Author: Bridge Michigan
Ohio DNR ‘still in the fight’ to use wetlands as a way of combating algal blooms
DEFIANCE — Despite a 55 percent cut to its portion of H2Ohio funding, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources is “still in the fight” to build, expand, or enhance wetlands as a means of controlling western Lake Erie algal blooms.
EPA union leader urges Trump to keep a cool head and not engage in mass firings
A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency union leader said in a statement issued Wednesday that she condemns President Trump’s threat to conduct mass layoffs of federal EPA employees in the Great Lakes region during the government shutdown.
No more algal bloom updates via email until shutdown is over, NOAA says
Bulletins emailed to dozens of scientists, public officials, water-treatment plant operators, journalists, and concerned citizens about the ongoing status of western Lake Erie’s 2025 algal bloom are being suspended until the government shutdown ends.
Key NRC panel to hear more about Palisades restart effort on Oct. 10
COVERT, Mich. — A nuclear-safety panel in Washington will soon have its third all-day meeting about the viability of allowing the Palisades nuclear plant in southwest Michigan to be put back into service.
Western Lake Erie algal bloom receding, but still ‘persistent,’ NOAA says
Western Lake Erie’s 2025 algal bloom has receded to an area of about 20 square miles, but continues to show “persistent patches,” NOAA said in its latest bulletin Monday.