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- — May 5, 2010
Louisiana’s wetlands can’t take much more abuse

For weeks, crude oil has been gushing into the Gulf of Mexico following the now-notorious April 20 explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. As it is continually fed by[…]

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- — April 20, 2010
Megafarm watchdog protects Michigan freshwaters

For her efforts to patrol megafarms in southern Michigan, Lynn Henning received what’s considered the “Nobel Prize for environmental work” yesterday. Henning was awarded the 2010 Goldman Environmental Prize, an[…]

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- — April 13, 2010
Round gobies, zebra mussels move PCBs through food chain

New research coming from the University of Michigan reveals that two notorious Great Lakes invasive species are helping move toxic PCBs up the aquatic food chain in Saginaw Bay, Lake[…]

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- — April 7, 2010
New study recommends strategies to regulate farm runoff

Regulations for agricultural runoff aren’t effective enough, primarily because they’re not mandatory, according to a new report. The study, “Cultivating Clean Water: State-Based Regulation of Agricultural Runoff Pollution,” was formed[…]

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