The blooms have become an annual problem in the Great Lakes. DNA studies show what’s growing there and why it’s dangerous.
The risk of harmful algal blooms can be reduced. The biggest drivers of the increase are farm fertilizer and climate change.
A lot went wrong in the scramble to respond after a train carrying highly volatile vinyl chloride and other chemicals derailed in 2023. The lessons can help ensure safer responses in the future.
Standards are vague, and the IRS, which is tasked with enforcement, hasn’t provided much oversight.
This particularly physical kind of philanthropy caught on in the mid-20th century.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is looking into new rules for trains. Trucks, however, are involved in thousands more hazmat incidents every year in the US.
Warmer waters, heavier storms and nutrient pollution are a triple threat to Great Lakes cities' drinking water. The solution: Cutting nutrient releases and installing systems to filter runoff.
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