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Michigan Radio: The Environment Report Podcast





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Summary
an environmental news report that comes to you twice a week

Feed: http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510002
Web: http://environmentreport.org

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Salmon Stocking Debate & Smart Thermostats


How many salmon can Lake Michigan hold? And we’ll hear about a new kind of thermostat for your house that uses a motion se..


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Thursday, May 24, 2012

New Renewable Energy Standard for Michigan?


The Michigan Energy, Michigan Jobs coalition wants to increase the state’s renewable energy standard to 25 percent by 2025..


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Friday, May 18, 2012

Neighbors feel pressured by Enbridge's new pipeline plans


Coming up on the next Environment Report...  Enbridge Energy wants to replace an oil pipeline that runs across southern Mic..


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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Michigan Retailers Import Cherries to Meet Demand


When you eat cherries this summer there’s a good chance they won’t be from Michigan.  Northern Michigan cherry ..


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Friday, May 11, 2012

The DEQ on Fracking


We’ll talk with a spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality about the regulations on fracking for ..


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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Drilling Rights on the Auction Block & Mining Lawsuit


The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will hold an auction to lease state-owned drilling rights for oil and natural gas.&..


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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Lead in Garden Hoses & Loosestrife Beetle Chomps on Invasive Plant


Purple loosestrife is a pretty flowering plant. It’s also invasive and has taken over wetlands all around the state. We..


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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Report: Pipeline Laws Not Adequately Protecting Great Lakes


A new legal analysis says federal laws don’t do enough to address the threat of oil spills in the Great Lakes basin. We..


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Friday, April 27, 2012

Fracking Debate in the State Capitol


A method of drilling for natural gas is getting attention in Lansing this week. State officials say we’ve been using frack..


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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Climate Change & Extreme Weather


A new survey by Yale and George Mason University finds a majority of Americans are starting to connect extreme weather events to..


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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Trying to Keep Hitchhikers Out of Ocean-going Ships


Ships entering the Great Lakes can carry water from foreign ports. That water is held in their ballast tanks. It helps stabilize..


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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Electric Vehicles & Archangel Ancient Tree Archive


A new report on greenhouse gas emissions from electric vehicles... and a man in northern Michigan has made it his mission to clo..


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Friday, April 13, 2012

Searching for Oil on the Bottom of the Kalamazoo River


Crews are still cleaning up after the largest inland oil spill in the Midwest.  In July 2010, more than 840,000 gallons of ..


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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Hard Freeze Brings Trouble for Michigan Cherry Farmers


A hard freeze has wiped out a big portion of the cherry crop in Northwest Michigan this spring.The area produces more than half ..


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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Designing Buildings for a Changing Climate


A group of planners and designers is arguing that we need to rethink the way we make our buildings.  The U.S. Green Buildin..


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