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Thursday, March 28, 2013  Attorneys representing families affected by the Clyde Cancer Cluster have filed a class action lawsuit against Whirlpool Corporations.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013  The Ohio EPA has put out a plea for help identifying the group responsible for illegally dumping asbestos on a property near Swanton last fall.

Thursday, December 13, 2012  The agencies have requested for the factory to temporarily reduce "sulfur dioxide emissions" in anticipation of another project called the Toledo Feed Optimization Project.

Tuesday, December 04, 2012  After the Ohio EPA released a report about the poor condition of Toledo's water treatment plant, the city utilities committee met to talk potential water rate increases as a funding solution.

Monday, April 16, 2012  Ohio EPA has awarded an $80,741 grant to Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments to restore eight acres of floodplain along Upper Swan Creek.

Thursday, September 08, 2011  For the second time in less than a year, a material has been dumped into Shantee Creek in north Toledo, resulting in a fish kill.

Thursday, July 14, 2011  Chrysler's plans to expand the Toledo North Assembly Plant will first require air pollution permits from the Ohio EPA.

Monday, December 13, 2010  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the state of Ohio and the Ottawa River Group announced that they have completed a major cleanup project of the Ottawa River. The project involved dredging 242,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment from a 5.5 mile section of the Ottawa River in Toledo, Ohio.

Friday, October 22, 2010  The City of Toledo has agreed to expand its sewer system much further than originally planned, after prodding from the U.S. and Ohio Environmental Protection agencies.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010  Cleanup will begin next week on parcels of property adjacent to waterways in the city of Ottawa, OH. The primary contaminent in the three properties is lead.

Tuesday, September 07, 2010  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson announced the EPA's first Great Lakes Restoration Initiative competitive grants Tuesday.

Thursday, July 15, 2010  The staff at Nature's Nursery in Whitehouse has rarely seen anything like it. Nearly two dozen ducks covered in an oily goo have been brought to the rehab center for cleaning over the past few days after being rescued from a small creek in South Toledo that was soiled by an oil spill last weekend.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010  An oil spill that originated at a Maumee factory has moved into south Toledo through a drainage ditch. Meanwhile, a local organization is trying to help wildlife in the are recover.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010  Federal authorities have said no to Ohio's request to fight bloodsucking bedbugs in homes with an industrial insecticide.

Thursday, April 22, 2010  Environmentalists in Ohio want regulators to force the operator of a power plant along Lake Erie to install costly changes that would stop millions of fish from being killed each year.