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Air monitor data manipulated in proposed Delray slag facility permit, advocates claim
Particulate matter levels are already on the cusp of violating federal air quality limits in Delray. Dearborn-based concrete producer Edward C. Levy’s proposal discounts nearby air monitors in permit modeling.
The rains are coming. Metro Detroit is not prepared.
Local agencies are working to step up their leadership, collaborate, adopt updated rainfall data and funnel billions in infrastructure projects into the region. But it's unclear whether it will be enough to stem future flooding and loss of life and property.
Benton Harbor activists put spotlight on looming drinking water financial crisis in new report
New report says Benton Harbor’s already above-average water rates will need to be raised 20% every year for the next nine years to eliminate an annual operating deficit.
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