Water
Dam failure raises questions for state waterways
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Eighty-eight Michigan dams have a high hazard status. More than 90 percent of state’s dams by 2020 will be older than 50.
Nearshore
Lake Erie isn’t only lake with algae headaches; Lake Ontario also on the hook
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Last summer’s Toledo water woes is a warning to the entire Great Lakes community.
Water
Michigan, New York, Minnesota test fisheater’s blood for contaminants
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Blood and urine of volunteers were tested for PCBs, pesticides, mercury, lead and cadmium as part of federal health study.
Water
University spawns robofish to monitor Great Lakes
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A lot of sci-fi movies and books feature robots that look like people.
Nearshore
Goosebuster and BirdXPeller fight disease from bird droppings
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It’s an aerial defense of human health.
Energy
Pennsylvania man faces sentencing for falsifying abandoned oil well plugging reports
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The fake reports caused the re-inspection of 95 wells in the Allegheny National Forest.
Water
Great Lakes in review: mayors on algae, restoration update
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For today’s Great Lakes Month in Review, we talk about a summit on water resources led by the region’s mayors and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s update to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
Water
Great Lakes month in review: What’s next in algae fight?
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For today’s Great Lakes Month in Review we’re focusing on the Toledo water crisis, which was in the news for several weeks this month, and could be again
Water
Questionable additive okay for toothpaste but not hand soap?
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Minnesota will ban an anti-bacterial chemical in consumer products. Canadians considering similar move.
Water
Leaking petroleum judgment gains $800,000 for state
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The money is for cleanup , civil fines and penalties for failure to properly remediate three sites with leaking underground storage tanks in Berrien County. The ruling could be appealed.