
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 Attorney General's office sued the Grand Rapids airport authority on behalf of EGLE over a dispute on responsibility for PFAS contamination.
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The Home Heating Credit is to help low-income families pay some of their heating expenses.
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The National Wildlife Federation verified it gave a portion of Talmadge Creek a "Certified Wildlife Habitat" for restoration from an Enbridge oil spill 13 years ago. It also called on the pipeline company to shut down its 70 year old Line 5 pipeline.
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Michigan is not taking advantage of a USDA grant and loan program for renewable energy and energy efficiency improvements.
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The five-county Metropark system is establishing more natural areas to slow stormwater to prevent flooding in neighborhoods and cities.
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As researchers learn more about the hazards of plastics and microplastics in the Great Lakes, it's becoming clear Canada and the U.S. need to cooperate in stopping the pollution.
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An appeals court ruled the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy did not go through all the steps required by law when it made its PFAS rule.
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Researchers are studying how much of cyanobacterial toxins become airborne. They say breathing in the toxins is much worse than ingesting them.
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Two decades of study reveals a complex combination of factors causing large cyanobacterial blooms and their toxicity. Government incentives to reduce nutrient pollution from farms have not been enough to solve the problem so far.
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A MiG-23 crashed in a Bellville, Michigan apartment complex parking lot after pilots ejected. The plane was finishing up a demonstration flight at the Thunder Over Michigan air show in Ypsilanti.
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How can cities reduce flooding caused by increasingly intense rain storms?More often, it's flooding in areas not known for a lot of flooding in the past.…
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What happens if your dog likes to swim in the lake, but there might be toxins in the water?It can happen in a local lake or somewhere like the western…
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Beaches along Lake Michigan are closed when E. coli bacteria gets too high. But a nasty critter found on the bottom of the lake might help keep the…
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New laws signed by Governor Rick Snyder last Friday set up commissions to oversee the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. Environmentalists say…
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Record rainfall devastated large parts of Houghton County earlier this month. Flash flooding killed a 12-year-old boy when the basement of his house…
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The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed tighter standards for lead in dust on floors and window sills. Lead dust can be a big source of lead…
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A new predator has emerged for a little shorebird in our region, the piping plover.Snowy owls often spend time out on Great Lakes beaches in the winter.…
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If you’ve ever tried to keep a raccoon out of your trash can, you know they’re smart. At my house, it takes a brick on top of the trash can and a bungee…
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A lot of economists like the idea of putting a price on the use of fossil fuels, as a way to tackle climate change.But it’s been a hard sell politically.A…
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The Environmental Protection Agency is starting to plan what’s next for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. We’re eight years into that huge cleanup…