens of major U.S. metros, more than $107 billion worth of homes at high risk for flooding are located in neighborhoods that suffered redlining in the 1930s.
Donors of Color Network have launched a Climate Funders Justice Pledge, challenging the nation's climate philanthropists to shift 30% of their donations toward environmental efforts led by Black, Indigenous, Latino and other people of color.
The painkiller, taken by half of pregnant women worldwide, could be contributing to rising rates of reproductive system problems and neurodevelopmental disorders like ADHD and autism.
"If we look at the rate of carbon emissions, most is emitted by the developed and industrialized countries, but the problem is poor countries like Bangladesh are the main sufferers."
