1st Friday Focus On The Environment: Preparing For The Unknown In A New...
President Trump has put forth his nominees to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy. Lawmakers, pundits and advocates alike are trying to assess what direction...
View Article1st Friday Focus On The Environment: Rollback Of Environmental Regulations
As the federal and state government continuing ironing out their budget priorities, environmentalists are expressing concern over proposed funding and regulatory rollbacks. In this month's edition of...
View Article1st Friday Focus on the Environment: Land Use, Budget Cuts And Climate Marches
Proposals in both Lansing and Washington would make available publicly held lands for private enterprise. environmentalists are fighting regulatory rollbacks and cuts to funding health and...
View Article1st Friday Focus On The Environment: Addressing 'Line 5' And The Budget At...
Legislators, policymakers, business leaders and a variety of advocates have been meeting on Mackinac Island this week. Among the attendees, are environmental advocates, two of whom join David Fair for...
View Article1st Friday Focus On The Environment: Lake Erie Algal Blooms and Flint Water
Warmer temperatures may lead to even bigger algal blooms on Lake Erie this summer. Meantime, Flint, MI is still without a safe water supply, three years after lead contamination was discovered. WEMU's...
View Article1st Friday Focus On The Environment: Expanding Energy Laws And Efficiency In...
Michigan would generate 50% of its electricity from clean, renewable sources by 2035 and greatly reduce energy waste under legislation under consideration in Lansing. The package of bills aims to...
View Article1st Friday Focus On The Environment: Texas, Lake Erie And Michigan Water...
Recovery and relief efforts continue in southeast Texas. Harsh environmental issues will have to be dealt with in Hurricane Harvey 's aftermath. 89.1 WEMU's David Fair and the MLCV 's Lisa Wozniak also...
View Article1st Friday Focus On The Environment: Ann Arbor Dioxane Plume
The 1,4 Dioxane plume emanating from the old Gelman Sciences facility in Scio Township is moving slowly moving towards the Huron River and, if left unchecked, could be dangerous to Ann Arbor's drinking...
View Article1st Friday Focus On The Environment: Water Quality And Water Policy
Oakland County was recently forced to issue a boil water advisory for nearly a dozen communities after a major pipeline ruptured in Farmington Hills. It brought to light some important issues related...
View Article1st Friday Focus On The Environment: A Call To Remove 'Line 5' From The Great...
On Monday of this week, the state of Michigan made an agreement with Enbridge Inc. to allow the energy company to conduct its own safety study of the pipelines running through the Straits of Mackinac,...
View Article1st Friday Focus On The Environment: Michigan Concerns And Priorities In 2018
The new year brings a number of environmental challenges in Michigan. Governor Rick Snyder is in his lame duck year, and mid-term elections could impact legislative priorities. In this month's edition...
View Article1st Friday Focus On The Environment: Governor Snyder’s 2018 Environmental Plans
Through the course of this week, Governor Rick Snyder has released some ambitious plans for environmental policy for his final year in office. WEMU’s David Fair caught up with James Clift , Policy...
View Article1st Friday Focus On The Environment: The Lead And Copper Rule
The State of Michigan is in the process of revising its Lead and Copper rule. The decisions made could impact whether we see another situation like the Flint Water Crisis occur in Michigan. What...
View Article1st Friday Focus On The Environment: PFA's And A Growing Threat To Michigan's...
PFA's are being found in more and more Michigan waterways and the threat to the environment and public health is real. In this month's "1st Friday Focus on the Environment," you'll hear from attorney,...
View Article1st Friday Focus On The Environment: Threats To Michigan Waters And MDEQ...
Some call it "Fox Guarding the Hen-House" legislation. Bills under consideration in Lansing would create an oversight panel for the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. It would have the...
View Article1st Friday Focus On The Environment: The Health Of Michigan Waters Amidst...
From spills in the Straits of Mackinac, to large-scale water diversions to tainted drinking water, Michigan has plenty of issues to address and remediate. There are questions as to whether the...
View Article1st Friday Focus On The Environment: What To Do About Enbridge 'Line 5'
Environmentalists are exceedingly unhappy about Enbridge Energy's safety measure proposals for oil pipelines running through the Straits of Mackinac. WEMU's David Fair talks with two such leaders about...
View Article1st Friday Focus On The Environment: Michigan, Lake Erie And Algal Blooms
The annual, summer algae bloom has hit Lake Erie. That’s not all. Agricultural run-off, in some way, affects many of Michigan’s rivers streams and more than 11, 000 inland lakes. Explore the causes,...
View Article1st Friday Focus On The Environment: PFAS Contamination From A Federal...
PFAS contamination of Michigan waters is growing. It has forced a “Do Not Eat Fish” advisory for the Huron River and has been discovered in the Ann Arbor Municipal Drinking water supply. More new...
View Article1st Friday Focus On The Environment: Michigan Ballot Proposals 2 And 3 And...
There are three statewide ballot proposals to be decided on November 6 th . Two of them have to do with voting. Proposal 2 is being called “Voters Not Politicians” and aims to end gerrymandering. If...
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