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Toxic Terrain

Fertilizer and manure in the U.S. Corn Belt contaminate water and ruin the quality of life.

New U.S. Climate Law Will Make Water Contamination Worse

February 8, 2023
Billions in clean energy incentives rely on raw materials from polluting corn and livestock.
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Opposition to CAFOs Mounts Across the Nation

December 1, 2022
Toxic manure discharges from large livestock operations is major source of water pollution.
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The Alicia Patterson Foundation awarded an investigative reporting fellowship to support this project. Co-publishers include The Guardian, The New Lede, Great Lakes Now, Michigan Radio, and Investigate Midwest.

Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms

A six-part series

Circle of Blue · Speaking Of Water - Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms

Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms

September 8, 2022
Billions spent on strategies to limit nutrient pollution that don’t work.
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Farms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms

September 13, 2022
Water sampling finds no reduction in bloom-producing nutrients.
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In A Year of Water Quality Reckoning, National Imperative is Impeded

September 15, 2022
Law and policy treat farms as special class of polluter.
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Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most

September 20, 2022
Algae blooms are hiking the cost of water for people already struggling to pay their bills.
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Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators

September 22, 2022
Cause of Michigan’s worst water pollution is too much waste spread on too little land.
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Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice

September 27, 2022
They are expensive, in many cases experimental, and take a long time to work.
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This project was made possible by the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation, and the Joyce Foundation. 

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