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Governor: Ohio plan to clean Lake Erie will work, take time
-Ohio’s new strategy to combat the toxic algae plaguing Lake Erie will focus on reducing agriculture runoff that feeds the yearly outbreaks by offering farmers financial incentives to change their practices, Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday.
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Hundreds of waterways added to Minnesota list of impaired waters
-The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has added 581 waterways to its list of impaired waters in its biennial report to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released Wednesday.
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Judge allows lawsuit seeking action on Lake Erie algae
-A federal judge in Ohio says an environmental group pushing for mandatory regulations to prevent toxic algae blooms on Lake Erie can move forward with its lawsuit.
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APGroundwater ContaminationHabitat RestorationLake HuronMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsDow agrees to $77M environmental settlement in Michigan
-Dow Chemical Co. has agreed to fund environmental restoration projects worth an estimated $77 million to compensate for decades of pollution by its plant in Midland, Michigan, officials said Friday.
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This year’s algae bloom on Lake Erie ranks as fifth largest
-Researchers say the harmful algae bloom on Lake Erie this past summer was the fifth largest since they began ranking them going back to 2002.
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Forecast calls for continued high water in Great Lakes
-A new forecast says Great Lakes levels are likely to remain unusually high and may set additional records.
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Michigan affirms offer to share Asian carp project costs
-Michigan Department of Natural Resources says it remains willing to contribute $8 million toward initial stages of a project to prevent Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes.
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Longtime superintendent of Isle Royale National Park retires
-Phyllis Green stepped down Friday as head of the remote park in northwestern Lake Superior. She held the position for 18 years.
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Investigation: Lead in some Canadian water worse than Flint
-Hundreds of thousands of Canadians have been exposed to high levels of lead in their drinking water, with contamination in several cities consistently higher than they ever were in Flint.
