
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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Researchers at the University of Waterloo are using "bacterial sex" to program bacteria found in wastewater plants to break down microplastics.
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Scientific agencies around the world, including NASA and NOAA report 2024 was the hottest year on record. Climate change is costing society in higher insurance rates, higher food costs, and more.
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The State of the Great Lakes report includes a number of accomplishments and jobs still ahead for improving the environment and the well-being of the people who drink, fish, and swim in the waters.
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Jimmy Carter interviewed by Lester Graham in 1997 regarding Carter's views on religion and politics.
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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will teach people how to identify birds at a class to be held near Kalamazoo in February during the Great Backyard Bird Count.
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HUD reported chronic homelessness jumped more than 12 percent from 2022 to 2023. Some Michigan shelters report they’ve seen a greater spike since then.
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In the past, it was suggested you could dispose of your old Christmas tree in a pond, lake, or stream for fish habitat. Conservationists now suggest you find other ways to dispose of it.
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Invasive sea lamprey damage or kill Great Lakes fish. The COVID pandemic reduced the ability to implement population control efforts. Now sea lamprey populations are higher.
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The National Audubon Society's annual Christmas Bird Count is underway until January 5. Coordinated visits to hundreds of sites in the U.S. and Canada to count birds depend on volunteers. There are about 80 sites in Michigan and more than 70 in Ohio.
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Environmentalists want reduced pollution from Holcim as part of its $30 billion spin-off of North American facilities, including those in Michigan.
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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,…