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Watch for Harmful Algal Blooms in MI Recreational Waters
By Farah Siddiqi/ Michigan News Connection
Published July 17, 2023"The #Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy is advising people on what to do if they encounter the algae. One environmental group is convinced it's being caused by thermal discharge from #NuclearPlants.
"Jesse Deer in Water, community organizer for the watchdog group Citizens' Resistance at #FermiTwo, the nuclear plant in Monroe County, said the plant's discharge is full of toxins but people rarely hear about it, because the data comes from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission [#NRC].
"'The thermal discharge is the heat from the process of the cooling that's left over in the water,' Deer in Water explained. 'It comes out at temperatures well above the average, and damages the #ecosystems and fish, and the heat from it helps harmful algal blooms [#HABs] dominate the waters there locally.'
"The group is demanding more regulation and cleaner energy sources, saying nuclear power is neither 'clean' nor 'emission-free.'"
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Watch for Harmful Algal Blooms in MI Recreational Waters
By Farah Siddiqi/ Michigan News Connection
Published July 17, 2023"The #Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy is advising people on what to do if they encounter the algae. One environmental group is convinced it's being caused by thermal discharge from #NuclearPlants.
"Jesse Deer in Water, community organizer for the watchdog group Citizens' Resistance at #FermiTwo, the nuclear plant in Monroe County, said the plant's discharge is full of toxins but people rarely hear about it, because the data comes from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission [#NRC].
"'The thermal discharge is the heat from the process of the cooling that's left over in the water,' Deer in Water explained. 'It comes out at temperatures well above the average, and damages the #ecosystems and fish, and the heat from it helps harmful algal blooms [#HABs] dominate the waters there locally.'
"The group is demanding more regulation and cleaner energy sources, saying nuclear power is neither 'clean' nor 'emission-free.'"