This week: Belle Isle’s koi get temporary housing during renovations, Michigan Republicans push to weaken wetland protections, and Brush Park Manor residents endure heat without A/C.
Read the full news roundup: https://planetdetroit.org/2026/06/michigan-environmental-news-belle-isle-koi/
U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Debbie Dingell back legislation to restore federal water assistance that helped 1.5 million households during the pandemic. Read more: https://planetdetroit.org/2026/06/dingell-tlaib-federal-water-assistance/
Planet Detroit will explore the East Canfield Art Park in a picnic tour at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 20. Learn more here: https://planetdetroit.org/2026/06/detroit-east-canfield-art-park/
Candidates in the closely watched Senate race need to offer specific plans for addressing data centers, environmental advocates say:
https://planetdetroit.org/2026/06/data-centers-michigan-senate-primary/
Detroit City Council approves a hotly debated $130-million pump station project in Jefferson Chalmers. Read the story reported with our partners at BridgeDetroit: https://planetdetroit.org/2026/06/glwa-jefferson-chalmers-pump-station/
After 20 years in Detroit's entertainment industry, Sarah Johnson is trading event planning for writing. She joins Planet Detroit's Neighborhood Reporting Lab.
https://planetdetroit.org/2026/04/sarah-johnson-career-shift-writing/
Jeremy Rosenberg's nonprofit Mezuzah is bringing a micro market and coffee shop to Detroit's Northwest Goldberg neighborhood, addressing food access while building Jewish community.
https://planetdetroit.org/2026/05/jewish-nonprofit-detroit-community/
After losing family members to mold-related illness in her Detroit home, Najmah Anderson is channeling grief into storytelling, documenting environmental injustice in her community.
https://planetdetroit.org/2026/05/how-black-mold-and-flooding-shaped-one-detroiters-fight-for-community-health/
Highland Park resident and filmmaker Jamela Lugo-Thomas is documenting the city's water crisis as part of Planet Detroit's Neighborhood Reporting Lab.
https://planetdetroit.org/2026/03/highland-park-filmmaker-water-crisis-documentary/
Detroit researcher leads first systematic study of Alzheimer's prevalence among Arab and Middle Eastern Americans in Metro Detroit, addressing decades of statistical invisibility.
https://planetdetroit.org/2026/05/detroit-researcher-uncovers-hidden-dementia-crisis-in-arab-american-communities/