Toxic coal tar plagues Lake Superior town
Buried beneath a park in the center of Ashland, Wis. lurks some of the filthiest water pollution in the state. Millions of gallons of groundwater near the town’s Lake Superior[…]
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GLRI funds $10 million Great Lakes coastal wetlands study
A $10 million Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant will fund an extensive examination of the Great Lakes’ coastal wetlands. Many environmental experts say the understanding and conservation of these fragile[…]
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GLRI dispenses $2M in grants to 3 Michigan projects
Three Michigan projects targeted at invasive species and stormwater runoff will receive more than $2 million in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding, the Environmental Protection Agency announced earlier this week.[…]
Oil may soon be gone, but tons of PCB-contaminated sediment remain in Kalamazoo River
Long before the Kalamazoo River was flooded with roughly 1 million gallons of crude oil this summer, it was already listed as a Great Lakes Area of Concern for a[…]
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