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Ontario Power Generation has proposed building a nuclear waste disposal facility at its Bruce Nuclear Power Site. The site near the city of Kincardine and would be located less than a mile from Lake Huron. If approved, the site would house 52 million gallons of low and intermediate level nuclear waste. More...
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Conservationists turned up the heat at a public forum Tuesday, cautioning against the controversial proposal to erect a structure in the St. Clair River to help alleviate low water levels in Lakes Huron and Michigan. More...
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Kalamazoo County, Mich., and Enbridge Inc. have reached a proposed agreement in which the county would get $100,000 and the pipeline company would have the right to set up a dredging operation at a park. More...
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The meeting of the American Wind Energy Association held in East Lansing, Mich., was partly a celebration of success and partly an exploration of what's next for wind power in Michigan. More...
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A retiree from Chicago thought he found a deadly piranha in the waters of Cedar Lake, Ind., but it turned out to be its Amazon cousin, called a pacu. More...
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On Nov. 12, Detroit Public Television and The Nature Conservancy will present a two-hour Great Lakes Now Town Hall Event that focuses on freshwater, farming and the agriculture industry's affect on the Great Lakes. More...
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The National Park Service will honor all military veterans with special events and free entrance to all 401 national parks for everyone during the Veterans Day weekend, Nov. 9-11. This includes all national parks, national monuments, national seashores, national preserves and national recreation areas. More...
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During the Freshwater Summit, hosted by The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay, Michigan, Roger Gauthier held fast to the claim that erosion in the St. Clair River has led to the recent historic low lake levels in lakes Michigan and Huron. More...
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The breakwaters in Port Washington, Wisconsin, are deteriorating, and that danger is prompting new warnings signs to keep the public out. More...
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Kalamazoo County and Enbridge Inc. have reached a proposed agreement in which the county would get $100,000 and the pipeline company would have the right to set up a dredging operation at a park. More...
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The meeting of the American Wind Energy Association - Michigan, held in East Lansing, was partly a celebration of the success and partly an exploration of what's next for wind power in Michigan. More...
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A retiree from Chicago thought he found a deadly Piranha in the waters of Cedar Lake, Indiana, but it turned out to be its Amazon cousin, called a Pacu. More...
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Crisp Point is two miles of Lake Superior shoreline, sand dunes and an 83-acre inland lake that is now open to the public as part of a 3,816-acre expansion of state-owned forestland in the central Upper Peninsula. More...
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The National Museum of the Great Lakes, currently under renovation at its Maumee River front location, was brought to Toledo (Ohio) by the Great Lakes Historical Society and will open next spring. More...
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Heavy October rain could help Lake Michigan and Lake Huron continue to rise toward the long term average water level. More...
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The stakes are too high to consider a place for nuclear waste so close to one of the Great Lakes; the prospect of radioactive waste somehow reaching Lake Huron is too terrifying to consider. More...
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A breeding population of grass carp has recently been found for the first time within the Great Lakes watershed, in a tributary of Lake Erie, and Michigan Senator John Proos says that should be causing some alarm. More...
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Wayne Brusate spoke about the discovery of the Regina and the Great Storm of 1913 during a program at the Port Huron Museum in Port Huron, Michigan. More...
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The St. Lawrence River Restoration Council facilitated group discussions to review what has been accomplished and what needs to be done to repair damage caused by pollution to the river. More...
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COMMENTARY: Blue Economy' could bring lot of green to county
News posted a topic in Great Lakes News
The Michigan Economic Center found that each $1 spent to enhance the Blue Economy can generate nearly $7 in economic activity for the surrounding community.If Lake St. Clair is our jewel, it's time to cash in. More... -
A geologist's report has given recommendations on how to stop the march of the large sand dune in the North Point Land Preserve and adjacent Syndicate Park subdivision near South Haven, Michigan. More...
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Sen. Mike Skindell offered sponsor testimony before the Senate's Energy and Natural Resources Committee on a bill which he said will protect the lake from oil spills and other environmental harm. More...
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More than a month after Wauconda, Ill., was spurned by an agency that provides drinking water to part of Lake County, village officials still are trying to salvage a relationship with the group. More...
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Representatives from all levels of government met at the Lake Huron Water Treatment Plant in South Huron, Ont., to celebrate the progress of the Huron Elgin London Clean Water Project. More...
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Instead of their annual dinner, the Community Foundation of St. Clair County had a barbecue on Wednesday near the river walk's newly reconstructed railroad ferry dock. More...