The Trump administration has built up the biggest backlog of unfunded toxic Superfund clean-up projects in at least 15 years, nearly triple the number that were stalled for lack of money in the Obama era, according to 2019 figures quietly released by the Environmental Protection Agency over the winter holidays.
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Great Lakes Moment: $50 Million sediment cleanup on Rouge River Old Channel will become a model
At the center of a sediment cleanup project: Zug Island, which sits between Rouge and Detroit rivers.
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Great Lakes Now: Our 2019 look back and our 2020 look ahead
The Great Lakes Now team produced dozens of news stories, nine monthly shows, one documentary and countless moments of impact. We’ll do even more in the next year, again, with your help.
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The Great Lakes in 2019: Senior Correspondent Gary Wilson’s look back at the headlines
Sometimes the reporting was in cold places, but the news was always hot and impactful for Great Lakes Now this past year.
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Water authority: Some metals not detected after Detroit River aggregate spill
Initial water quality tests following the spill of limestone construction aggregate into the Detroit River did not turn up uranium, thorium, mercury or lead, according to the Great Lakes Water Authority.
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Michigan State: Crews to begin dredging Lake Superior harbor
Crews were expected to start removing more copper mining waste rock known as stamp sands that have built up in an Upper Peninsula waterway and threaten an important fish spawning area, according to state officials.
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Plenty of contaminants found at Detroit-area industrial site
An inspection of an old industrial site in suburban Detroit was triggered by the discovery of a yellow-green substance along a major interstate.
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Superior Crossing: Sailing across the biggest, deepest and coldest Great Lake
This week, Great Lakes Now writers are looking back at their 2019 adventures. Program Director Sandra Svoboda’s included the biennial Trans Superior Race aboard a 70-foot sailboat.
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NY tweaks clean water plan as suppliers call for more time
New York would not issue violations against certain water suppliers who notify the public that they have too-high levels of certain industrial and synthetic chemicals under the latest plan to be proposed by state regulators.
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Superior Crossing: Sailing across the biggest, deepest and coldest Great Lake
Editor’s Note: This post is part of a series taking a look back at 2019 Hundreds of miles of undeveloped Lake Superior coastline were finally interrupted to reveal our destination: […]