
The Environment Report
The Environment Report, hosted by Lester Graham, explores the relationship between the natural world and the everyday lives of people in Michigan.
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The Republican-led House of Representatives is proposing to cut funds for the EPA, water distribution system repairs, and pollution cleanup.
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The Michigan park system had an estimated $300 million worth of deferred maintenance. ARPA money is providing $250 million worth of improvements.
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NOAA satellite images and a research vessel sampling Lake Erie water both found evidence of harmful algal blooms on July 5, a much earlier date than typical.
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Some foam on the river is caused by PFAS, a class of chemicals that can cause health effects after prolonged exposure.
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An oily sheen is spread a quarter mile along the Flint River at Whaley Park. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has staff on site.
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NOAA scientists and other researcher project that cyanobacterial blooms will not be a widespread this summer in the western basin of Lake Erie.
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Information about air quality is being updated via several government sites. Here's where you can go for answers and how the sites work.
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Federal protections for many wetlands have been removed. Some states have laws to protect those wetlands, but some are stronger than others.
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The USDA provides funding to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources which uses some of that money to kill beavers. The DNR believes beavers are destructive to trout streams.
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A federal judge ordered a segment of Line 5 to be moved within three years. Enbridge said it will appeal.
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State agencies in Michigan have issued a ‘Do Not Eat’ advisory for deer in Oscoda Township near the closed Wurtsmith Air Force Base.The state tested deer…
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The State of Michigan is finding industrial chemicals known as PFAS in the tissue of fish. So it's been issuing “Don’t Eat the Fish” advisories along…
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UPDATE: This story was updated at 3:53 p.m.This week, the Environment Report is looking at industrial chemicals called per- and polyfluoralkyl substances…
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This week, we’re looking at PFAS chemicals: they're industrial chemicals that have contaminated water sources around the state.PFAS chemicals are used to…
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One of the contaminated PFAS sites first documented in Michigan was in Oscoda Township near the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base. The base has been closed…
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There have been more news stories in recent months about water contamination from a group of industrial chemicals. PFAS chemical pollution seems to have…
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In recent months, the State of Michigan has found several places where drinking water and fish are contaminated by a class of chemicals called PFAS. This…
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Why this 2010 approval of a multi-million gallon Great Lakes water diversion is drawing new scrutinyWhen Peter Annin, director of the Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation at Northland College, was completing research for an updated version of his book…
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Riding a bike to work might be good for the environment, but automobile drivers are still getting used to the idea of sharing the road. Bicycling to work…
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The elk is an important Michigan symbol. It’s even on our state flag. But have you ever seen an elk in the wild in Michigan? Did you even know there are…