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PFAS News Roundup: Ohio starts testing, Minnesota cleanup could cost $1.2 billion, DuPont might dodge liabilities
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Who’s in charge: Lack of storage facility oversight puts waterways at risk
-In major lakeside cities around the Great Lakes, there isn’t a clear answer on who handles oversight of industrial storage facilities.
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APEquity and Environmental JusticeLake ErieLake Erie-EPAMichiganNewsOhioOntarioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectU.S. and Canadian Federal Governments
Grants seek market-based reductions of Great Lakes pollution
-Federal grants totaling more than $1.8 million are being awarded for projects using market-based approaches to reduce algal bloom-causing nutrient pollution in the Great Lakes.
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Water sensors, data collaboration make Great Lakes smarter
-Communities relying on Lake Erie for water could get an early warning of incoming algal blooms with technology currently in development.
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Drinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJames ProffittLake ErieLake Erie-EPALatest NewsNewsOhioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtect
Federal Hands: The future of the Lake Erie Bill of Rights rests in federal court
-Organizers say no matter what the result, it’s a win for the lake.
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APDrinking WaterIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieLake Erie-EPANewsOhioPolicyWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Environmentalists: Lake Erie won’t recover without new rules
-Ohio’s Environmental Protection Agency announced recently it will establish what’s known as a “total maximum daily load” limiting the phosphorus allowed to flow into the lake.
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Burning Snowman: To banish winter, Tim must die
-How an intimate party for 700 turned into a regional bash.
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CollaborationGreat Lakes EchoIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhio
Fighting polarization in algal bloom controversy
-Researchers at the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research surveyed 1,000 Ohioans to gauge support of strategies to prevent western Lake Erie algal blooms.
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Ohio wants to put Lake Erie on a new, strict pollution diet
-The state plans to establish tougher regulations on runoff that’s feeding the outbreaks by limiting how much of the pollution is allowed to flow into the lake’s western end, Ohio’s Environmental Protection Agency said.