
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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Methane is one of the big three greenhouse gasses, next to carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide.Peter Groffman is a professor at the City University of New…
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Dry months of the year have been getting hotter in large parts of the U.S.Felicia Chiang is the lead author of a new study on droughts and climate change,…
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If you’re out on a lake this summer and you stumble on a blob that looks like an alien life form, it could actually be a good thing.Jo Latimore got an…
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It’s breeding season for monarch butterflies, and government officials from the U.S., Canada and Mexico want your help collecting data on them.The second…
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Asbestos is known to cause cancer. It’s banned for some uses in the U.S., but it’s not entirely banned.The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a…
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There's a scene in the 1967 film The Graduate where a well-meaning friend of the family pulls Dustin Hoffman's character aside at his graduation party,…
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The state Legislature is considering bills that would speed up wetland restoration in Michigan.“Wetlands are nature’s answer to a lot of our societal woes…
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More than 16,000 ticks have arrived in Nate Nieto’s mailbox.He’s an associate professor of microbiology at Northern Arizona University, and he launched a…
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Wind energy became popular because it can reduce the need for polluting coal and gas generated electricity. But, things are shifting now.“The primary…
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New tariffs are putting some Michigan newspapers and printers at risk of going out of business.There’s more than a little irony in the fact that a state…