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MONDAY MASHUP: State tracking beach, water pollution problems
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State agencies are striving to prepare Michigan’s recreational areas for the upcoming summer.
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Report ranks the water quality of Great Lakes beaches
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Great Lakes states placed in the bottom two-thirds of 30 states ranked recently by their 2009 beach water quality by the Natural Resources Defense Council.
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U.S./Canadian commission examines inconsistent water quality monitoring
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By Rachael Gleason
rachaelkaygleason@gmail.com
Great Lakes Echo
Oct. 6, 2009
Editors note: This is part of a series relevant to the International Joint commission’s biennial meeting in Windsor on Wednesday and Thursday. More than 20,000 beaches closed last year when water samples tested positive for harmful bacteria. But inconsistent sampling methods have Great Lakes officials questioning those results. The International Joint Commission, a binational organization that advises the U.S. and Canada on Great Lakes issues, examined problems with beach testing methods and advisory systems in a report released last month.
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Revenue drops from region’s environmental plate sales
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Increasing competition for sales means that fewer drivers are buying the license plates that support environmental causes.
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Great Lakes Week 2011
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Great Lakes environmental issues are on tap Oct. 11-14 in Detroit. The stories below cover some of the issues that will be discussed during Great Lakes Week 2011 by four international organizations.
Oct. 14:
Making blue investments that yield green dividends
Blue investments in a green economy will be discussed Oct. 11-14 in Detroit at the 2011 Great Lakes Week.
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Finalists announced for $161 million in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants: Who are they?
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More than 1,000 proposals requesting $946 million were trimmed to 270 finalists.
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Project begins testing sewage for COVID-19 across Michigan
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Michigan is searching the state’s sewers for the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Large lakes worldwide share many of the same threats
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By Ray García
Algae pollution, plastic pollution and waste run-off plague the Great Lakes here in the United States. But similar problems also threaten large bodies of freshwater worldwide. The seven African Great Lakes and Lake Baikal in Russia, two of the world’s largest systems of freshwater, also face these problems daily. During the summer, a rapid growth of algae is among the most prominent challenges in Lake Erie and Lake Michigan. These algal blooms harm the lake animals and can harm humans as well.
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White pelicans extend their Great Lakes range, study finds
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The species “is undergoing a dramatic expansion of its breeding range in North America,” the study published in the journal Ontario Birds said.
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Coal ash contamination common across the Great Lakes
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In the Great Lakes region, coal ash polluted groundwater at 73 of 80 monitored sites.