Carol Thompson
@carol-thompson.bsky.social
Detroit News environment reporter. I live on good soup and fine words.
A fascinating insight into our ridiculous consumption habits. Worth reading ahead of the holidays
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We Bought a 450-Pound Mystery Pallet Packed With Returned Goods From Amazon and Beyond. Here’s What We Found Inside.
Pallets of overstock, returned, and undelivered-mail packages are an indicator of just how much stuff there is in the retail ecosystem.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
A fascinating insight into our ridiculous consumption habits. Worth reading ahead of the holidays
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In national news, the Trump administration is set to approve a pesticide known as TFA, a known PFAS. The EPA plans to narrow the largest federal data collection on PFAS, and manufacturing groups reported to the DOJ and NEC on how state chemical laws are "harming" the economy.
In the latest PFAS news roundup:
690,000 customers in Pennsylvania are eligible for a water bill credit, a “cover-up” in Canada’s North Bay and Wisconsin legislators estimate pollution cleanup could cost several billion dollars.
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690,000 customers in Pennsylvania are eligible for a water bill credit, a “cover-up” in Canada’s North Bay and Wisconsin legislators estimate pollution cleanup could cost several billion dollars.
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$18M approved in bill credits for Pennsylvania customers in ‘forever chemicals’ settlement | Great Lakes Now
More PFAS news with a “cover-up” in Canada’s North Bay, and Wisconsin legislators estimating pollution cleanup could cost several billion dollars.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
In national news, the Trump administration is set to approve a pesticide known as TFA, a known PFAS. The EPA plans to narrow the largest federal data collection on PFAS, and manufacturing groups reported to the DOJ and NEC on how state chemical laws are "harming" the economy.
"Just after Christmas, on his birthday, JJ found his mom draped over her bed, lifeless. An autopsy would later confirm what she had feared: Preeclampsia killed her at 20 weeks pregnant."
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“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"Just after Christmas, on his birthday, JJ found his mom draped over her bed, lifeless. An autopsy would later confirm what she had feared: Preeclampsia killed her at 20 weeks pregnant."
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Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’, from @chicagotribune.com
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Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’, from @chicagotribune.com
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Love this. Detroit schools graduate returns home to revive the marching band at Cody High School. @detroitnews.com
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Detroit native strikes up the band again at Cody High School after 20 years
'Having a family outside the regular family': Cody's marching band made its on-field debut last month for the homecoming football game. Next is jamboree at Cass, then Florida parade.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Love this. Detroit schools graduate returns home to revive the marching band at Cody High School. @detroitnews.com
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🚢 The Edmund Fitzgerald went down 50 years ago in Lake Superior, but she isn't just an Up North story.
The Big Fitz was forged on the Detroit River and was a celebrity from the start.
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The Big Fitz was forged on the Detroit River and was a celebrity from the start.
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'Larger than life': How the Edmund Fitzgerald legend was forged in Metro Detroit
The story of the Edmund Fitzgerald still resonates 50 years after it sank off the coast of the Upper Peninsula's Whitefish Point on Nov. 10, 1975.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🚢 The Edmund Fitzgerald went down 50 years ago in Lake Superior, but she isn't just an Up North story.
The Big Fitz was forged on the Detroit River and was a celebrity from the start.
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
The Big Fitz was forged on the Detroit River and was a celebrity from the start.
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Turkeys are terrorizing University of Michigan's north campus. Mechanical engineering students are developing AI-driven robot dogs to chase them away.
"They come at you with the intent to peck... They will chase you off the sidewalk."
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"They come at you with the intent to peck... They will chase you off the sidewalk."
🦃🦃🦃
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Turkeys have come to town, but they aren't always great neighbors
Turkeys are getting bolder and causing conflict in some Detroit area cities. University of Michigan students are developing a robot to stop this.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Turkeys are terrorizing University of Michigan's north campus. Mechanical engineering students are developing AI-driven robot dogs to chase them away.
"They come at you with the intent to peck... They will chase you off the sidewalk."
🦃🦃🦃
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"They come at you with the intent to peck... They will chase you off the sidewalk."
🦃🦃🦃
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The Edmund Fitzgerald became legend when she sank 50 years ago, but she was always an icon. 🚢
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'Larger than life': How the Edmund Fitzgerald legend was forged in Metro Detroit
The story of the Edmund Fitzgerald still resonates 50 years after it sank off the coast of the Upper Peninsula's Whitefish Point on Nov. 10, 1975.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The Edmund Fitzgerald became legend when she sank 50 years ago, but she was always an icon. 🚢
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A Michigan elected official is married to a neo-Nazi influencer. Some of her constituents have a problem with that.
