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Really wished he’d tried to film it here in the cities.

Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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“US households are paying 62% more for drinking water than they did a decade ago, outpacing inflation, grocery prices & incomes” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.com

US households pay 62% more for water than they did a decade ago, study finds

For-profit water corporations, federal cuts and climate crisis are ‘supercharging water rate hikes’, study co-author says

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“There’s two types of sailors on the Great Lakes,” the captain told me. “Those who have been seasick, and those that will be seasick.” Having spent a lot of time on the ocean without once getting sick, I was skeptical. The captain was right.

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"And at least from my perspective, for no good reason. There isn’t a real justification for it.”

“It’s definitely not an ideal scenario for me personally or for the work that the EPA lab in Duluth was doing. A lot of great projects, a lot of great researchers have been sidetracked, forced to relocate, forced to reevaluate their career decisions and priorities," he said.

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I met Max Wilder who came to Duluth for a postdoc that was supposed to be shared between the EPA and the University of Minnesota Duluth, with the bulk of the work at EPA. According to Max, due to federal funding cuts and restructuring, his program was cancelled shortly after arriving in Duluth.

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What I hadn’t realized was the work and the ship never stopped. The Heron kept on steaming through the night. Working in shifts, both the crew and the science team never ceased. 24/7 they would work like this. While I was only onboard for three days, they would tirelessly work for the next 17.

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The importance of the greenhouse gas data they were collecting would be underscored weeks later as climate change fueled Canadian wildfires choked the very Lake Superior north shore we travelled along with thick black smoke.

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Profs John Kessler and Tom Weber from the University of Rochester’s Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences led the science team. Their aim was to measure and map the amount of the potent greenhouse gas methane – a major contributor to our warming atmosphere – emitted by all five Great Lakes.

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I was told the captain and crew were well seasoned.

“Compared to what we know about the oceans, we know very little about the Great Lakes,” Rachel Flickinger told me. Rachel is a PhD student in the University of Rochester’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and a member of the trip's science team.

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algal blooms are essentially mushy peas

I was there for a very long time.

My review in USDs the Volante

Review of the Replacements All Shook Down

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Bipartisan consensus! [HENDERSON] Chris Jones, what’s your view of the president’s decision to import beef to lower the price of ground beef for consumers? [JONES] It’s one of the stupidest ideas I’ve ever heard of. [HENDERSON] Mike Naig? [NAIG] It’s a bad idea

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damn that stinks my first office out to lunch was there.

David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 01/10/2026

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Please reskeet

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Leah Douglas @leahjdouglas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Iowa has the second-highest cancer rate in the US - and it’s reshaping the state’s hugely competitive midterm elections. My latest for @reuters.com:

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Undefeated in the black and blue circa 01

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Alliance for the Great Lakes @alliancegreatlakes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Our President and CEO, Joel Brammeier, spoke with Politico about the future of Brandon Road. "Without an explanation, we don’t know what the future holds. We really need clarity that this won’t happen again, and that has to come from the White House." 🔗 Read the article: bit.ly/3TzD4MO

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

kill your darlings applies across all disciplines

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Primaried coward. Duder carried a lot of water for SNAP cuts. He lied to my grandfather about Keystone going over our farm. He found that lacking in character.

Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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Wrote it with Rob Smigel. And yes, it was pulled from reruns.

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Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl @deardara.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

it's like a turducken but siscowbraten.

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Love it so much reviewed it for my HS paper.

Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“Too many politicians from both parties quake in their hip waders at the thought of messing with King Corn, Boss Hog or Emperor Ethanol, the three horsemen of the waterpocolypse.”

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

And great for cancer. "This fertilizer is known to provide fast-acting yet slow-releasing nitrogen for field crops. And while it’s great for farmers, it’s not so great for fish."

greatlakesnow.org

Ohio Fertilizer Spill Leads to Fish Kill - Great Lakes Now

Fish kills are not uncommon in the Great Lakes region, recently more than 24,000 fish were killed on Ohio’s Maumee River.