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Receding floodwaters, sunshine and warming temperatures have led to a resurgence of bacterial algae blooms on Madison's lakes.
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Read More »Toxic algae flourishes despite vast sums spent to prevent it
Competing in a bass fishing tournament two years ago, Todd Steele cast his rod from his 21-foot motorboat — unaware that he was being poisoned. A thick, green scum coated western Lake Erie. And Steele, a semipro angler, was sickened by it.
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Read More »Lawmakers want programs to curb Great Lakes farm pollution (UPDATE)
Two members of Congress introduced legislation Tuesday that encourages states in the Great Lakes region to develop voluntary programs aimed at reducing farm pollution that causes harmful algae blooms.
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Read More »Madison college students create algae-removal system
A system that clears up surface-level algae by slurping it away and depositing it into a dumpster will make its debut this summer in Madison lakes.
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Read More »EPA awards $8.6 million to reduce Lake Erie algae
Three states are receiving a combined $8.6 million in federal grants for programs aimed at reducing phosphorus runoff that causes harmful algae blooms in western Lake Erie, which led officials to order about 400,000 people not to drink tap water for two days in August.
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Read More »Report says runoff declining near Great Lakes
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer DETROIT (AP) — A report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture says farmers are cutting back significantly on the amount of soil and nutrients eroding from fields to the Great Lakes and neighboring waterways. ...
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Read More »China, U.S. launch biofuel venture
Beijing (AP) — The United States and China launched a research venture Wednesday to develop biofuels for use by Chinese airlines based on algae or oily nuts and announced an inaugural flight could come as early as this year. The ...
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Read More »Grant to reduce algae pollution in Yahara Chain of Lakes
A $75,000 grant from the Madison Community Foundation will be used by Dane County to reduce algae-growing phosphorus from farm fields that run into the Yahara Chain of Lakes. County Executive Kathleen Falk said the money will reduce agricultural runoff ...
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Read More »Scientists looking to tobacco as biofuel
By Michael Felberbaum AP Tobacco Writer Richmond, Va. — Some researchers say an age-old cash crop long the focus of public health debate could be used to help solve America’s energy crisis, by genetically modifying the tobacco leaf for use ...
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Read More »Wis. board examines limits on phosphorus pollution (UPDATE)
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin residents may soon pay more to flush the toilet but enjoy cleaner lakes, rivers and streams under a plan to more strictly regulate phosphorus pollution in state waterways. The ...
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