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A Michigan elected official is married to a neo-Nazi. Some constituents have a problem with that.
Meghyn Booth says she didn’t know she was married to a neo-Nazi influencer, not exactly.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
A Michigan elected official is married to a neo-Nazi influencer. Some of her constituents have a problem with that.
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BREAKING: Food assistance to be delayed in Michigan amid federal shutdown
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Food assistance to be delayed in Michigan amid federal shutdown
Food benefits for 1.4 million Michiganians will be delayed next month due to insufficient funding during the federal government shutdown.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
BREAKING: Food assistance to be delayed in Michigan amid federal shutdown
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Hear me out: maybe internet-enabled mattresses are a little much.
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Smart beds flipped out during the AWS outage, and so did their sleepy owners
As the outage caused cloud servers to fail, people reported being awoken in discomfort by beds that locked in an upright incline, became unbearably warm, blinked flashing lights or even sounded a wake...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Hear me out: maybe internet-enabled mattresses are a little much.
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The Trump administration is planning a mass layoff of federal employees who conduct research of Great Lakes fisheries.
Federal layoffs would gut Great Lakes fisheries research center
The Trump administration is planning a mass layoff of federal employees who conduct research of Great Lakes fisheries.
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October 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The Trump administration is planning a mass layoff of federal employees who conduct research of Great Lakes fisheries.
In 2023, a Detroit child, DJ, died from an asthma attack.
He grew up near industry. He died during a summer when wildfire smoke hung over Michigan.
He and others affected by pollution are among those honored in the DIA's annual Dia de Muertos ofrendas exhibit.
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He grew up near industry. He died during a summer when wildfire smoke hung over Michigan.
He and others affected by pollution are among those honored in the DIA's annual Dia de Muertos ofrendas exhibit.
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DIA's Dia de Muertos altar honors Detroit child, others killed by pollution
Three Wayne County residents are honored at a Detroit arts museum exhibit after their deaths were attributed to industrial pollution.
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October 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
In 2023, a Detroit child, DJ, died from an asthma attack.
He grew up near industry. He died during a summer when wildfire smoke hung over Michigan.
He and others affected by pollution are among those honored in the DIA's annual Dia de Muertos ofrendas exhibit.
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
He grew up near industry. He died during a summer when wildfire smoke hung over Michigan.
He and others affected by pollution are among those honored in the DIA's annual Dia de Muertos ofrendas exhibit.
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
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I enjoyed speaking with @carol-thompson.bsky.social for her story on Michigan's current drought. The impacts are real, especially for lake and river levels in central and southern Michigan.
October 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I enjoyed speaking with @carol-thompson.bsky.social for her story on Michigan's current drought. The impacts are real, especially for lake and river levels in central and southern Michigan.
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The #Detroit Catholic church, whose mural of a Black Jesus Christ gained international acclaim and violent threats, is shutting down. The fate of the building and renowned mural are unknown. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
Detroit church with Black Jesus mural to close, though family would like to see it saved
The image of Black Christ painted in 1968 has garnered worldwide acclaim and violent threats for St. Charles Lwanga, formerly known as St. Cecilia.
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October 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The #Detroit Catholic church, whose mural of a Black Jesus Christ gained international acclaim and violent threats, is shutting down. The fate of the building and renowned mural are unknown. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
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22-year-old made detailed plans for a mass shooting. Police stopped him just in time.
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22-year-old made detailed plans for a mass shooting. Police stopped him just in time.
Mack Davis wanted to shoot people, he wrote in a manifesto taken by police. Muslims and Jews. Schoolchildren and supermarket shoppers. Gays and lesbians. Police stopped him before he got the chance.
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October 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
22-year-old made detailed plans for a mass shooting. Police stopped him just in time.
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reducing meat and dairy consumption will also improve water quality issues like algal blooms in the #GreatLakes: theconversation.com/how-your-die...
October 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
reducing meat and dairy consumption will also improve water quality issues like algal blooms in the #GreatLakes: theconversation.com/how-your-die...
The “planetary health diet” could slow climate warming, protect biodiversity and extend lives.
