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Only half the drugs in sewage are removed before entering Great Lakes
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The impact of most of these “chemicals of emerging concern” on the health of people and aquatic life remains unclear, according to the International Joint Commission.
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Mr. Great Lakes: A new urban nature preserve and the Thumb Loop
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Mr. Great Lakes (Jeff Kart) reports from Bay City, Michigan’s Delta College Q-90.1 FM. Nov. 22, 2013 – The Environment Report, with Jeff Kart, Mr. Great Lakes by jeffkart
This week, Kart discusses the first urban nature preserve in Bay City and the beginnings of a 140-mile Thumb Loop high-voltage transmission line. Text at Mr. Great Lakes
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The Great Lakes’ Sisyphean problem
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A Sisyphean task is one that is “endless and ineffective.”
Does protecting the Great Lakes fall under this definition?
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Great Lakes Now focuses on freshwater and farming
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Great Lakes Now has released a two-hour long special on agriculture and freshwater in the region, sponsored by The Nature Conservancy and Detroit Public Television.
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Realtor misled buyers of contaminated Lake Michigan condo, court says
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A couple who bought a South Haven condo built on contaminated land two blocks from Lake Michigan is entitled to about $470,000 in damages, according to the Court of Appeals.
The site of the house was formerly a factory that made coffins, gun stocks and pipe organs – and left behind chemicals.
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Radar, algorithm analyze Great Lakes ice for boats, fisheries, forecasters
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Think all ice is the same?
That’s not the case on the Great Lakes.
And now scientists have found out how to detect the differences.
With math.
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Citizen rain collectors help measure storm threats
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Rain and snow fall have long been difficult to monitor comprehensively.
But that’s less of a problem thanks to a simple rain gauge and citizen participation through a national group known as CoCoRaHS.
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Green Gridirons: University of Illinois
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A football stadium may have green grass but does it have green habits? Each week, Great Lakes Echo highlights a Big Ten football stadium’s attempts to do the most to impact the environment the least. All schools have information on the stadium’s diversion rate – the amount of waste recycled instead of put in a landfill. Stadium: Memorial Stadium
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Built: 1922
Capacity: 60,670
2012 diversion rate: 84.50 throughout campus; n/a for stadium only
Scouting report: “We are just starting our green initiative out for the stadium,” said Lenny Willis, director of athletic facilities at the University of Illinois. The university plans to collaborate with the campus to start a stadium-specific program, with recycling bins at the gates and in parking lots.
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Destruction from tailgating at Michigan game called ‘worst ever’
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Every home football Saturday here in East Lansing, thousands of people flock to the Michigan State campus to take part in a sacred ritual: tailgating. But the pastime takes a toll. After the celebrating, landscaping personnel at MSU repair damage to grass and trees.