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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Researching 60 years of winters in the Great Lakes finds trends toward warmer, wetter storms and more weather variability. -
Michigan is removing some of its abandoned and obsolete dams. The benefits include cleaning up pollution and restoring nature. -
It's been ten years since Toledo issued a 'don not drink' order for its water system for three days due to cyanobacterial blooms near its water intake in Lake Erie. The blooms are not any worse, but they are not any less. -
Dow is getting $120 million and tax exemptions as part of a package from the state of Michigan that Governor Gretchen Whitmer says will protect 5,000 jobs. -
AmeriCorps has created a Forest Corps as part of a larger effort to combat the effects of climate change. -
Michigan gets a $129 million US EPA grant to assist local governments and tribes in siting, zoning, and permitting utility-scale renewable energy projects. -
Hotter days make heat exhaustion a greater hazard for kids. Hotter days also can mean more ozone pollution and that leads to lung impairments. Unusual weather events, particularly storms that cause flooding, add stress to children's lives. -
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services trumpets improvements noted in a follow-up audit from the Office of the Auditor General, but said the OAG's report was a disservice to the public. -
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is using a couple of roving robots on tracks to sift through the sand on beaches, cleaning up debris. -
A University of Michigan study looked at data from more than 25,000 participants to see if long term exposure to air pollution had effects on elderly people's health. It found even those without chronic diseases from air pollution needed assistance from family or professionals for everyday living.
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Getting exposed every day to certain kinds of air pollution can lead to a higher risk of premature death if you’re over 65.That's the finding of a new… -
There are about 32,000 islands in the Great Lakes. Most are uninhabited. But for those who live year-round on about 30 of them, it can be an isolating… -
Invasive plants and animals are an expensive problem in the United States.Federal agencies spent more than $104 million last year to control them. But a… -
Scientists have created a vegan burger that bleeds like beef. It’s called the Impossible Burger and its creators argue it’s better for the planet. But… -
"When can we eat the fish?”That’s what the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula wants to know. Officials in Michigan issue fish… -
If you eat wild caught fish from Michigan, you might know about fish consumption advisories. They’re recommended limits on safe amounts of fish to eat,… -
Invasive species tend to do well in new places, and they can push out native species. There’s an assumption that they do better in the same kind of… -
Native plants are better for birds than non-native plants.That’s the main finding of a study on chickadees and the caterpillars they eat.Desiree Narango… -
People in northern Kent County have been dealing with the recent discovery of groundwater contamination for the past several months.Some residents still… -
We’ve heard a lot about honeybees and how important they are as pollinators. But bumblebees pollinate wildflowers and crops, too, and some kinds of…
