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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This is part one of a three part series on the reasons behind declining bird populations and how they are connected to humans. -
Listen to Lester Graham and Rebecca Williams's documentary about the health of bird populations, and how changes there could signal a change for us. -
The next time a solar eclipse's path of totality will pass through Michigan? September 14, 2099. -
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland spoke at the University of Michigan about climate change. She was repeatedly and persistently interrupted by a protester. -
Sleeping Bear Dunes, Pictured Rocks, the Seney National Wildlife Refuge, and the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge are expected to be hit by budget cuts. -
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a the plume of 1,4-dioxane spreading from the site of the former Gelman Sciences facility near Ann Arbor be added to the federal Superfund list. -
Michigan's job growth slowed in 2023, but is expected to add close to 38,000 jobs in 2024 and 57,500 additional jobs in 2025, according to University of Michigan economists. -
Legislation has been introduced to add the governor's office and the Legislature to government bodies subject to the state's Freedom of Information Act. -
Road and bridge builders want the 6% sales tax on fuel to go toward road and bridge infrastructure. The bulk of that tax currently goes to the School Aid Fund. -
An environmental group sees cuts in environmental issues within Governor Gretchen Whitmer's budget proposal that it feels need to be restored.
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Republicans who correct misinformation on climate change can be even more persuasive than scientists.Salil Benegal is an assistant professor of political… -
Some people in Michigan could feel the earthquake that happened last week in Ontario.It turns out, earthquakes east of the Rockies can be felt much… -
In the U.S., we waste about a pound of food per person per day. The things we throw away the most often? Fruits and vegetables.Lisa Jahns is a research… -
Piping plovers are little shorebirds, and they're an endangered species in the Great Lakes region. But they’re making a comeback thanks to conservation… -
In Michigan, we have laws in place that give the state the power to essentially rope off polluted areas instead of cleaning them up. Instead, those laws… -
At more than 1,600 sites across the state of Michigan, you can’t drink the groundwater. Well, you could, but it wouldn’t be safe or legal. These sites are… -
Earlier this month, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality approved a permit that allows the Nestle Corporation to pump up to 400 gallons of… -
Last week, Michigan Radio published a story about the Village of Beverly Hills, Michigan; a Detroit suburb located in southern Oakland County. The village… -
People who study birds are now using radar to make maps that can forecast migration at night. They say these maps could help by reducing the number of… -
Polychlorinated biphenyls are toxic chemicals that were widely used in industry until they were banned in the 1970s.PCBs can build up in fish.A new study…
