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🟡 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 72 (Moderate) – 2025-12-31 05:46 AM

🧪 🟡Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 72 | 🟢Ozone 19 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 14

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December 31, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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On @planetdetroit.org's 2026 priority coverage list, this - "more (Detroit) residents face the threat of water shutoffs — a public health disaster that the pandemic only temporarily halted." It was 2014 when the U.N. came to Detroit to document the harm incurred by shutoffs. And still....
December 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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In case you need another reason to not drink bottled water…
People Who Drink Bottled Water on a Daily Basis Ingest 90,000 More Microplastic Particles Each Year
Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who ...
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December 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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🟡 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 52 (Moderate) – 2025-12-30 02:45 PM

🧪 🟡Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 52 | 🟢Ozone 32 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 19

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December 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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🟢 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 40 (Good) – 2025-12-30 05:45 AM

🧪 🟢Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 40 | 🟢Ozone 33 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 9

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December 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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🟡 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 52 (Moderate) – 2025-12-29 02:46 PM

🧪 🟡Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 52 | 🟢Ozone 20 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 21

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December 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Gretchen Whitmer's water legacy: Lofty campaign pledges ring hollow as lame duck year nears. "I think we've been lousy stewards of water."
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Gretchen Whitmer's water legacy
Lofty campaign pledges ring hollow as lame duck year nears
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December 29, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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🟡 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 58 (Moderate) – 2025-12-29 05:45 AM

🧪 🟡Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 58 | 🟢Ozone 7 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 4

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December 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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🟡 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 60 (Moderate) – 2025-12-28 02:45 PM

🧪 🟡Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 60 | 🟢Ozone 6 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 10

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December 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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🟡 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 80 (Moderate) – 2025-12-28 05:46 AM

🧪 🟡Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 80 | 🟢Ozone 14 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 23

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December 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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🟡 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 61 (Moderate) – 2025-12-27 02:45 PM

🧪 🟡Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 61 | 🟢Ozone 25 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 7

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December 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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🟡 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 55 (Moderate) – 2025-12-27 05:46 AM

🧪 🟡Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 55 | 🟢Ozone 20 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 6

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December 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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🟡 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 52 (Moderate) – 2025-12-26 02:46 PM

🧪 🟡Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 52 | 🟢Ozone 19 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 6

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December 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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🟢 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 42 (Good) – 2025-12-26 05:45 AM

🧪 🟢Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 42 | 🟢Ozone 25 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 5

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December 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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🟡 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 54 (Moderate) – 2025-12-25 02:45 PM

🧪 🟡Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 54 | 🟢Ozone 28 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 9

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December 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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🟡 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 73 (Moderate) – 2025-12-25 05:46 AM

🧪 🟡Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 73 | 🟢Ozone 17 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 21

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December 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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🟡 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 66 (Moderate) – 2025-12-24 02:46 PM

🧪 🟡Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 66 | 🟢Ozone 20 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 15

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December 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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🟡 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 68 (Moderate) – 2025-12-24 05:46 AM

🧪 🟡Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 68 | 🟢Ozone 9 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 20

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December 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Legislation unlikely to advance without ballot measure to rein in DTE and Consumers’ influence over the political process, environmental advocate says. planetdetroit.org/2025/12/mich...
'Erosion of trust': Michigan legislators push back on flood of data center proposals
Michigan lawmakers propose data center bills as protests highlight water, energy, and transparency issues.
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December 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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🟡 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 71 (Moderate) – 2025-12-23 02:45 PM

🧪 🟡Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 71 | 🟢Ozone 16 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 25

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December 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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🟡 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 55 (Moderate) – 2025-12-23 05:45 AM

🧪 🟡Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 55 | 🟢Ozone 17 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 14

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December 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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🟡 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 76 (Moderate) – 2025-12-22 02:45 PM

🧪 🟡Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 76 | 🟢Ozone 9 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 32

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December 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Here’s a rundown of the stories we reported on this year. planetdetroit.org/2025/12/look...
Looking back on 2025: A year of reckoning for Michigan's environment
We won't sugarcoat it. 2025 was tough: for Michigan communities facing down data centers, bursting pipes, drinking water threats, flooding and industrial
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December 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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🟡 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 69 (Moderate) – 2025-12-22 05:45 AM

🧪 🟡Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 69 | 🟢Ozone 4 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 18

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December 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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🟡 Detroit AQI: Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) at 55 (Moderate) – 2025-12-21 02:46 PM

🧪 🟡Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 55 | 🟢Ozone 28 | 🟢Particle Pollution (10 microns) 14

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Air Quality in Michigan and Metro Detroit
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December 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM