The federal government is planning to deal with one of the nation’sbiggest water pollution problems. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’sLester Graham reports…the government is cracking down on agriculturalpollution…and farmers wonder who’s going to pay for it:
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Laser Traces Jet Pollution
They’ve been used in cosmetic surgery, military technology or even justto play tag. But one of the latest uses for lasers is shining somelight on the way jet engines pollute. The Great Lakes RadioConsortium’s Wendy Nelson reports:
Mississippi River Initiative
The federal government says a year long effort to crack down onpolluters of the Mississippi River has been a success. Butenvironmentalists say more needs to be done…. The Great Lakes RadioConsortium’s Bill Raack reports:
The Cost of Cheap Electricity
Concern about the environmental impacts of deregulating the electricitymarket have taken a back seat to promises of cheaper power and customerchoice on both sides of the border. But, as Great Lakes RadioConsortium Commentator Suzanne Elston has discovered, proponents ofgreen power just got a very strong ally:
Jet-Skis Threaten Water Quality
There’s been a huge increase in the number of watercraft in recent years. Scientists are wondering how the corresponding increase in pollution will affect the nation’s waterways. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Lester Graham reports:
IJC Wants Bi-National Support for Clean-Up
The International Joint Commission is calling on the United States and Canadian governments to commit to cleaning up long polluted areas of the Great Lakes. As the Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Mike Simonson reports, the commission hopes to hold both countries accountable for the health of the lakes.
Underground Gas Lines Threaten Lakes
The recent discovery of abandoned underwater gasoline lines in Lake Erie has policy-makers worried that the problem may exist all over the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Lester Graham reports:
Frogs Help Us Understand Human Effects
Frogs and toads have lived on earth for more than 100-million-years. Theysurvived whatever extinguished the dinosaurs, yet in our age, they seem tobe vanishing. Reporting for the Great Lakes Radio Consortium, Mary Losure(low-sure) examines this scientific mystery, in the first of a three-partseries. It’s a detective story in which the victims are frogs, notpeople…but people may have a big stake in the mystery’s solution.Amphibians are sensitive indicators of environmental problems. If we canfind out what’s killing frogs, we may also learn if it will someday harm us:
Vanishing Frogs – The Possible Culprit
Frogs and toads are disappearing all over the world…and no one knows allthe reasons why. The destruction of wetlands and other places whereamphibians live is one of the major causes…but frogs and toads have alsobeen dying out in protected sites far from any human disturbance. Worldwideenvironmental problems – airborne contaminants, global climate change, orhigher than normal ultraviolet light from the earth’s thinning ozone layer -have all been linked to frog disappearances, but now there’s hard evidenceof another possible culprit. Mary Losure (low-sure) reports for the GreatLakes Radio Consortium on the worldwide vanishing of frogs. This secondreport in our series begins in the Panamanian rain forest:
Deformed Frogs Spell Trouble for Humans
In the years since the first reports about the disappearance of frogsworldwide, many researchers have warned the plight of amphibians may be anearly sign of environmental problems that could affect humans. More recentreports of DEFORMED frogs have added to these concerns. Mary Losure(low-sure) has the final report in our series for the Great Lakes RadioConsortium: