New York first state to halt natural gas “fracking”
New York has become the first state to impose a formal moratorium on natural gas drilling that uses the controversial hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” method. Gov. David Paterson issued an[…]
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Ohio farmers export tons of manure using federal dollars
The intense blue-green algal blooms that overran Ohio’s Grand Lake St. Marys this summer have largely been blamed on manure runoff from surrounding fields. As a response, an incentive program[…]
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Endocrine disruptors found in 11 Minnesota lakes
Endocrine disruptors have been of growing concern in recent years because of the profound effect they can have on aquatic life. These chemicals have been found for years in major[…]
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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