
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.
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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.
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The next time a solar eclipse's path of totality will pass through Michigan? September 14, 2099.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Flame retardant chemicals are in our furniture, in carpet padding, electronics and car seats, but they don’t stay put. They leach out of these products…
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Jennifer Gilchrist moved from New York City back home to the Detroit suburb of Beverly Hills in 2016. She moved to help take care of her mom Joellen, a…
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A Cleveland company that’s trying to build the first offshore wind farm on the Great Lakes has been waiting since last July for the state of Ohio to…
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When you think about greenhouse gasses that are driving our warming climate, maybe you think about power plants or your car. But lakes can release…
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People who battle sea lampreys are happy with the big spending bill President Trump signed on Friday.Lampreys are an invasive fish that drink the blood…
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Just 20% of Americans are responsible for 46% of the food-related greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. That’s one of the findings of a new study in the…
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Tracy Samilton also spoke with Morning Edition host Doug Tribou about the issues surrounding the transition to natural gas. The President of the United…
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A majority of Americans now say all levels of government need to act on climate change.That’s one finding from the latest survey in a series of National…
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The Trump administration has been in office for a little more than a year, and it’s done a lot to change the federal government’s stance on environmental…
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It’s been a tough flu season. Health experts are always looking for ways to outsmart the influenza virus.David Brenner thinks he’s found a new way: a type…