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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Most wind energy projects in Michigan are on farmland in the southern part of the state. They are often controversial even there, but one company wants to… -
Bacterial canker is a devastating tree disease that affects sweet cherry orchards around the country. There is currently no good way to treat it, but some… -
A decline in lake whitefish is pushing some tribal commercial fishermen out of Lakes Michigan and Huron. They’re spending more time in Lake Superior, the… -
The state has finished testing all the public water systems in Michigan for PFAS chemicals. Of more than a thousand municipal systems, 119 are… -
A lot of people assume a healthy diet is also good for the environment. A recently published study lends some credence to that conventional… -
Bees are disappearing. You might have heard that colony collapse disorder of European honeybees can nearly wipe out a hive. But native bees are also in… -
The partial federal government shutdown could have wide-ranging consequences for the Great Lakes. There already are some problems, but things could get… -
A combination of state and federal proposals to change protections of wetlands and streams could damage waterways. The Trump administration proposes to… -
Some cities in Michigan could lose half of all their trees due to disease or pests. Foresters are working to reduce the potential devastation.“So, I just… -
Soon, you’ll start seeing your energy bills start to rise each month because of the cold weather. That’s never fun. But, you might be paying a lot more…
