Lester Graham
Reporter, The Environment ReportLester Graham reports for The Environment Report. He has reported on public policy, politics, and issues regarding race and gender inequity. He was previously with The Environment Report at Michigan Radio from 1998-2010.
He has been a journalist since 1985. Graham has served as a board member of the Public Radio News Directors Inc., and also served as President of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association. He is a member of the Radio-Television Digital News Association (RTDNA), Society of Professional Journalists and other professional groups.
Lester has received 15 first place national awards for journalism excellence and scores more at the national, regional, and state levels.
Contact Lester: graham@michiganradio.org
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Water quality sensors in Lake Erie are being networked to make more data accessible to researchers and government agencies, as well as the public. -
The progeny of lake sturgeon from Michigan will be released into the Cuyahoga River at Cleveland, Ohio.
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Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller opposes the statewide monthly fee of $2, saying such a program already exists in her county. She wants the legislation to allow counties to opt-out.
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Legislators are crafting a set of bills that would deal with a number issues regarding water affordability and ending water shut-offs for low income households.
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The Home Heating Credit is to help low-income families pay some of their heating expenses.
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As researchers learn more about the hazards of plastics and microplastics in the Great Lakes, it's becoming clear Canada and the U.S. need to cooperate in stopping the pollution.
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Two decades of study reveals a complex combination of factors causing large cyanobacterial blooms and their toxicity. Government incentives to reduce nutrient pollution from farms have not been enough to solve the problem so far.
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Researchers are studying how much of cyanobacterial toxins become airborne. They say breathing in the toxins is much worse than ingesting them.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration –also called NOAA [NOH-ah]- is giving states money to make coastlines more resilient to climate change effects.
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Local, state, and federal agencies conduct exercises based on worst case scenarios of petroleum spills into the Great Lakes.
