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Detroit’s toxic river: After decades, some progress—but a long cleanup journey remains

In 1987 the U.S. and Canada entered into a Great Lakes agreement to start the process of cleaning up the most polluted sites, 43 of them, that dot the waterways in and between the two countries. The sites, officially known as Areas of Concern, contain legacy toxic sediment from the industrial era when dumping pollutants ...

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State Farm Bureaus back proposal for $737M Chesapeake Watershed cleanup initiative

Three weeks after the agricultural leaders of the six Chesapeake Bay watershed states urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture to create a regional conservation initiative to expedite Bay cleanup efforts, the farm bureaus of the same six states have done the same.
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Cleanup of abandoned mines could get boost, relieving rivers

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Maryland moves to curb water pollution from chicken rendering plant

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Commentary: In a Pennsylvania town, tainted water was only the beginning

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An environmental ‘catastrophe’ in Southern Africa lingers with few answers

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Union Carbide faces DEP consent order, new lawsuit over alleged South Charleston toxic dumping site

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Women building dreams: Sustainable livelihoods on Colombia′s Pacific coast

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Hurricane Ida oil spills 'mind-boggling,' but likely not as bad as Katrina, Rita

Some call for infrastructure review every five years, fines for violators.

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Joe Manchin’s dirty empire

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Pennsylvania: DEP fails to address loophole that allows conventional drilling wastewater dumping

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Shenandoah River’s algae woes worsen

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The big problem with plastic

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