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DETROITERS WORKING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN THE NEWS
“Urban Beekeeping Grows in Detroit with Land Bank Deal”, Detroit Free Press, 7/4/2021
“Michiganders Deserve Rooftop Solar Options”, Michigan Advance, 6/28/2021
“Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice Names New Leader”, Crain’s Detroit Business, 6/4/2021
“Beyond the Pointes: Modern Segregation Through Environmental Racism”, The Tower Pulse, 4/25/2021
“Chronic Health Problems Linked to Pollution Fuels Environmental Justice Movement” , Capital News Service, 4/16/2021
“How Detroit Hopes to Save the Decimated Neighborhood of Delray”, Detroit News, 12/9/2020
“Meet the People Paving the Way for Minorities in Detroit Construction”, Model D, 7/7/2020
“Maps Highlight Michigan Cities, Groups That Will Bear Brunt of Climate Change Effects”, University of Michigan, 11/6/2019
“There’s No Debating Environmental Racism in Detroit”, Sojourners, 8/2/2019
“Toward a Sustainable Detroit”, Detroit Metro Times, 4/11/2018
“GLISA Collaborates with Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice to Develop Detroit’s Climate Action Plan”, Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments, 10/26/2017
“Detroit’s Climate Action Plan”, Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments, 2017
“How Detroit’s Climate Change Activists are Using Science to Plan for a Warmer City”, Model D, 10/31/2016
“Announcing Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments: A New Initiative to Improve Air Quality in Detroit”, University of Michigan Healthy Environments Partnership
“Improving Air Quality in the Motor City”, University Research Corridor Newsletter
Archive: DWEJ in the News
“The Detroit Youth Climate Summit”, NOAA, Climate.gov, 11/28/2015
“How Motor City Mapping Became a Template for Citywide Collaboration”, Michigan Nonprofit Association, 2/13/2015
“Clearing the Air: Environmental Justice in Detroit”, The Michigan Daily, 11/4/2014
“Detroit Environmental Activist to Help Shape Inaugural United Nations Environmental Assembly”, MLive, 12/2/2013
“Detroiter Honored by White House Speaks Out on Environmental Justice”, Chicago Defender, 5/1/2013
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE NEWS: DETROIT & MICHIGAN
“Detroit Will Reduce Required Lead Inspections for Rentals After Council Approves Change”, Detroit Free Press, 10/26/2021
“How Segregation and Neglect Left Benton Harbor, Michigan with Toxic Water”, PBS, 10/21/2021
“Is Housing an Environmental Justice Issue? In Detroit, Yes.”, Planet Detroit, 10/6/2021
“City Council Protects Future of the Detroit Riverfront”, Bridge Detroit, 10/6/2021
“Sanders, Tlaib, Dingell Push for Infrastructure Improvements, Environmental Justice in Metro Detroit”, Detroit News, 8/28/2021
“I’ve Been Fighting Lead Exposure in Detroit Since the Mid-90’s. The Fight is Not Over.”, Planet Detroit, 8/26/2021
“Letter from the Editor: Our New Documetary Might Make You Uncomfortable, and That’s the Point”, MLive, 7/29/2021
“Not Just an Inconvenience – Study Shows Flooding is a Public Health Crisis in Detroit”, Detour Detroit, 6/15/2021
“The Dream and Reality of Environmental Justice on Display in Michigan”, Planet Detroit, 5/27/2021
“Seven Years Since the Start of the Flint Water Crisis: It’s a Journey”, Michigan Radio, 4/25/2021
“Michigan Regulators Will Consider Climate Change in Line 5 Decision”, Bridge Michigan, 4/21/2021
“Political Disenfranchisement is Fueling Environmental Injustice”, The Hill, 4/9/2021
“School Siting Report, Marathon Consent Order Address Concerns About Pollution in Schools”, Planet Detroit, 3/18/2021
“Examining and Assessing COVID-19 Racial Disparities in Detroit”, Brookings Institute, 3/2/2021
“Meet the Community the Stopped an Environmental Power Grab by the Trump Administration”, Earthjustice, 2/8/2021
“Seven Years Later, Former Governor Snyder and Other Officials Face Charges in Flint Water Crisis”, Michigan Radio, 1/14/2021
“How Air Pollution and Asthma Affect Kids in Detroit”, Detour Detroit, 6/18/2020
“Detroit’s Poor Air Quality Could be Worsening the City’s COVID-19 Outbreak”, Fox 2 Detroit, 4/14/2020
“How Racism and Poverty Made Detroit a New Coronavirus Hot Spot”, Vox, 4/10/2020
“Seven Years Since the Start of the Flint Water Crisis: It’s a Journey”, Michigan Radio, 4/25/2021
“Political Disenfranchisement is Fueling Environmental Injustice”, The Hill, 4/9/2021
“School Siting Report, Marathon Consent Order Address Concerns About Pollution in Schools”, Planet Detroit, 3/18/2021
“Examining and Assessing COVID-19 Racial Disparities in Detroit”, Brookings Institute, 3/2/2021
“Meet the Community the Stopped an Environmental Power Grab by the Trump Administration”, Earthjustice, 2/8/2021
“Seven Years Later, Former Governor Snyder and Other Officials Face Charges in Flint Water Crisis”, Michigan Radio, 1/14/2021
“How Air Pollution and Asthma Affect Kids in Detroit”, Detour Detroit, 6/18/2020
