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applegrove

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 09:40 PM Aug 19

Why would Trump want algae blooms in the Great Lakes? [View all]

Does he want to monetize the clean up?

The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.

(Published May)

ProPublica (@propublica.org) 2025-08-20T01:30:04.143209592Z
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