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Ohio Lawmakers Discuss Ways to Stop Lake Erie’s Toxic Algal Blooms
Explore options from stricter fertilizer regulations to funding water plant improvements. Where the Maumee River feeds into Lake Erie, the city of Toledo relies on the lake to supply drinking water for...
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Seven Ohio Drinking Water Sources Don’t Meet State Water Quality Standards...
Lack of testing requirements inhibits more thorough review of drinking water safety. Graphic by Codi Kozacek / Circle of Blue Seven public drinking water sources in Ohio have been listed as “impaired”...
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Great Lakes Toxic Algae Prompts Big Investment and Rare Political Agreement
After last summer’s toxic algae outbreak, safe drinking water is a priority again in Ohio, the state that spurred the Clean Water Act more than four decades ago. Photo courtesy of Kelsey Dick / Ohio...
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Toxic Algae Blooms Prompt Clean-Up Commitment from Great Lakes Governors
State and provincial leaders act to end danger to Lake Erie, which has suffered from a resurgence of nutrient pollution and toxic algae outbreaks over the past decade. Photo courtesy of Jim Davidson...
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Lake Erie Toxic Algae Bloom Forecast Spikes
After a slow start this spring, nutrient pollution accelerated over the past week in Lake Erie. Photo courtesy of Jeff Schmaltz / NASA The most severe toxic algae bloom ever recorded in Lake Erie...
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Binational Lake Erie Phosphorus Targets Proposed to Curb Algae
To limit toxic algae blooms, the United States and Canada will need to reduce nutrient pollution by 40 percent. Photo courtesy Tom Archer / Michigan Sea Grant Blooms of toxin-producing cyanobacteria,...
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Line 5 Pipeline Task Force Highlights Weakness in Enbridge Management
Pipeline owner criticized for lapses in inspection and disclosure. Photo © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue Enbridge Inc., based in Calgary, is the largest shipper of Canadian crude oil. The company...
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Lawsuit Asks For Regulations To Address Underwater Oil Pipeline Spills
National Wildlife Federation says federal agency has allowed pipelines to operate illegally for two decades. Photo © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue Line 5, a 62-year-old oil pipeline, crosses...
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Great Lakes States Take Halting Steps Toward Water Protections
Governments in the nation’s most water-rich region are responding to public pressure over high-profile water pollution concerns, but have left fundamental policy changes largely untouched. Photo...
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U.S. Not Prepared for Tar Sands Oil Spills, National Study Finds
Report urges new regulations, research, and technology to respond to spills of diluted bitumen. Photo courtesy Sam LaSusa Oil gathers in a sheen near the banks of the Kalamazoo River more than a week...
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