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 State of Michigan's economic development agency hands out $87.5 million for business and industry projects. -
New research could synthesize the biological antifreeze chemicals that keep some frogs, insects, and fish from freezing in extreme cold. The potential is environmentally-friendly de-icers. -
The State of Michigan is using $3.65 million to establish or restore wetland areas. Ducks Unlimited is administering the program. A request for proposals has been issued. -
The Michigan legislature is considering a bill that would require farm equipment manufacturers to make specialized tools and software available to farmers and third party repair shops instead of forcing farmers to get service from a dealership. -
A University of Michigan study compared the costs of buying and owning electric, hybrid, and gasoline vehicles in 14 U.S. cities, including Detroit. -
Students studied the Maple River near the University of Michigan Biological Station to understand what happens to a stream and its ecology when a dam is removed. -
The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community would get $34 million if legislation passed by the U.S. Senate is approved by the House and signed by President Joe Biden. -
The Michigan State of the Great Lakes 2023 report outlines concerns and some potential solutions for the lakes and the watersheds that feed them. -
Michigan won't reach the phosphorus reduction goal by 2025 as planned. It's uncertain when it might attain that goal to help reduce cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Erie. -
The Great Lakes Compact is an agreement approved by the eight Great Lakes states, Ontario, Quebec, and the federal governments of Canada and the U.S. to restrict water withdrawals from the lakes.
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It’s not just the mosquito bite that’s a problem. When a mosquito bites you, it also drools on you.Silke Paust is an assistant professor of pediatrics at… -
The last two wolves on Isle Royale are still hanging on. The wolf-moose research study on the wilderness island in Lake Superior is now in its 60th year,… -
A majority of Americans say the federal government isn’t doing enough to protect air and water quality.That’s the latest from a national Pew Research… -
We’re coming up on the time of year when people will be testing lakes for toxic blooms of cyanobacteria.Jason Deglint wants to speed up that testing… -
Fishermen in northern Michigan say the federal government is doing nothing while double-crested cormorants eat up fish the anglers would like to catch.… -
There are five new invasive species on the “least wanted list.”That’s a list the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers puts together. The… -
A lot of cities have pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the wake of President Trump's decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate… -
Air quality has gotten better in the U.S. over the last several decades.But more recently, nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide emissions have not been… -
Microplastic pollution appears to affect creatures at the bottom of the food web the most. That’s one of the main takeaways from an analysis of 43 studies… -
An invasive insect is attacking hemlock trees in Michigan and along the East Coast. The hemlock woolly adelgid is an aphid-like bug, and it can kill…
