
Great Lakes in Peril: Invasives, pollution, climate change
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The Environment Report, hosted by Lester Graham and other Michigan Radio reporters, explores the relationship between the natural world and the everyday lives of people in Michigan.

When you visit one of the Great Lakes, whether it’s a sandy beach or a rocky coastline, it’s hard to imagine how something so big could be a...

On Thursday, environmental groups and Native Americans plan to present Enbridge Energy with symbolic eviction notices. They want Enbridge to...

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...

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 stud...

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...

As Canadian officials lobbied a Michigan Senate committee in March to keep the Line 5 pipeline open, Sen. Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) gre...

Climate change in the Great Lakes region means more intense storms. Already some towns are finding they’re flooding where they never have be...

Midland and other cities were hit hard by a flood caused by heavy rains and the failure of a weak dam.

Climate change is altering lakes so that some fish species could be lost. Ice coverage is declining over the decades.

Intrigued by warming winters, researchers from the University of Michigan set out in 1989 to formally measure changes in the geographical di...

It’s freezing outside and Larry Scheer is in neoprene chest waders kicking up sediment in Boyden Creek near Ann Arbor, Michigan.

The downtown office for the Sault Sainte Marie Tribe of the Chippewa Indians Fisheries Management Program is a simple, small two-story brick...

The Canadian pipeline company Enbridge Energy has been eager to show news media its new Enbridge Straits Maritime Operations Center in Macki...

The flood that was caused by heavy rains and the failure of two dams near Midland caused property damage far downstream. But the long term d...

The two dams that broke near Midland caused a massive flood that swept away bridges, roads, and damaged a lot of property. Because Midland i...

Tom and Michelle Joliat's lovely home in Metamora, Michigan is situated high on a hill with a stunning view of the woods below.

Wildlife are being poisoned and much of the time people using the poisons are not even aware of the danger. One Michigan resident is on a cr...

We know that burning fossil fuels releases a lot of greenhouse gases. But there are other human-caused sources that contribute to climate ch...

You can hear a flock of geese calling, but there’s not a single goose. It’s a bunch of humans, warming up for the goose call contest at the...

To help combat chronic wasting disease, Michigan is banning deer baiting and feeding across big parts of the state. It’s highly unpopular wi...