Tag: environmental protection agency
Ohio EPA quietly gives AquaBounty the permit it wanted
PIONEER, Ohio — The proposed AquaBounty Farms Ohio plant site on the east side of Pioneer quietly has received the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency permit it sought to install parallel water-intake and wastewater-discharge pipelines.
New interest in domestic mining comes with call for sustainability in the market
By Joe Lorenz
Electrification and tariffs mean rural Midwest communities can cash in on their mineral resources. But how can these ventures balance local benefit to the ecological cost?
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EPA workers in Michigan region furloughed as federal government shutdown continues
As the federal government shutdown continues, most U.S. Environmental Protection Agency workers doing everyday work with air and water environmental protection in Michigan are furloughed, but emergency responders are still […]
EPA workers in Michigan region furloughed as federal government shutdown continues
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency workers in Chicago — the headquarters of the region covering Michigan — are furloughed as the federal government shutdown continues.
Michigan launches first annual Microplastics Awareness Week
By Julia Belden
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy and governor are marking Michigan’s first Microplastics Awareness Week. Scientists are now finding microplastics in the human body but don’t know their long-term effects.
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