
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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Smaller and less complex nuclear power plants are being considered at sites across the country.
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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources required hunters to report kills rather than relying on a mailed survey to a sampling of hunters.
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Outdated federal water laws and chemicals that were approved for industry without assessing for risk leave Ann Arbor and other communities struggling to ward off water contaminants before they foul drinking water supplies.
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Washtenaw County residents are concerned about a proposed rock, sand, and gravel mine.
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A new report suggests Michigan and Ohio will fail to reduce nutrient runoff by 40% as agreed upon.
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Renewable energy such as solar and wind are well known, but without efficient systems such as geothermal, energy is wasted.
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Years-long droughts in the West have those states eyeing the Midwest for water.
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Heavy industrial activity has been operating along parts of the Detroit and Rouge rivers for decades. The legacy it's left is up to 5.1 million cubic meters of contaminated sediment.
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Consumers Energy is submitting a draft habitat conservation plan and draft environmental assessment about minimizing deaths and supporting habitats of endangered bats.
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The next phase of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative will include working with people, public health, and economic impacts.
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On Thursday, environmental groups and Native Americans plan to present Enbridge Energy with symbolic eviction notices. They want Enbridge to abide by…
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When Monica Evans gets together with her friends they talk economics, politics, the weather. They also discuss a subject that arises periodically in the…
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Enbridge Energy technically has one more day to shut down the Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac, but even the pipeline’s most vocal opponents…
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There’s been a lot of news about the amount of plastic debris in the oceans. But plastic pollution is also affecting the Great Lakes. A study out of the…
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Microplastic pollution has been building up in the Great Lakes for at least four decades, but our understanding of its impact on fish and other aquatic…
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Access to ample water supplies could make Michigan a climate refuge. That scenario is attracting considerable attention in the Great Lakes State.But…
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Building, maintaining, and operating a water and sewer system is generally the most expensive item on a small town’s budget.The U.S. Department of…
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Dana Serafin still hauls in 20,000-pound boatloads of whitefish to supply regional restaurants and markets, but in recent years, the Saginaw Bay fisherman…
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Right now, scientists are on a ship taking samples and measurements of the Great Lakes. They’re trying to determine how the lakes will fare this year and…
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Diminished surface ice is just the beginning: Climate change is warming Lake Michigan and other big lakes all the way down to their chilly depths,…