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It was mild bloom year on Lake Erie, but upstream challenges persist
This year’s harmful algae bloom in western Lake Erie was among the mildest in a decade, but the improvement may owe more to favorable weather conditions than fundamental reductions in […]
Lake sturgeon released in Cuyahoga River as Ohio expands recovery effort
Ohio state wildlife officials say thousands of juvenile lake sturgeon were released in four Ohio rivers this year, including the Cuyahoga, as part of an effort to rebuild the endangered […]
Suicides plague Michigan farms. Michigan just ended money to help
Stress over weather and markets to sell their products has endangered family farms. And now, state funding for farmer mental health counseling is gone — not among the items renewed in this year’s budget.
The Floating Solar Revolution: Death By A Thousand Cuts For Fossil Fuels
The floating solar movement continues apace in the US, despite this year’s sharp U-turn in federal energy policy.
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Your Single-Use Plastic Bottles Are Killing Endangered Sea Turtles
Those plastic bottles that are so readily available at convenience stores, groceries, conferences, and sports venues are a real problem: they kill marine creatures. A recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences concludes that plastic ingestion has been documented in nearly 1,300 marine species, including every … [continued]
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