
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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Researching 60 years of winters in the Great Lakes finds trends toward warmer, wetter storms and more weather variability.
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Michigan is removing some of its abandoned and obsolete dams. The benefits include cleaning up pollution and restoring nature.
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It's been ten years since Toledo issued a 'don not drink' order for its water system for three days due to cyanobacterial blooms near its water intake in Lake Erie. The blooms are not any worse, but they are not any less.
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Dow is getting $120 million and tax exemptions as part of a package from the state of Michigan that Governor Gretchen Whitmer says will protect 5,000 jobs.
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AmeriCorps has created a Forest Corps as part of a larger effort to combat the effects of climate change.
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Michigan gets a $129 million US EPA grant to assist local governments and tribes in siting, zoning, and permitting utility-scale renewable energy projects.
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Hotter days make heat exhaustion a greater hazard for kids. Hotter days also can mean more ozone pollution and that leads to lung impairments. Unusual weather events, particularly storms that cause flooding, add stress to children's lives.
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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services trumpets improvements noted in a follow-up audit from the Office of the Auditor General, but said the OAG's report was a disservice to the public.
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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is using a couple of roving robots on tracks to sift through the sand on beaches, cleaning up debris.
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A University of Michigan study looked at data from more than 25,000 participants to see if long term exposure to air pollution had effects on elderly people's health. It found even those without chronic diseases from air pollution needed assistance from family or professionals for everyday living.
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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…