the environment report

Research out of Bowling Green State University studies bees in 10 cities in the U.S. It looks at how well different bee species tolerate heat and dehydration.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Environmentalists want reduced pollution from Holcim as part of its $30 billion spin-off of North American facilities, including those in Michigan.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is investigating a 69,000 gallon oil spill from Enbridge Line 6, about 60 miles west of Milwaukee.

This year’s issue of the EPA's annual report said the average fuel economy went up just over a mile per gallon from the previous year, to 27.1 miles per gallon in 2023.