The Green Room
The Green Room radio show is produced by Barbara Lucas and WEMU News Director, David Fair, serves as host and Executive Producer.
The Green Room takes listeners out into the community as Barbara Lucas explores important local environmental topics, which are often relevant statewide and beyond. Lucas not only gets to the heart of these issues, but provides a soundscape that supplements and enhances the subject matter, and advances the story in the minds of listeners.
The Green Room is a collaboration between the WEMU News Department and Washtenaw County Public Works. Contracted by Washtenaw County, Barbara also produces a monthly Green Room show with Ann Arbor's Community Television Network.
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More and more people are opting to cycle rather than drive for at least some of their transportation, whether for personal health, or for the health of…
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Because natural burial has environmental benefits over conventional burial, it is often favored by those who like to “go green.” But it also can appeal…
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Many of our most cherished North American songbirds are in trouble. It’s primarily due to habitat loss—whether through development, agriculture, or…
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Carbon taxes are a seemingly simple way to deal with the climate crisis. As the price of fossil fuels goes up, consumption goes down. But fears of…
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Every parcel slated for development comes with a host of environmental considerations, from stormwater control to cleanup of soil contamination. Two of…
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For two decades the State of Michigan’s “containment” policy has allowed polluters to leave contamination in place rather than clean it up. 4,000 such…
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As concern rises and detection methods improve, 1,4-Dioxane is being discovered in water sources across the country. Central to formulating remediation…
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At a September work session, Ann Arbor City Council members asked city staff if the current water treatment plant could accommodate equipment to remove…
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Ann Arbor’s dioxane plume is rather unusual, in that it emanates from just one source. That source is the old Gelman Sciences facility on Wagner Road in…
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The cast of players involved with Ann Arbor’s dioxane problem has changed many times over in the thirty years since the contamination was first…