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Gov. Pat Quinn moved to require companies that store petroleum coke in Illinois to fully enclose the refinery byproduct and take more aggressive measures to tamp down lung-damaging dust. More...
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At a lightly attended public hearing in Milwaukee, citizens expressed concern about the long-term health of the Great Lakes, with most supporting an option that would plug the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to stop invasive species from reaching Lake Michigan. More...
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Ships, including iron ore freighters bound for Northwest Indiana steel mills, have been jamming up the ice-choked St. Marys River in recent weeks as they rush to make deliveries before the Soo Locks close this week. More...
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The nation needs to become less dependent on fossil fuels, but in the meantime, citizens have a right to know what's rumbling through their backyard, and how safe it is. More...
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15 to 20 families left their homes in Rocky River, OH Saturday afternoon when ice began to jam on the Rocky River's west channel causing water to quickly spill over the banks. More...
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The snowy owl has been drawing watchers to Lake Erie for a glimpse of the bird, a rarity in Ohio. Bird watchers and photographers from all over the state have been converging to see the snowy owls that have been seen in the area. More...
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An invasion of the lakes, including Lake Erie, by the voracious asian carp threatens a multibillion-dollar fishery valuable to states including Pennsylvania and has implications for jobs, the economy and the environment. More...
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The American Bird Conservancy and Ohio's Black Swamp Bird Observatory announced their intention to sue the Ohio National Guard in connection with violations of the federal Endangered Species Act and other federal laws concerning the planned installation of a wind turbine on the shores of Lake Erie. More...
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The National Weather Service issued flood warnings until noon Monday for southwestern Lake County and northeastern Cuyahoga County in Ohio as the Chagrin River backed up due to ice buildups. More...
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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' research bureau produced the report to brief agency regulators on what scientific literature says about extensive testing and environmental monitoring that are typically needed to prevent serious damage from acid runoff into streams and mercury emissions into the air. More...
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Wolf researchers on Isle Royale National Park are watching to see whether the recent blast of arctic air and sub-zero temperatures builds an ice bridge this year so that the wolf population may rise. More...
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There are still parts of Lake Erie that are uncovered which means for lake residents, lake effect snow will be around for the near future. More...
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Fewer double-crested cormorants are expected to migrate north to fisheries in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River this spring, as hunters in South Carolina will be given liberty to kill the birds with firearms on the Santee Cooper lakes in February and March More...
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Ice breakers from the U.S. and Canada are operating at full capacity as they work to keep shipping lanes open to Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. More...
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Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller wants the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to include Indiana among sites for public meetings on the GLMRIS report, which have been scheduled this month in four other Great Lakes states and St. Louis. More...
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Conservation groups say a proposed wind turbine to be erected at the Ohio National Guard facility at Camp Perry would threaten American bald eagles and several endangered species, and they have sent notice of their intention to sue to stop the project. More...
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A full barrier between Lake Michigan and the Chicago waterway system is the best, even if costliest, option to prevent the Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes, Ontario MPP Toby Barrett says. More...
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Homeowners on Cayuga Island were breathing a little easier as an ice jam on the upper Niagara River that prompted flooding concerns started showing signs of loosening up amid warmer temperatures. More...
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Urbanites in Montreal have now the chance to go ice fishing at Montreal's Old Port. More...
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Coast Guard crews are working from the western part of Lake Erie to the southern part of Lake Huron to provide Great Lakes freighters with a safe escort through ice on the St. Clair River. More...
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NASA's Terra satellite captured images of fog forming over the Great Lakes and moving southeast with the wind on Jan. 6 2014. More...
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Raw steel production in the country's Great Lakes region has risen by 7,000 tons last week. More...
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Many Wisconsin residents are gathering at Lake Michigan to witness the ice formation over the water, saying they've "never seen anything like it." More...
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The lighthouses on Lake Michigan at St. Joseph and South Haven are famous round the world today, thanks to stunning photos of the structures encrusted in ice shot over the past few years by an Indiana photographer whose works are making the rounds on social networking this week. More...
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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has adopted a restoration plan for sauger, a walleye-like fish that biologists call one of the state's most imperiled fish species. More...