TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Despite recent improvements, the U.S. and Canada have a long way to go toward ridding the Great Lakes of pollution that endangers human health and the environment, an advisory agency said Tuesday. Inadequately treated sewage, industrial … Continue Reading…
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Stench Alert – October 21, 2017 Hartland manure application, north side of Beecher east of Hughes, done on Oct. 20, 2017. Wind is from the east today; you can smell the stench all the way to Posey Lake Highway. … Continue Reading…
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel’s Justice Department last month quietly agreed to a $50,000 fine for a large feedlot that polluted drinking water and streams in 2014 and 2015. Stahl Brothers Dairy is in Kewaunee County, where more than 30 percent … Continue Reading…
Indy Week Raleigh-Cary | Durham-Chapel Hill During a debate last month over (NC) House Bill 467—a failed proposal to shield hog farms owned by a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods from twenty-six federal nuisance lawsuits brought by their neighbors—state representative and … Continue Reading…
LORAIN — Local officials met Wednesday with the Ohio Environmental Council to raise awareness about the dangers of algal blooms in conjunction with World Water Day. Mayor Chase Ritenauer said the blooms, which are fed by fertilizer and chemicals ending … Continue Reading…