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Detroit's Water and Sewerage Department director said this is the type of project the city needs to prevent flooding from future climate-change-driven rain events.
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Detroit and other Michigan communities are getting $86 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help with flood recovery efforts. That’s after a major rainstorm last June flooded many basements, homes, and cars in parts of southeast Michigan.
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Democratic lawmakers have announced a plan to fund repairs to Michigan’s aging infrastructure. They’re calling a “bold” climate resilience plan and water…
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Water ran from a fire hydrant, down the street and into a recently redesigned street median in Detroit last week.It was both unassuming and a…
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Climate change in the Great Lakes region means more intense storms. Already some towns are finding they’re flooding where they never have before. One city…
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How can cities reduce flooding caused by increasingly intense rain storms?More often, it's flooding in areas not known for a lot of flooding in the past.…
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The 123-year old Whitney Mansion wastes a lot of electricity. But now the Detroit icon is going green. Let's just hope the ghost living there is okay with…
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An Upper Peninsula nonprofit group has received a federal grant for a "green infrastructure" project intended to protect Lake Superior waters near…
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Green infrastructure is the focus of a conference at Detroit’s Cobo Center this week.The people behind it say it’s time to start thinking differently…
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Major stretches of highway throughout Metro Detroit were flooded out Tuesday morning, after heavy rainfall Monday night.That’s likely a “new normal”…