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AdvocacyAgricultureAlgae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators
-Cause of Michigan’s worst water pollution is too much waste spread on too little land.
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Commercial FishingFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingScience, Technology, Research
Great Lakes feature Midwest curiosity: Fish-cleaning houses
-Dirty, sporadic work and good money.
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AdvocacyAPChicagoEquity and Environmental JusticeIllinoisIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal Governments
BP reaches $2.75M deal over Indiana refinery pollution
-Oil titan BP reached a $2.75 million settlement over air pollution from its largest refinery after environmentalists complained of repeated emissions violations.
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AgricultureAlgae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsin
In A Year of Water Quality Reckoning, National Imperative is Impeded
-Law and policy treat farms as special class of polluter.
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AdvocacyAgricultureAlgae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Farms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms
-Water sampling finds no reduction in bloom-producing nutrients.
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Energy News RoundupEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingHistory and CultureIllinoisIndianaIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNewsOhioOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWisconsin
Energy News Roundup: New climate laws impact states, energy bill assistance in Illinois
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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ChicagoEquity and Environmental JusticeGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe CatchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Coal ash regulation
-“The EPA has indicated that they’re going to take a more active approach going forward with the sites that are regulated under their current rules.”
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AdvocacyAlgae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClevelandDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieLatest NewsNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Cleveland water organization looking to support business innovation beyond Lake Erie
-Formed in a year known for two water crises, the Cleveland Water Alliance leader is working to prevent the next one.
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APEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeTribal Governments and First Nations
Judge: Pipeline can operate on reservation amid reroute work
-A judge will allow an oil and gas pipeline to continue to flow on a northern Wisconsin reservation while its operators work to reroute the line around the tribal land.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntario
Judge refuses to shut down Line 5, but says Enbridge is trespassing on Native American reservation
-The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa wanted Line 5 shut down and moved off its land.