Jena Brooker

In Detroit, over the last decade, five companies - three owned by Marathon Petroleum - have received 28 exemptions under the law, equaling about $46 million.

A 1965 law exempts facilities that install air pollution control equipment from property taxes.

Cities in Michigan lose big tax revenue from pollution-control tax breaks, and many do not track what they give up.

These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. The abandoned house next door meant a lot to Christina Kary.

After a Moroun-owned company erected a concrete plant in a quiet neighborhood with the aid of the city, residents began battling clouds of dust and other problems. They say local and state officials have been little help.

Crown Enterprises acquired 160+ lots in historically Black Cadillac Heights. Longtime residents face dust, noise, and industrial expansion.

The Thečhíȟila Collective is transforming long-vacant Detroit land into a growing Native community space. In July, land bank threatened to take the property back, alleging the collective failed to provide a required update in a third “final demand” letter sent to the wrong mailing and email addresses.

The free two-hour course is part of a quarterly series the city launched earlier this year in partnership with the Green Door Initiative to offer air quality training in each council district.

The building, located at Oakland Avenue Urban Farm, is the first of several food resiliency hubs that the emerging nonprofit Detroit Food LOOP plans to create to give Detroiters more control over their own food systems.

With climate change, the air can hold more moisture, leading to more extreme weather events.