The Environment Report provides a weekly program service of environmental news and information to public radio stations around the country. Currently, more than 160 stations are airing Environment Report material.

Archive highlights include:

Oldest Net-Zero House in America
Show date: 12-21-2010
Host: Rebecca Williams

A House Made of Straw
Show date: 12-23-2010
Host: Rebecca Williams

The Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments Center, which is a joint activity of MSU, the U of M, and Ohio State University, will make available about a half dozen small grants this year (up to $25,000 per grant). While the proposals will not be lengthy, we are asking for a brief letter of interest by January 31. Climate change vulnerability and adaptation research proposals are particularly welcome.

For more information on the funding opportunities, visit Great Lakes Climate Assessment Grants Call for Letters of Interest

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment now has a guideline for ensuring fairness in locating industrial plants and other sources of pollution, and most of that hinges on collecting community input.

Cited report : Environmental Justice Plan for the State of Michigan and Department of Natural Resources and Environment, December 17, 2010.

The White House announced Thursday an immediate separation of the Mississippi River watershed from the Great Lakes won't be a part of its 2011 plan to combat invasive Asian carp, dealing a blow to environmental advocates and Michigan officials.

Instead, John Goss, the White House Council on Environmental Quality's Asian carp director, said 15 new measures including strengthening electric fish barriers and building a laboratory in Wisconsin will join 30 carp-fighting tasks in progress. In defending the plan, Goss said, "We are using every tool and every weapon we can develop right now to be successful."

For the full article, see Nathan Hurst, "Carp plan faces setback; Strategy to control invasive fish keeps shipping locks open", Detroit News, December 17, 2010.

For more carp stories, see MLive Carp Collection

The Environment Report provides a weekly program service of environmental news and information to public radio stations around the country. Currently, more than 160 stations are airing Environment Report material.

Archive highlights include:

Lice Boutique Tackles Parasites
Show date: 12-14-2010
Host: Rebecca Williams

Suing for Quiet Recreation in the Forest
Show date: 12-16-2010
Host: Rebecca Williams