
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 Michigan Aggregates Association wants mining approval taken from local governments and given to the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE).
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The U.S. EPA proposes federal baseline water quality standards for lakes and streams on reservations.
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Native American tribes are working with university researchers and others to determine why whitefish, an important source of protein, is declining.
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The State of Ohio has until June 30 to set restrictions. If it doesn't, the U.S. EPA is required to do it.
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Michigan DNR proposes adding rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks and others to lethal nuisance regulationsThe proposal would allow landowners to kill year-round in unlimited numbers animals that are about to damage property without first getting a permit.
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The University of Michigan will launch a center to retrain workers, help develop technology and do some of its own research and development in the electric vehicle field.
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Hundreds of trucks were allegedly altered both mechanically and via computer deletions to prevent emissions controls.
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Tick season is here. If you're in the great outdoors, you're advised to take precautions.
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Anesthesiologists are beginning to use anesthetics that don't contribute as greatly to climate change.
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The clean energy group Climate Power says Michigan will see thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in clean tech jobs.
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The monarch butterflies that are emerging right now in Michigan have a long trip ahead of them.They’ll fly several thousand miles to the oyamel fir…
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Lake whitefish are the most important commercial fish species in Michigan.But in the last decade, state biologists say fishers are harvesting about a…
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The creatures that live with us in cities – things like spiders, owls, lizards and mice – are evolving over time.A new set of studies in a special issue…
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Researchers have found that some of the most common reptiles and amphibians that people own as pets are also the most likely to be released into the…
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Public health experts want us to pay more attention to the effects of climate change on kids.Madeleine Thomson is a senior research scientist at the…
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Many Americans are ok with genetic engineering of animals if it benefits human health. But a lot of people oppose other uses of the technology. Those are…
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We have a rattlesnake in Michigan called the eastern massasauga. It’s listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.One of the threats…
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The global market for recycling has changed dramatically over the last year, and it’s already trickling down to what happens at the curb.China used to…
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Water use in the U.S. has dropped to its lowest level in about 45 years.But the U.S. Geological Survey found 12 states accounted for more than 50% of the…
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Scientists are creating an experimental warning system for meteotsunamis in the Great Lakes.Meteotsunamis are potentially dangerous waves that are driven…