algal blooms
Economic analysis: Fertilizer-management program is working, expanding it would be better
A voluntary, state-run program is paying dividends by reducing the amount of fertilizer that is running off into Ohio waterways and causing harmful algal blooms, a new economic analysis said. Expanding the program would only expand the benefits, it added. Especially in northwestern Ohio, fertilizer has washed off of farm fields and into the shallow […]
Climate change is already costing cities. It’s going to get much worse
Ohio’s cash-strapped cities and towns are going to need to find billions more a year to keep pace as challenges from climate change intensify over the coming decades, according to a new analysis. Climate denialists have long ignored the overwhelming scientific consensus around global warming. That got a little harder last year when the International […]
Advocates for Great Lakes hoping for investments to address coastlines, pollution, drinking water
When Joe Biden became president in January of 2020, the Alliance for the Great Lakes made a list of five priorities they felt were needed for environmental investment programs in the Great Lakes. They are: The results of whether these issues will move their way to being fixed is still in the air, with the […]
$30 million in funding ready for H2Ohio farmers
Farmers in some northwest Ohio counties can get funding to help reduce agricultural runoff and keep algal blooms out of Lake Erie, according to an announcement made Wednesday. The Ohio Department of Agriculture and the governor’s office said $30 million would be available next month through the governor’s “H2Ohio” program meant to address water quality […]