“Detroit’s Poor Air Quality Could be Worsening the City’s COVID-19 Outbreak”, Fox 2 Detroit, 4/14/2020
“How Racism and Poverty Made Detroit a New Coronavirus Hot Spot”, Vox, 4/10/2020
“Michigan Launches State’s First Environmental Justice Advisory Council”, Ecos.org, 1/31/2020
“Struggling to Breathe in 48217, Michigan’s Most Toxic ZIP Code”, Detroit Metro Times, 1/20/2020
“The Blackest City in the US is Facing an Environmental Justice Nightmare”, The Guardian, 1/9/2020
Archive: Detroit and Michigan
“The Federal Government Has Been Slow to Act on Climate Change. So Michigan Cities are Taking Charge”, WVPE Indiana Public Radio, 8/16/2019
“U-M Study Reveals Hot Spots of Environmental Injustice Across Michigan”, University of Michigan, 7/25/2019
“4.4 Million People in the U.S. are Exposed to Pollution from Waste Incinerators”, Tishman Environment and Design Center, 5/20/2019
“Updated: Detroit’s Garbage Incinerator is About to Belch its Final Cloud of Toxic Gas”, Detroit Metro Times, 3/27/2019
“Where Are We Headed in the Process of Sustaining a Cleaner Detroit. What’s Good for the Environment is Very Good for the City”, Detroit Is It, 7/10/2018
“EPA: Black and Poor Neighborhoods More Likely to Have High Air Pollution”, Detroit Metro Times, 2/26/2018
“Choking to Death in Detroit: Flint Isn’t Michigan’s Only Disaster”, Newsweek, 3/30/2016
“Flint’s Water Crisis is a Blatant Example of Environmental Injustice”, The Conversation, 1/22/2016
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE NEWS: NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL
“The Flood of 1921 Devastated San Antonio’s West Side – It Also Sparked a Latino Environmental Justice Movement”, Texas Public Radio, 9/3/2021
“Climate Change is the Most Critical Ennvironmental Justice Issue Facing the World Today”, National Catholic Reporter, 8/20/2021
“Floridians and Climate Change: Environmental Justice…Turns People Off. They Don’t Want to Face the Facts.”, WUSF Public Media, 7/28/2021
“Can Biden’s Justice40 Plan Deliver a Fairer Environment for People of Color?”, The Guardian, 6/2/2021
“FEMA Climate Grants Pose Challenges for Poor Communities”, E&E News, 6/1/2021
“A Conversation With White House Adviser and Environmental Justice Advocate Catherine Coleman Flowers”, Yale Climate Connections, 5/10/2021
“Treated Like Sacrifices: Families Breathe Toxic Fumes from California’s Warehouse Hub”, NBC News, 4/27/2021
“Bill C-230 Marks an Important First Step in Addressing Environmental Racism in Canada”, The Conversation, 4/27/2021
“Earth Day 2021: CERCLA and RCRA in the Biden Administration: Elevating Climate Change and Environmental Justice in Addressing Hazardous Wastes”, Mondaq, 4/27/2021
“County Will Provide Testing for Neighbors of Florida’s Lead Smelter”, Frontline, 4/22/2021
“Environmental Justice Award Winner: We Have a Right to Live in a Territory That For Us is Sacred”, National Catholic Reporter, 4/12/2021
“Plastic Pollution Disproportionately Hitting Marginalized Groups, UN Environment Report Finds”, UN News, 3/30/2021
“What You Need to Know About the New Massachusetts Climate Law”, WBUR.org, 3/26/2021
“Recognizing ‘Historic Tipping Point’, UN Begins Push Towards More Sustainable Energy Future”, UN News, 3/10/2021
“Environmental Racism in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ Must End, Say UN Human Rights Experts”, UN News, 3/2/2021
“How Biden’s Environmental Justice Order Might Work”, Scientific American, 2/16/2021
“Mapping Environmental Justice in the Biden-Harris Administration”, Center for American Progress, 2/4/2021
“America’s Dirty Divide: How Environmental Racism Leaves the Vulnerable Behind”, The Guardian, 2/11/2021
“Making the Case for Why New Jersey Needs this Landmark Environmental Justice Law”, NJ Spotlight News, 11/23/2020
“Escazú Agreement, Landmark Environmental Treaty, Expected to Enter into Force”, International Justice Resource Center, 11/17/2020
“The Racist Suffocation of Environmental Justice”, The Hill, 7/5/2020
“Two Different Realities: Why America Needs Environmental Justice”, CBS News, 6/12/2020
Archive: National and International
“Rural Americans’ Struggles Against Factory Farm Pollution Find Traction in Court”, The Conversation, 7/2/2018
“Sustainable Cities Need More Than Parks, Cafes and a Riverwalk”, The Conversation, 3/15/2018
“Urban Noise Pollution is Worst in Poor and Minority Neighborhoods and Segregated Cities”, The Conversation, 10/5/2017
“Is a Healthy Environment a Human Right? Testing the Idea in Appalachia”, The Conversation, 7/13/2017
“Why Environmental Groups Need More Volunteers of Color”, The Conversation 4/21/2017
“In Puerto Rico, Environmental Injustice and Racism Inflame Protests Over Coal Ash”, The Conversation, 12/8/2016
“An Environmentally Just City Works Best For All in the End”, The Conversation, 3/3/2016
“When it Comes to the Environment, Minority Communities Care About More Than Injustice”, The Conversation, 7/17/2015
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