And (IMO) it's pretty moderate - one serving each of animal protein and dairy per day while limiting red meat to about once a week.
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And (IMO) it's pretty moderate - one serving each of animal protein and dairy per day while limiting red meat to about once a week.
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A recipe for avoiding 15 million deaths a year and climate disaster is fixing food, scientists say
Scientists are presenting new evidence that the worst effects of climate change can’t be avoided without a major transformation of food systems.
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October 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The “planetary health diet” could slow climate warming, protect biodiversity and extend lives.
And (IMO) it's pretty moderate - one serving each of animal protein and dairy per day while limiting red meat to about once a week.
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And (IMO) it's pretty moderate - one serving each of animal protein and dairy per day while limiting red meat to about once a week.
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Doctors had to wait to mourn the victims of the Grand Blanc church attack. More patients were coming.
"I have told a lot of people, words cannot describe the feeling. We really shouldn’t have to go through this in any community."
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"I have told a lot of people, words cannot describe the feeling. We really shouldn’t have to go through this in any community."
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'Wounds you never see in Grand Blanc': Doctors share trials of treating attack victims
A Henry Ford Genesys Hospital emergency resident called to warn his fellow physicians of the mass shooting in Grand Blanc Township.
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October 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Doctors had to wait to mourn the victims of the Grand Blanc church attack. More patients were coming.
"I have told a lot of people, words cannot describe the feeling. We really shouldn’t have to go through this in any community."
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"I have told a lot of people, words cannot describe the feeling. We really shouldn’t have to go through this in any community."
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Beth LeBlanc's years-long reporting on a 2022 legislative earmark won the inaugural SPJ Detroit A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism.
Detroit News' LeBlanc wins SPJ prize for investigative reporting
Beth LeBlanc's years-long reporting on a 2022 legislative earmark won the inaugural SPJ Detroit A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism.
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September 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Beth LeBlanc's years-long reporting on a 2022 legislative earmark won the inaugural SPJ Detroit A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism.
Oh no, I meant “Michiganians.” Don’t tell @chadlivengood.bsky.social.
Whitmer directs state officials to ensure Michiganders who want the COVID-19 vaccine can get it.
“According to medical experts, vaccines remain the most effective way to stay healthy,” she said.
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“According to medical experts, vaccines remain the most effective way to stay healthy,” she said.
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Whitmer takes steps to ensure access to COVID-19 vaccines in Michigan
She signed an executive directive Wednesday.
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September 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Oh no, I meant “Michiganians.” Don’t tell @chadlivengood.bsky.social.
Whitmer directs state officials to ensure Michiganders who want the COVID-19 vaccine can get it.
“According to medical experts, vaccines remain the most effective way to stay healthy,” she said.
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“According to medical experts, vaccines remain the most effective way to stay healthy,” she said.
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Whitmer takes steps to ensure access to COVID-19 vaccines in Michigan
She signed an executive directive Wednesday.
www.detroitnews.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Whitmer directs state officials to ensure Michiganders who want the COVID-19 vaccine can get it.
“According to medical experts, vaccines remain the most effective way to stay healthy,” she said.
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“According to medical experts, vaccines remain the most effective way to stay healthy,” she said.
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Spot the difference
September 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Spot the difference
Clean air is important for kids, especially kids with asthma or other breathing issues.
That's why a Detroit nonprofit is installing air monitors and purifiers in Detroit daycares.
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That's why a Detroit nonprofit is installing air monitors and purifiers in Detroit daycares.
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With Detroit day cares housing kids at-risk of asthma, a nonprofit has stepped up
In some Detroit neighborhoods, nearly 20% of kids have asthma.
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September 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Clean air is important for kids, especially kids with asthma or other breathing issues.
That's why a Detroit nonprofit is installing air monitors and purifiers in Detroit daycares.
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
That's why a Detroit nonprofit is installing air monitors and purifiers in Detroit daycares.
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Porcha Woodruff, who was eight months pregnant, spent 10 hours in jail after she was arrested at her suburban Detroit home in February 2023.
Woman wrongly accused of carjacking loses lawsuit against Detroit police who used facial tech
Porcha Woodruff, who was eight months pregnant, spent 10 hours in jail after she was arrested at her suburban Detroit home in February 2023.
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September 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Porcha Woodruff, who was eight months pregnant, spent 10 hours in jail after she was arrested at her suburban Detroit home in February 2023.