Tag: Lake Erie
Ohio regulators clamp down on data center power costs amid soaring demand
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Data centers in Ohio will have to pay more up front for electricity after state regulators sided with an electric utility and consumer advocates over tech companies earlier this month.
Efforts to reduce toxic algae in Lake Erie appear to be making progress. Now they face budget cuts
Cuts to a major water-quality program, H2Ohio, in Ohio’s biennial budget will likely weaken efforts to control the spread of toxic blue-green algae in Lake Erie. Read the full story […]
Algal blooms pop up in western Lake Erie, Sandusky Bay
Harmful algal blooms have appeared in two locations in Lake Erie, including Sandusky Bay. Toxins have been detected in the Sandusky Bay bloom but no toxins have been reported yet […]
Lake Erie feels like a ‘bathtub’ right now. Here’s why that’s fueling fears for harmful algae blooms in Ontario
Rising water temperatures are creating unusual “bathtub conditions” in western Lake Erie this summer, raising concerns for harmful algal blooms. Read the full story by Inside Halton.
A Good, Not Great Lake
Lake Champlain is more than 16 times smaller than Lake Ontario, the smallest Great Lake. But in 1998, Congress designated Lake Champlain as the sixth Great Lake, teeing off a historical and cultural fight over which lakes can really call themselves Great.