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Toolbox: Database Helps Track Broken Promises on Parkland Conservation [1]

Seattle-based InvestigateWest published a feature package last summer documenting illegal parkland conversions in Michigan, New York City, and Oklahoma. They could not cover all the other states — that was left for you to do, with the assistance of their database of some 40,000 federal grants under the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

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Kalamazoo Mayor: EPA's Plan for Superfund Landfill Is 'Unacceptable' [12]

"KALAMAZOO, MI -- Members of the Kalamazoo community gathered at a public forum Monday to learn more about the Allied Paper landfill site and to voice concerns with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to consolidate and cap the site in Kalamazoo's Edison neighborhood."

Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
Source: Kalamazoo Gazette [16], 04/24/2013

Wisc. Utilities Settle for $1.2B with EPA On Coal Plant Air Pollution [17]

"Wisconsin Power & Light Co. and three other utilities will spend $1.2 billion to clean up coal-fired power plants and shut down older plants under a settlement announced Monday with federal regulators."

Air [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [20], 04/23/2013

"Hospital, Homes Evacuated Amid Flood Threats in Illinois, Elsewhere" [21]

"Record-setting rains in parts of the Midwest have caused hundreds of flight cancellations and flooding, with one northern Illinois hospital evacuating patients due to rising floodwaters."

Disasters [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
Source: CNN [24], 04/19/2013

"EPA To Test Hazardous Barrel Site" [25]

"SPRINGFIELD, Ohio -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will conduct tests at a Tremont City site containing buried barrels filled with 1.5 million gallons of hazardous waste."

Environmental Health [13]
Pollution [15]
Public [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
Source: Springfield News Sun [26], 04/16/2013

"Toxic Chemicals Turn Up in Great Lakes Plastic Pollution" [27]

"Toxic chemicals clinging to plastics could cause health problems for fish and other organisms in the Great Lakes."

Chemicals [28]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
Source: Great Lakes Echo [29], 04/09/2013

Sierra: Pollution 'Human Rights Abuse' To Poor, Minorities in Detroit [30]

"Metro Detroit’s poor and minority populations face greater health and environmental challenges than most communities because of their proximity to industrial pollution - an “environmental injustice” and “human rights abuse,” Sierra Club Detroit officials said today as they released a report on the state of Detroit’s environment."

Activism [31]
People & Population [32]
Pollution [15]
Public [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
Source: Detroit Free Press [33], 04/05/2013

"Warming May Mean More Toxic Algae Blooms for Lake Erie" [34]

"Toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie could come more often and be more intense in coming decades thanks in part to torrential rains intensified by global warming, according to a study published in Monday’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."

Climate Change [35]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
Source: Climate Central [36], 04/02/2013

EPA Sets New Requirements for Ballast Water Dumped By Ships [37]

"TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued new requirements Thursday for cleansing ballast water dumped from ships, which scientists believe has provided a pathway to U.S. waters for invasive species that damage ecosystems and cost the economy billions of dollars."

Biodiversity [38]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
Source: AP [39], 03/29/2013

"Train Hauling Canadian Oil Derails in Minnesota" [40]

"A mile-long train hauling oil from Canada derailed and leaked 30,000 gallons of crude in western Minnesota on Wednesday, as debate rages over the environmental risks of transporting tar sands across the border."

Disasters [22]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Pollution [15]
Public [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
Canada [41]
Source: Reuters [42], 03/28/2013

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