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It was near Marshall that an aging oil pipeline burst on July 25, 2010 and spilled more than one million gallons of heavy Canadian crude oil into the Kalamazoo River. It was the largest inland oil pipeline spill in U.S. history, and its effects can still be seen today in the river and in the lives of the people who live near it. More...

Lakefront homeowners are suing Concordia University in Mequon. They say the school's much-celebrated bluff restoration project is damaging their property and threatening their homes. More...

The Obama administration's plan to halt the spread of invasive Asian carp to the Great Lakes includes rebuilding an earthen berm in Eagle Marsh. More...

Legislation under consideration in Congress would designate about 32,500 acres within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore as wilderness. More...

The plan features a variety of topics, including nonpoint source pollution, invasive species and climate change. More...

But a spokesman for the local company hosting the pet coke, Detroit Bulk Storage, indicated the removal of the piles "is temporary." More...

Climate change could exacerbate the Great Lakes' long-receding water levels, the senators said, arguing this deserves more attention given the risks to the nation's largest freshwater supply, commercial shipping and the 1.5 million jobs the Great Lakes support. More...

Proposed funding cuts to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative introduced this week represent the greatest threat yet to the 4-year-old program, some environmental groups charged Tuesday. More...

The plan features a variety of topics, including nonpoint source pollution, invasive species and climate change. More...

Organizations and municipalities gathered Tuesday at Singer Castle to discuss their plans to designate the Thousand Islands-St. Lawrence region as a Scenic Area of Statewide Significance. More...

Widespread green infrastructure will be a huge step forward for our goals. More...

A crowd gathered around Lock 1 as the truck -- squashed down to the tops of its front doors -- was extracted from under the huge concrete counterweight. More...

The truck was heading north when winds went from 20 mph to gusts up to 79 mph, knocking it over. More...

The schooner Halie & Matthew recently survived wind, waves, a lightning strike and an on-board fire on the Great Lakes. More...

Detroit Bulk Storage also announced that it expects the dwindling piles of the fuel, which is similar to coal, to be depleted by the end of August. More...

A significant amount of blue-green algae is expected in the western basin of Lake Erie this summer. This year's algal bloom will not be as bad as in 2011, which was one of the worst years on record for the explosions of algae growth. More...

As Lake Erie has some of Ohio's most desirable public beaches and offers world-class fishing opportunities, the algae problem is devastating to the local economy. More...

With only a few days of public notice, Great Lakes United - the only binational coalition organized around Great Lakes environmental protection--closed its doors and turned off the lights. More...

"Ramp rage" is sweeping the shoreline of Lake Erie and many of the popular Northeast Ohio reservoirs, a state of frustration brought on by unnecessarily long waits at local launch ramps. More...

A new online tool released by the Department of the Interior this week allows users to select any major stream and trace it up to its sources or down to its watershed. One map exported from the tool highlights all the major tributaries that feed into the Mississippi River, illustrating the river's huge catchment area of approximately 1.15 million square miles. More...

Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources spent Thursday near Windsor, Ont. looking for evidence that Asian carp live in Lake Erie. Officials were gathering water samples that will be analyzed for the presence of environmental DNA. More...

Huge spring and summer rainfalls have helped Great Lakes water levels surge by near-record monthly numbers, causing them to rise at a time when evaporation and drought often shrink them. More...

Despite ongoing water quality issues locally, a report from the Fraser Institute - a national policy think tank - released this week concludes the quality of Canada's fresh water has greatly improved in recent decades, including the Great Lakes. More...

It has been another season of beach closures and water quality testing across New York's Finger Lakes area as residents, experts and public officials seek to find answers regarding an influx of disease and invasive species. More...

The May 5 release of about 80 gallons of slightly radioactive water from the Palisades nuclear power plant into Lake Michigan brought into focus what many Southwest Michigan residents likely didn't realize: The region's two nuclear power plants routinely discharge radioactive material into the air and into Lake Michigan. More...