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The Great Lakes hold 20 percent of the world's surface freshwater and, increasingly, a host of worrisome chemical compounds known as "contaminants of emerging concern." More...
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The enduringly popular daytime television game show The Price is Right is set to feature Braddock Point Lighthouse in Hilton, N.Y., in a Lighthouses Around the World vacation getaway showcase prize early in 2013. More...
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When is an earmark not really an earmark? A fresh bit of Congressional finagling raises that question in regard to yet another special favor for the coal-burning, ash-dumping, Lake Michigan carferry S.S. Badger. More...
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The Great Lakes hold 20 percent of the world's surface freshwater and, increasingly, a host of worrisome chemical compounds known as "contaminants of emerging concern." More...
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As New York continues to clean up from a massive storm surge along its seaboard, residents along Lake Ontario are suffering the opposite problem: too little water. More...
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The BurlingtonGreen Environmental Association has been awarded a $24,985 grant through Ontario's Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund to help protect the Great Lakes. More...
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A federal probe is under way into illegal dumping along Lake Erie's shoreline that has continued for decades, as Ohio regulatory agencies claim lack of enforcement authority. More...
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A wooden steamer that sunk in Lake Huron in 1910 has been found. The Steamer New York, which was built in 1897, was discovered by the Undersea Research Associates. More...
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The enduringly popular daytime television game show The Price is Right is set to feature Braddock Point Lighthouse in Hilton, N.Y., in a Lighthouses Around the World vacation getaway showcase prize early in 2013. More...
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An architectural competition called to reimagine the city's riverfront has drawn hundreds of entries from as far away as Tunisia, Taiwan and Turkey. More...
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A U.S. Coast Guardsman stationed in Buffalo wrote a children's book about his adventures on the Straits of Mackinac as seen through the eyes of an adopted dog, Onyx. More...
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A historic ferry that has shuttled passengers, vehicles and freight across Lake Michigan for decades is in the spotlight again with a federal permit allowing it to dump coal ash in Lake Michigan set to expire this month. More...
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The Great Lakes compact is one of the most important interstate agreements in recent history. It sets forth the legal and environmental requirements to address our water needs and protect the Great Lakes. More...
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is anticipating all-time record low water levels for Lakes Huron and Michigan in early 2013 after a continued lack of rain and snowfall impacting the Great Lakes Basin. More...
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GLIN's December site of the month is the Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative, a regional partnership established to improve communication and collaboration and lead to more coordinated, efficient and strategic approaches to Phragmites management, restoration and research across the Great Lakes basin. More...
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The Great Lakes drought is affecting the survival of some of the small harbor towns located on North Michigan's shore. More...
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Windsor city councillor Hilary Payne is searching for answers after viewing a video on the effects of algae on area lakes. More...
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The Ohio Clean Lakes Initiative is dedicated to improving Ohio's water quality, specifically in the Western Lake Erie Basin region, while maintaining the integrity of the region's agricultural industry. More...
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Cargo ship carrying soy beans grounded in St. Lawrence River
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A cargo ship ran aground on the banks of the St. Lawrence River near Sorel-Tracy in the Monteregie region of Quèbec just a few hours after leaving Montreal on Wednesday. More... -
Minnesota is taking a closer look at its environmental problems, issues and laws in coming weeks under an order from Gov. Mark Dayton. More...
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For decades, the SS Spartan has been docked at its Ludington, Mich., slip on Pere Marquette Lake. Now an idea has been put forth to move the Spartan to Seattle, Wash., and run it between Seattle and Whittier, Alaska, carrying passengers and freight. More...
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Muskegon County, Mich., has 26 miles of beaches, but opinions are divided on whether Muskegon has what it takes to be a "beach town." A beach town image is not just a matter of geography. More...
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Superstorm Sandy took a bite out of laker traffic on the Great Lakes last month - it stopped ships for about three days. Despite Sandy, the Twin Ports handled more tons of cargo last month than in October 2011. More...
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New York's Irondequoit Bay, which flows into Lake Ontario, is a local manifestation of a larger problem. The Great Lakes, the world's biggest freshwater system, are shrinking because of drought and rising temperatures. More...
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It's one of the most unusual -- and one of the priciest -- property sales in northwestern Ontario. More than 1,800 hectares near Terrace Bay are on the market -- a parcel that envelops 30 kilometres of shoreline, including frontage on Lake Superior, Hays Lake and the Aguasabon River. More...