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AgricultureAlgae BloomsCollaborationFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsRemedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice
-They are expensive, in many cases experimental, and take a long time to work.
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AdvocacyAgricultureAlgae BloomsCollaborationDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsPowerful 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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Algae BloomsClimate ChangeCollaborationDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeInfrastructureLake ErieNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsLake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most
-Algae blooms are hiking the cost of water for people already struggling to pay their bills.
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AgricultureAlgae BloomsCollaborationEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinIn A Year of Water Quality Reckoning, National Imperative is Impeded
-Law and policy treat farms as special class of polluter.
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Algae BloomsCollaborationFeature HomepageIndianaLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinTesting the waters: How groups monitor toxic algae in the absence of state testing
-Toxic algae can sicken people and animals. Few states have routine testing programs to check, so some volunteer groups are stepping in to fill that gap.
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AdvocacyAgricultureAlgae BloomsCollaborationDrinking WaterFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsFarms 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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AdvocacyAlgae BloomsClevelandDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieLatest NewsNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsCleveland 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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Algae BloomsFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNew YorkNewsOhioPennsylvaniaResearch, Data and TechnologyResourceScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMapping the HABs: Click to see your state’s reports
-More than half of U.S. states have maps and lists where you can find updates about toxic algae bloom outbreaks.
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AgricultureAlgae BloomsClimate ChangeEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsDanger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms
-Billions spent on strategies to limit nutrient pollution that don’t work.
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Algae BloomsBooks, Authors, Art and MusicClimate ChangeEvents and Special BroadcastsFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory and CultureInterviewLake ErieNewsResearch, Data and TechnologySandra SvobodaScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts“Talking about the bloom:” Meet filmmaker David J. Ruck
-Great Lakes native David J. Ruck discusses environmental storytelling, Lake Erie’s algae blooms and his new documentary film, set to air on six PBS stations on Sept. 12.