Air quality in Detroit ranked among the worst worldwide this week after air pollution from the Canadian wildfires spread, according to government air quality data.
A common complaint from Detroit residents who live near industrial areas is concerns about their health and questions of air quality are a recurring theme.
Detroit has a problem with bad air. But how bad is it, and where are the hotspots? Gaps in air quality monitoring mean we often don’t know. But some community members are trying to fix that.
The city of Detroit turned down a Pontiac company's proposal to build an asphalt mixing facility Tuesday after receiving a flood of opposition letters.Detroit's Buildings, Safety Engineering and Environmental Department got 200 emails against and three letters in favor of Asphalt Specialists Inc.'s…