Poisonous Ponds: Tackling Toxic Coal Ash
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In this episode of Great Lakes Now, investigating the complicated policy and impacts of coal ash in the Great Lakes through the student reporting initiative, "Poisonous Ponds: Tackling Toxic Coal Ash." Coal ash threats on Lake Michigan, ideas for beneficial reuse and more in this special collaboration with Northwestern University?s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications.

Duration: 26 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 2208

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Through a regional magazine-style television program and daily online reports at GreatLakesNow.org, Great Lakes Now covers the environmental, recreational, cultural, and economic issues of the lakes and the communities that depend on them.




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