the environment report

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 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.

After legal challenges from environmental groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to reconsider its decision to not protect the Kirtland's snake under the Endangered Species Act.

Michigan has a pilot program to restore a large wetland area to reduce fertilizer runoff from getting into Lake Erie because it feeds toxic cyanobacterial blooms that spread in the western basin each year.

The U.S. Forest Service is promoting its second round of funding for planting trees in urban areas. Tackling the inequity of how government has not included local communities in discussions about planting trees in their neighborhoods is a priority.

Join Michigan Public’s Environment Report host Lester Graham along with documentary co-host Rebecca Williams at this live discussion as we look at what’s happening to water birds. Birds are considered sentinel species: and scientists say what’s happening to birds can have implications for human health.

An environmental group sees cuts in environmental issues within Governor Gretchen Whitmer's budget proposal that it feels need to be restored.