
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 progeny of lake sturgeon from Michigan will be released into the Cuyahoga River at Cleveland, Ohio.
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Buying wetlands on the commercial market is expensive. The state of Michigan set up a program to give municipal road agencies a way to mitigate damage to wetlands more cheaply.
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The National Wildlife Federation says Enbridge did not follow procedures to apply for a wildlife habitat designation for corporations. Instead it used the application residents use to certify their backyards.
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Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller opposes the statewide monthly fee of $2, saying such a program already exists in her county. She wants the legislation to allow counties to opt-out.
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Environmentalists say the Ohio plan will not work because it doesn't hold agriculture responsible for the runoff from fields using manure from factory farms as fertilizer.
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Legislators are crafting a set of bills that would deal with a number issues regarding water affordability and ending water shut-offs for low income households.
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Business groups and environmental groups filed amicus briefs in a case the Supreme Court will settle regarding manure spreading on farm fields.
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Environmental groups have asked the Department of Energy to require an Environmental Impact Statement to ensure the shuttered Palisades nuclear plant is safe before giving it $1 billion dollars to restart the power plant.
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The National Science Foundation has awarded a $5 million grant to establish a center to research ways to make communities along water shared by countries more resilient to climate change.
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Phosphorus pollution feeds cyanobacterial blooms in the western basin of Lake Erie. Ohio submitted a plan to reduce phosphorus runoff, but many believe it will fail.
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A Canadian company will turn in a report tomorrow outlining whether it thinks a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac is a feasible option for its…
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Until recently, if a home solar array produced more electricity than the house used, it would go through the meter onto the grid. Residents with solar…
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Eleven years ago on a cold January day, volunteers for the Huron River Watershed Council, Rochelle Breitenbach and Mary Bajcz trudged through the snow and…
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Update: On June 18th, 2018, The Home Depot announced it would phase out paint stripping products containing methylene chloride and NMP by the end of the…
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The amount of tree cover in our cities is dropping, and we have more paved surfaces. Those are the main findings from a national study by the U.S. Forest…
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This time of year, it’s good to keep an eye out for turtles that might be slowly crossing the road.Lori Sargent is a wildlife biologist with the Michigan…
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Three communities in Michigan are taking a much closer look for lead in their drinking water this year.Those three are Houghton, home of Michigan Tech up…
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The Asian carp action plan for this year is out. It's the plan U.S. and Canadian agencies put together to try to stop carp from spreading.Charlie Wooley…
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The state's energy regulating agency has issued some decisions that should relieve some of the financial burden on large companies that want to become…
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The first major results are in from the American Gut Project. It’s a citizen science project to get a better understanding of the microbial communities…