🟢 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 20 (Good) – 2025-11-09 02:45 PM 🧪 🟢Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 20 | 🟢Ozone 19 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 5 🔗 planetdetroit.org/air-quality-...

🟢 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 26 (Good) – 2025-11-09 05:46 AM 🧪 🟢Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 26 | 🟢Ozone 15 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 6 🔗 planetdetroit.org/air-quality-...

🟡 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 62 (Moderate) – 2025-11-08 02:45 PM 🧪 🟡Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 62 | 🟢Ozone 22 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 5 🔗 planetdetroit.org/air-quality-...

🟢 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 36 (Good) – 2025-11-08 05:46 AM 🧪 🟢Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 36 | 🟢Ozone 7 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 14 🔗 planetdetroit.org/air-quality-...

A federal judge mandates full funding for SNAP benefits this month, following a challenge by cities and nonprofits against the Trump administration’s decision to fund 65% of the maximum benefit: planetdetroit.org/2025/11/judg...

A minor memo on the environment and trying times: A draconian immigration policy, non-functioning federal government and the environment. open.substack.com/pub/garyglx5...

DTE looks to fast-track OpenAI facility, while environmental advocates raise alarms over utilities’ plans to build more gas plants to meet massive energy needs of data centers: planetdetroit.org/2025/11/dte-...

🟢 Detroit AQI: Ozone at 23 (Good) – 2025-11-06 02:45 PM 🧪 🟢Ozone 23 | 🟢Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 23 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 9 🔗 planetdetroit.org/air-quality-...

🟢 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 29 (Good) – 2025-11-06 05:46 AM 🧪 🟢Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 29 | 🟢Ozone 16 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 8 🔗 planetdetroit.org/air-quality-...

Among some of the city’s urban farms, the SNAP pause spotlights a broader mission to make Detroit a food sovereign city: planetdetroit.org/2025/11/detr...

🟡 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 58 (Moderate) – 2025-11-05 02:46 PM 🧪 🟡Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 58 | 🟢Ozone 22 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 29 🔗 planetdetroit.org/air-quality-...

Detroiters make history by electing Mary Sheffield as the first female mayor, and choose Renata Miller and Denzel Anton McCampbell for open city council seats, BridgeDetroit and the Detroit Free Press report: planetdetroit.org/2025/11/detr...

Sheffield will take office in January and succeed three-term Mayor Mike Duggan, who is running for Michigan governor as an independent. planetdetroit.org/2025/11/detr...

The 290 confined animal feeding operations in the state produce 62.7 million pounds of waste daily, Michigan Advance reports: planetdetroit.org/2025/11/anim...

🟢 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (10 microns) at 29 (Good) – 2025-11-04 02:45 PM 🧪 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 29 | 🟢Ozone 26 | 🟢Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 25 🔗 planetdetroit.org/air-quality-...

It’s not clear exactly how much SNAP beneficiaries will receive, nor how quickly they will see value show up on the debit cards they use to buy groceries, the AP reports: planetdetroit.org/2025/11/part...

With federal SNAP benefits expired, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan allocates $1.75 million to bolster local food pantries, aiming to shield vulnerable residents from food insecurity. planetdetroit.org/2025/11/detr...

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After 25 years of fighting highway expansions, surviving a near-death bankruptcy crisis, and losing a regional transit millage by less than 1%, Transportation Riders United is gearing up for its next big battles. planetdetroit.org/2025/11/tran...

🟡 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 52 (Moderate) – 2025-11-03 05:45 AM 🧪 🟡Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 52 | 🟢Ozone 19 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 14 🔗 planetdetroit.org/air-quality-...

🟡 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 56 (Moderate) – 2025-11-02 02:45 PM 🧪 🟡Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 56 | 🟢Ozone 25 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 15 🔗 planetdetroit.org/air-quality-...

Eradajere Oleita’s Chip Bag Project, which upcycles used chip bags into sleeping bags, is set to expand its reach and impact with a $167,000 grant from the state. planetdetroit.org/2025/10/chip...

🟠 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 104 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups) – 2025-11-02 05:46 AM 🧪 🟠Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 104 | 🟢Ozone 9 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 43 🔗 planetdetroit.org/air-quality-...

