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AuthorsBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingBooks, Authors, Art and MusicInterviewNewsProtectRecreation and TourismSandra Svoboda‘Million Little Lessons’: Author traverses the Maumee River to learn its history and understand environmental issues
-Traveling from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Toledo, Ohio, along the Maumee River, writer Ryan Schnurr failed to have one big epiphany. Instead, he had many small ones.
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Upside-Down Eagle: Bald eagles have faced a number of pollutants but are now a Great Lakes success story
-While bald eagles in the Great Lakes region have grappled with DDT, PCBs and lead, the population has made a major comeback since the 1970s.
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EPA supporting cleanups of 2 Michigan toxic hotspots
-The U.S. EPA is pledging funds to help advance cleanups of two toxic waste hotspots in Michigan near lakes Michigan and Superior.
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AgricultureAuthorsDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMunicipalitiesNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWisconsinMuddied Waters: Bureaucratic process leaves well water at risk and farmers feeling targeted
-The Wisconsin DNR is slowly looking at addressing the issue of manure spills and their impact, but local farmers are feeling targeted by the potential new regulations.
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AdvocacyAgricultureAlgae BloomsAuthorsClimate ChangeJames ProffittNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRecreation and TourismWater Quality and Restoration EffortsUnderstanding Algal Blooms: Conference reveals new projects, looks at Chesapeake Bay’s example
-The fourth annual event touched on a variety of resources, news, trends and possible solutions relating to Lake Erie’s toxic algae problem.
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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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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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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.
