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A report from Environment America found Ontario Beach had potentially unsafe water quality on 42% of test days in 2024.
A new report finds unsafe bacteria levels at many Great Lakes beaches, including Ontario Beach in Rochester. Climate change may worsen the risk.
50 years after the Clean Water Act and amid climate change's impact across the U.S., America faces new pollution problems in its lakes and rivers.
Protecting the Lakes from Pollution. Season 4 Episode 7 | 26m 46s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Updates on Lake Erie algal blooms, Flint's water, and coal ash regulation. 07/26/2024 ...
North America’s most valuable resource is at risk. The Great Lakes helped make the U.S. an economic powerhouse. Now climate change, pollution, and invasive species threaten their complex ecosystems.
North America's freshwater lakes are getting saltier due to development and exposure to road salt. A study of 371 lakes reports that many Midwestern and Northeastern lakes are experiencing ...
The five Great Lakes, located between the US and Canada, form a crucial freshwater system. These lakes, including Superior, ...
A cat walks over waste lining the shore of Lake Maracaibo in the Santa Rosa de Agua neighborhood of Maracaibo, Venezuela, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. The pollution around the lake, one of Latin America ...