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Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most

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According to a survey of public water systems by the Ohio EPA, obtained by the Alliance for the Great Lakes, the systems in the algae-afflicted West Lake Erie Basin have spent an average of $14 million on facility upgrades to deal with the blooms. If severe blooms repeat year after year, the price tag rises to $1 billion over a decade. .

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Weighing Two Circuit Splits, Ohio District Court Allows Declaratory Judgment and Contribution Claims to Proceed

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Six years later Plaintiff submitted a No Further Action (NFA) letter to the Ohio EPA, which in turn issued a Final Order and Covenant releasing Plaintiff from liability at the site as a result of its successful remediation.

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Bay Journal: States/EPA Agree To New Plan For More Nutrient, Sediment Reductions In Chesapeake Bay Watershed To Make Up For Conowingo Dam

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The EPA will evaluate progress in 2026 and decide if the approach is working. It’s a challenging issue, not all of our making, but it’s up to us to figure it out,” Adam Ortiz, administrator of the EPA’s Mid-Atlantic region, told officials from Bay states at a recent meeting. Under that approach, some work will begin soon.

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Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week

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Zabel In 2019 -- PennLive - Jan Murphy: 16 Republican Lawmakers Call On Democratic House Member Accused Of Sexual Harassment To Resign -- AP: Democratic Rep. Kenyatta (D) Enters 2024 Race For PA Auditor General -- TribLive: Allegheny County Democratic Endorsements Show Leftward Shift On Committee -- MCall: Former Rep.

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ESA Policy News: November 8, 2021

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Ruling allows the EPA to protect Bristol Bay. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) have expressed concerns over the total price tag of the budget reconciliation bill. . The EPA receive $100 million for air quality and climate research and NASA gets $115 million for climate research. Michael Bennet in 2019 ( S.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

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This bill allows fishermen to exchange lionfish tails for fishing tags for other species. NSF: The annual 2020 Survey of Earned Doctorates , compiled by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, finds that the number of doctorate recipients in the life sciences decreased slightly from 12,753 in 2019 to 12,561 in 2020.

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Farms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms

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That figure is consistent with the price tag for clearing American waters of contamination. Since the nonpoint program started in 1987, and at the direction of Congress and the EPA, the state agency has awarded $110 million in grants to communities and nonprofit groups.

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