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AgricultureAlgae BloomsAuthorsDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFoodIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJames ProffittLake ErieNewsOhioVoters on Pollution: New poll says northwest Ohio voters support CAFOs crackdown
-The poll, released by the Environmental Law & Policy Center, follows a study that was released by the center in May showing that concentrated animal feeding operations were a major source of nutrient pollution in Lake Erie.
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AdvocacyEquity and Environmental JusticeLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectResourceThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsTrump administration drops Obama-era water protection rule
-The Trump administration on Thursday revoked an Obama-era regulation that shielded many U.S. wetlands and streams from pollution but was opposed by developers and farmers who said it hurt economic development and infringed on property rights.
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AgricultureAuthorsDrinking WaterEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeForever Chemicals FeaturedIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJames ProffittMunicipalitiesNewsScience, Technology, ResearchWaterfront DevelopmentLake Water to Tap Water: Making Great Lakes water drinkable is not easy
-The process to turn Great Lakes water into municipal drinking water involves many steps, including preventing harmful algal blooms from contaminating the water with toxins.
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AdvocacyAuthorsBudgetDetroitDetroit RiverDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature DetroitForever Chemicals FeaturedGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMunicipalitiesNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectShipping and PortsLacking Management: Michigan auditor cites lack of updates or formal processes as impediment to recovery of Detroit and Rouge rivers
-A report released by Michigan’s auditor general says Michigan’s Office of the Great Lakes failed to update key action plans, engaged in informal processes and improperly granted money.
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AdvocacyDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeForever Chemicals FeaturedGroundwater ContaminationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMunicipalitiesNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWaterfront DevelopmentWest Michigan residents fear coal ash contaminating drinking water wells
-State environmental officials are reviewing claims by multiple West Michigan residents that a coal ash storage site near Lake Michigan is contaminating drinking water wells.
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AdvocacyBudgetDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeForever Chemicals FeaturedIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake MichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeShipping and PortsWaterfront DevelopmentCrews doing final cleanup work on Michigan UP’s Manistique River
-More than 2,000 dump truck loads of sediment are being removed from the Manistique River in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, which was contaminated with industrial waste during the last century.
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AdvocacyEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeForever Chemicals FeaturedIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWaterfront DevelopmentPool crew leaves behind trail of blue on Lake Erie cliff
-Police say a crew coating a swimming pool near Cleveland got caught ‘blue-handed’ dumping waste over a cliff into a river.
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AdvocacyAgricultureAuthorsBudgetChicagoEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature-ChicagoForever Chemicals FeaturedGary WilsonGreat Lakes CommissionIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake SuperiorNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWaterfront DevelopmentSpills and Sewage: Southern Lake Michigan grapples with legacy pollutants as climate change threatens progress on sewage discharges
-Southern Lake Michigan continues to face chemical spills even as it struggles with long-term contamination and weather events causing sewage discharges.
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AdvocacyAuthorsBlue EconomyBudgetClevelandDetroitEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticefeatureInfrastructureJohn HartigNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRegionShipping and PortsTourismU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsGreat Lakes Moment: Cleanup is not just a cost, but an investment
-A recent study released by the International Association for Great Lakes Research examines the link between Great Lakes cleanups and increasing economic revitalization in the region.
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APClimate ChangeDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeForever Chemicals FeaturedGreat Lakes CommissionGroundwater ContaminationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPFASPolicyProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinWisconsin Gov. Evers issues order to curb PFAS contamination
-Under an executive order from Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, the Wisconsin DNR and Departments of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection have to create a website on the chemicals known as PFAS, collaborate with municipalities and wastewater treatment plants to identify PFAS sources and consider PFAS when developing fish and wildlife consumption advisories.
