The state of Ohio appears ready to institute something environmental groups have been clamoring for since Toledo’s 2014 algae-driven water crisis: a Total Maximum Daily Load, or TMDL, for western Lake Erie. TMDLs are so-called “pollution diets” for ecosystems. They are designed to … Continue Reading…
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The Center for Public Integrity – Jamie Smith Hopkins, Environment Editor and Senior Reporter “It is a profound injustice that the citizens of Toledo have had to clean up a mess that other people have made,” Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz said in … Continue Reading…
VPR News – John Dillon Laurel Casey counts herself as a casualty of farm pollution. Her small, lakeshore house in Bridport has been damaged by runoff from the farm fields above her. She said she’s had trouble renting out a … Continue Reading…
July 10, 2019 Just in time for the Big Event, the Lake Erie Harmful Algae Bloom forecast. ECCSCM is here to tell everyone that the Michigan portion of the WLEB is doing its best to keep the manure rolling along, … Continue Reading…
ECCSCM has been concerned about the recent heavy rains and some things we’ve been seeing from the road, so we sent Lighthawk up into the air to get some aerial photos. Canandaigua Rd., Medina Township (Bean/Tiffin/Maumee). What is this? Parked … Continue Reading…