Agriculture

Some banned pesticides fade from Great Lakes air, while others persist

ByGreat Lakes Now 30 March 2023

Two recently banned pesticides have all but disappeared from the atmosphere around the Great Lakes, while others phased out decades ago are still hanging around.

Marta Venier, an environmental chemist at Indiana University, and her team looked at air samples taken every 12 days since 1990 by the Environmental Protection Agency around the Great Lakes region, which measure the atmospheric concentration of hundreds of compounds, including pesticides, PCBs, and other persistent chemicals.

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New U.S. Climate Law Could Make Midwest Water Contamination Worse

ByGreat Lakes Now 10 February 2023

By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue

The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; and Michigan Radio, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.

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Lynch: Adjusting the intensity of farming can help address climate change

ByThe London Free Press 1 January 2023

We have little chance of tackling climate change and reducing biodiversity loss without a redesign of the world’s largest industry: agriculture and food.

Opposition to CAFOs Mounts Across the Nation

ByGreat Lakes Now 5 December 2022

By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue

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Grow Ontario Strategy aims to promote local products, spur economic growth

ByBlackburn News 3 December 2022

On Monday, the Grow Ontario Strategy was announced – a 10-year vision for major growth in the agriculture and food industries.

Mapping the Great Lakes: Pumpkin production

ByGreat Lakes Now 28 November 2022

Love staring at a map and discovering something interesting? Then “Mapping the Great Lakes” is for you. It’s a monthly Great Lakes Now feature created by Alex B. Hill, a self-described “data nerd and anthropologist” who combines cartography, data, and analytics with storytelling and human experience.

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Surf and Turf: The Great Lakes Now Episode Quiz

ByGreat Lakes Now 4 November 2022

Great Lakes Now tries to make every episode interesting and educational.

In “Surf and Turf,” dig into the future of land use in the Great Lakes as needs grow for both housing and agriculture, then join an eFoiling adventure on Lake Huron, and keep up with news about the lakes you love with The Catch!

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Water runoff research being done in Huron County

ByBlackburn News 24 October 2022

The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority, the University of Guelph, and the Ministries of Environment and Agriculture have been working together to conduct water and climate research in the Parkhill Creek.

Meet your candidates – Councillor at-large

ByKincardine Independent 17 October 2022

By Hannah MacLeod The October 2022 municipal election is underway, with the official list of candidates being published on Aug. 22. In Kincardine, there are seven candidates for the councillor-at-large … Continue reading Meet your candidates – Councillor at-large →

The post Meet your candidates – Councillor at-large appeared first on Kincardine Independent.

Great Lakes Commission awards more than $1.2 million to reduce runoff and improve water quality

ByGreat Lakes Commission 6 October 2022

Ann Arbor, Mich. – The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) announced today that it will award more than $1.2 million in grants to reduce the runoff of sediment, nutrients, and other pollutants into the Great Lakes and their tributaries through the Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program. “The Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program…

PFAS News Roundup: High levels of “forever chemicals” found in pesticides, artificial turf

ByGreat Lakes Now 4 October 2022

PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of widespread man-made chemicals that don’t break down in the environment or the human body and have been flagged as a major contaminant in sources of water across the country.

Keep up with PFAS-related developments in the Great Lakes area.

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MN Supreme Court: Farm country stream is protected waterway

ByGreat Lakes Now 3 October 2022

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled a western county in the state must conduct an environmental review to determine whether a proposed drainage ditch improvement could harm one of the last free-flowing creeks in the heavily agricultural area.

The ruling last week affirms a state Court of Appeals judgment that reversed a Renville County Board decision which said the study wasn’t necessary.

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