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A new report by the Alliance for the Great Lakes, "Reducing Combined Sewer Overflows in the Great Lakes: Why Investing in Infrastructure is Critical to Improving Water Quality," looks at the success of the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund in helping finance these projects, and reminds us why the fund's future is critical to keeping Great Lakes water clean. More...

Michigan will have another bridge linking the state to neighboring Canada; a project that will create thousands of jobs. More...

A new report by the Alliance for the Great Lakes, "Reducing Combined Sewer Overflows in the Great Lakes: Why Investing in Infrastructure is Critical to Improving Water Quality," looks at the success of the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund in helping finance these projects, and reminds us why the fund's future is critical to keeping Great Lakes water clean. More...

In Charlotte, N.Y., the Army Corps of Engineers has developed a plan to remove excess algae from Ontario Beach Park by developing a system that would suck algae and debris from the lake over the pier and into Genesee River where it is carried away from shore. More...

Michigan will have another bridge linking the state to neighboring Canada; a project that will create thousands of jobs. More...

Lake Michigan is an untapped reservoir of wind energy, say researchers who are studying whether it can be harvested economically and without environmental harm. More...

Raw steel production in the country's Great Lakes region was down 3,000 tons from the week before with 670,000 tons produced in the week that ended Saturday. More...

Michigan Sea Grant released the third edition of The Life of the Lakes: A Guide to the Great Lakes Fishery, a book celebrating that past, present and future of the fishery in four main sections: Ecology and Management, History, Today's Fishery and the Future of the Great Lakes Fishery. More...

The Senate is set to vote today on a proposal that would kill America's first rule governing mercury emissions, imposing tighter controls on coal-fired power plants and other industrial sources. Ohio and other Great Lakes states, in particular, need the rule to stay intact. More...

Milwaukee officials Tuesday were poised to block the sale of Lake Michigan water to the City of Waukesha - without directly rejecting the deal or the millions of dollars in revenue that would come with it. More...

Ohio House of Representatives Matt Lundy raises concerns over the new Lake Erie bill, HB 473, that could have potentially devastating effects on tributaries to Lake Erie. More...

Holland --The International Joint Commission will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. July 12 at the Double Tree Hotel, 650 E. 24th St., Holland, concerning the Great Lakes Study. More...

Two provincial environment ministers are pleading with the Conservative government to continue its funding of a research station in Northwestern Ontario that has studied the ecology of freshwater lakes for more than 50 years. More...

Cleveland Lakefront State Park Naturalist Carol G. Ward brings her Lake Erie Ecosystems & Invasive Species Living presentation to the Mentor Public Library Tuesday in the James R. Garfield Room. More...

University of Notre Dame officials said Friday a $1 million research center to be built in a county park will help researchers find ways to minimize the impacts humans have on the environment. More...

In a county where a majority of our land mass is covered by water and wetlands, it is incredibly important that the protection of our water resources is preserved for future generations and that we know what to do to protect it. More...

The Plain Dealer's Mark Naymik writes about the appalling state of Cleveland's beaches and lakefront parks. More...

In April 2012, author Loreen Niewenhuis began her second 1000-mile hike. The first hike, in 2009, took her around the perimeter of Lake Michigan. Her current hike is taking her along the shores of all five Great Lakes. Follow her progress as she blogs about the adventure at laketrek.blogspot.com. More...

The legendary environmentalist Lee Botts and Pete Avis, a biology professor at Indiana University Northwest, created the Northwest Indiana Restoration Monitoring Inventory to conduct soil tests and to monitor plant species along the shores of Lake Michigan. More...

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency has a new home along Lake Erie that's aimed at improving its internal communication. More...

Representatives of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality are not opposed to an arrangement that will blend Flint river and Lake Huron waters, provided the blend meets standards for drinking water. More...

The new water levels proposal for the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario has garnered some criticism from a group of state lawmakers along the lake's southern shore. More...

Work on the final steps to clean the Sheboygan River will begin next week with contractors moving in equipment and preparing the former Alliant Energy building parking lot as a staging area and sludge drying area. More...

The first of the Atmospheric Toxics Webinar Series, hosted by the Great Lakes Air Deposition Program (GLAD), takes place Tues., June 19. The webinars are a forum to disseminate information on atmospheric toxics research, including specific findings, recommended follow-up actions, and potential policy implications. More...

Anyone with an Internet connection will have access to an underwater shipwreck tour at the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena, Mich. Saturday. More...