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I interviewed 60 or so people in the last 6 years. Elected officials, authors, agency staff and ngo execs. Most worked but not all. The reasons for the interview-fails here. garyglx5.substack.com/p/why-interv...

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It wasn’t immediately clear how quickly the debit cards that beneficiaries use to buy groceries could be reloaded after the ruling. That process often takes one to two weeks, the AP reports: planetdetroit.org/2025/10/fede...

🟢 Detroit AQI: Ozone at 29 (Good) – 2025-10-31 02:45 PM 🧪 🟢Ozone 29 | 🟢Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 27 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 13 🔗 planetdetroit.org/air-quality-...

Why interviews fail: Desire for control, unrealistic expectations. A look back at the 10% of my interviews that didn't work. open.substack.com/pub/garyglx5...

Government shutdown and interruption of LIHEAP are only the latest issue for the utility assistance program, which had its staff cut by the Trump administration: planetdetroit.org/2025/10/lihe...

A Detroit firefighter was injured during the response to the June 30 fire at Aevitas Specialty Services, which took about seven hours to bring under control. planetdetroit.org/2025/10/detr...

The larger project aims to transform 165 acres of vacant, blighted land across the city into solar arrays that will generate enough clean energy to offset the power required for 127 municipal buildings, Michigan Public reports: planetdetroit.org/2025/10/detr...

🟢 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 43 (Good) – 2025-10-30 05:46 AM 🧪 🟢Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 43 | 🟢Ozone 15 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 11 🔗 planetdetroit.org/air-quality-...

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joins lawsuit that argues the suspension of SNAP benefits during federal shutdown is unlawful, Michigan Advance reports: planetdetroit.org/2025/10/snap...

In a bid to maintain air quality compliance status, Michigan’s environmental agency seeks to exclude four days of ozone data. buff.ly/hySkAdk

🟢 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 34 (Good) – 2025-10-29 05:47 AM 🧪 🟢Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 34 | 🟢Ozone 16 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 7 🔗 planetdetroit.org/air-quality-...

🟡 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 51 (Moderate) – 2025-10-28 02:45 PM 🧪 🟡Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 51 | 🟢Ozone 31 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 15 🔗 planetdetroit.org/air-quality-...

More than a third of SNAP households in Michigan have older adults while nearly half include children, the Detroit Free Press and BridgeDetroit report: planetdetroit.org/2025/10/mich...

The chair of Michigan’s utility regulator warns “lumpier” data center power demand growth could stick other customers with costs: planetdetroit.org/2025/10/data...

Detroit is back from the depths, its river is mired in the 1950s. A strong leader marshaled resources to clean up Milwaukee's toxic rivers. That leadership is lacking in Detroit and Michigan. garyglx5.substack.com/p/detroit-is...

🟢 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 39 (Good) – 2025-10-28 05:46 AM 🧪 🟢Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 39 | 🟢Ozone 19 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 6 🔗 planetdetroit.org/air-quality-...

🟢 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 47 (Good) – 2025-10-27 02:45 PM 🧪 🟢Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 47 | 🟢Ozone 29 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 12 🔗

“It’s such a unique neighborhood, and there’s a lot of work that needs to be done to come up with a fix that is equitable,” says Jefferson Chalmers resident Dan Piepszowski. planetdetroit.org/2025/10/jeff...

🟡 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 51 (Moderate) – 2025-10-27 05:46 AM 🧪 🟡Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 51 | 🟢Ozone 16 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 8 🔗

🟢 Detroit AQI: Ozone at 27 (Good) – 2025-10-26 02:46 PM 🧪 🟢Ozone 27 | 🟢Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 18 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 6 🔗

🟡 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 62 (Moderate) – 2025-10-26 05:45 AM 🧪 🟡Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 62 | 🟢Ozone 11 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 21 🔗

🟢 Detroit AQI: Ozone at 27 (Good) – 2025-10-25 02:45 PM 🧪 🟢Ozone 27 | 🟢Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 24 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 8 🔗

🟢 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 32 (Good) – 2025-10-25 05:46 AM 🧪 🟢Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 32 | 🟢Ozone 15 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 9 🔗

🟢 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 24 (Good) – 2025-10-24 02:46 PM 🧪 🟢Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 24 | 🟢Ozone 22 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 8 🔗

Congress approved $4 billion for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, but funding remains stalled with winter approaching. planetdetroit.org/2025/10/fede...