Environment
Landfill plan along Great Lakes sparks fear of pollution
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In northern Michigan, people who live near a landfill have been dealing with contaminated drinking water for decades. A new plan for the landfill makes them even more concerned.
Environment
U.S. details plan to fight Lake Erie algae blooms
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The U.S. EPA’s plan targets phosphorus, the main cause of the blooms. It summarizes agendas from Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Environment
Wisconsin factory sparks concern for Great Lakes water use
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Construction crews are already laying water pipe in the Village of Mount Pleasant, about five miles from Lake Michigan.
Michigan State University
MSU student starts sports podcast
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Ryan Ferris, an economics student at Michigan State University, recently launched his own sports podcast Ferris Takes, marking another entrant into the rapidly expanding medium. The show plans to focus on all the hot topics going on in the world of sports in the spirit of other popular sports shows such as ESPN’s First Take Show. The first episode, which Ferris released to SoundCloud on March 25, Ferris covers everything from problems in the NBA, potential trades that might occur in the NFL this month and his boredom with the MLB. The podcast will cover a variety of topics. “Before I put the first episode out I was pretty nervous,” Ferris said.