Michigan Radio | By Lester Graham Published May 23, 2022 at 10:22 PM EDT An environmental group calculated how much Toledo residents and others pay for drinking water because of harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie. Cyanobacterial blooms can produce … Continue Reading…
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January 9 – 15, 2022 Same story, different day. CAFOs’ way of saying “Crappy New Year!” Applying CAFO waste on frozen, snow-covered, or saturated ground is one of the worst possible practices because of the potential danger to surface water. … Continue Reading…
Thanks to NFD (New Flavo Dairy). Stinky, nasty cowshit application on the north side of Teachout Rd between Springville and Gilbert Highways, Wolf Creek/South Branch Raisin watershed (an E. coli TMDL watershed), upstream from Lake Adrian, the City of Adrian’s … Continue Reading…
Michigan Surface Waters at Risk – 2020 Michigan NPDES CAFO Permit Revisions Threatened Livestock waste in Michigan’s surface water makes our inland lakes, streams, and our Great Lakes undrinkable and unsafe for recreation. Pathogens and parasites in livestock manure make … Continue Reading…
by Jessica McKenzie Federal agencies and state governments are spending millions on anaerobic digesters to wring renewable energy from animal poop. But critics say “cow power” from factory farms is neither clean nor green. At a glance, anaerobic digesters seem … Continue Reading…