Restarting an aging reactor and building next-generation modular plants on the shores of the world’s largest freshwater system.
Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue
A guest author for Bridge Magazine.
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Safe for Michigan farms or poison? Battle intensifies over future of Roundup
With the election of President Donald Trump, the conflict over glyphosate’s risks and benefits entered a new realm of confrontation that has the potential to alter its stature as the favored chemical tool in agriculture, the largest user of fresh water in the blue economy of Michigan and the Great Lakes.
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Battle brews in Michigan over waste from 'biodigesters' that slow-cook manure
A court ruling gave Michigan regulators authority to ramp up controls on factory-farm waste that pollutes waterways. Legislators have proposed exemptions for waste produced by ‘biodigesters,’ which capture methane for electricity and transportation fuels.
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MSU has audacious goal: Cattle production that actually helps water quality
Michigan State’s Jason Rowntree is out to prove that ranching is an ecological asset.
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Michigan has a new way to fight climate change: Energy from cow poop and urine
Amid a push toward renewable energy in Michigan, taxpayers are subsidizing technology to turn animal feces into fuel. Opponents say it further subsidizes the growth of an industry responsible for widespread water pollution problems.
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Torrent of manure overwhelms Michigan regulators
Too much waste spread on too little land causes worst of Michigan’s water pollution.
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Michigan farmers using too much fertilizer, hurting water quality efforts
Run-off promotes toxic algae blooms, but farmers and other phosphorus producers are reluctant to alter practices.
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Farms in 6 southeast Michigan counties are major sources of Lake Erie toxic blooms
Water sampling finds no reduction in bloom-producing nutrients.
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Danger looms where toxic algae blooms
Billions spent on strategies to limit nutrient pollution that don’t work.
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As drought grips American West, irrigation becomes a Michigan selling point
Michigan farmers irrigate with 187 billion gallons of groundwater a year, double what was used a decade earlier. Is the state prepared for more?