green infrastructure

Climate expert Mike Shriberg said flood events are becoming increasingly frequent and intense in Michigan. He spoke about how to prepare for and prevent future flooding.

The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department will add 24 new bioretention gardens in the Brightmoor neighborhood on the city’s west side. Bioretention gardens use permeable soils and other landscaping techniques to absorb excess rainfall that can otherwise overload the combined sewer system during significant rainfall.

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.

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.

Democratic lawmakers have announced a plan to fund repairs to Michigan’s aging infrastructure. They’re calling a “bold” climate resilience plan and water…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

An Upper Peninsula nonprofit group has received a federal grant for a "green infrastructure" project intended to protect Lake Superior waters near…