Jack Lessenberry, Michigan Radio Last week, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency announced that efforts to decrease those potentially toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie aren’t working. When I read that, let’s say I wasn’t exactly surprised. I moderated a large … Continue Reading…
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By Tom Henry, Toledo Blade Though hailed as a rare victory for environmentalists, the Kasich administration’s reversal on the western Lake Erie impairment issue is only a “key first step” in litigation that may keep the state of Ohio tied up … Continue Reading…
Even in the winter Feb. 19, 2018– Warner (medium, unpermitted) CAFO, east side of Pentecost. Manure application on snow; manure runs off when snow melts because the ground and any cover crops underneath are still frozen. Feb. 19, 2018– Halliwill/New Flevo/Van … Continue Reading…
Great Lakes Now 1/22/2018 The push and pull between Michigan’s growing agriculture industry and the need to protect drinking water, beach recreation and tourism continues to play out, evidenced by a request to establish a factory pig farm a few miles … Continue Reading…
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…