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Six new turbines at former Bethlehem Steel site increase the project's overall capacity by 75 percent More...
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In winter, hikers have Presque Isle State Park in Erie, Pa. to themselves. Hollow ice dunes form along the shore of Lake Erie. More...
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Incredible as it seems, Ontario once had a commercial fishery and angling industry based on salmons, which were said to be so plentiful that farmers along Toronto's Don River could harvest them with pitchforks. More...
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A proposed wind energy project in Ontario's rural Prince Edward County has ruffled feathers with Nature Canada, which says the turbines would threaten several endangered bird species. More...
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The Town of Wayne officially enacted a moratorium on natural gas drilling Tuesday night, becoming the first municipality in Steuben County to pass a temporary ban on the process known as hydrofracturing. More...
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife researchers predict how a strip mine might affect a pristine watershed in northern Wisconsin. More...
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife researchers predict how a strip mine might affect a pristine watershed in northern Wisconsin. More...
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After more than 100 years, work is beginning to remove tons of wood waste in a bay important for fish habitat on the St. Louis River. More...
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One of two likely routes for Asian carp to reach Lake Erie is Eagle Marsh, Ind. The marsh is close enough to the Maumee River that some consider it 'ground zero' in the fight to keep the carp out. More...
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A taconite processing plant on the North Shore of Lake Superior will pay $240,000 in fines for violating air quality standards. More...
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Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate abruptly split Wednesday over competing legislation that would clear the way for a giant iron mine in Wisconsin's north woods. More...
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Water resource management problems may be global, but the Institute of Water Research at Michigan State University is helping to lead local efforts to preserve our water resources. More...
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Michigan shows the fastest job growth anywhere, and native lake trout are filling up the Great Lakes. But another native, the slimy green algae called Cladophora, is making a big comeback. More...
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The president's budget for fiscal year 2013 includes more than $4.7 billion in discretionary funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with almost $64 million for Detroit District projects around the Great Lakes. More...
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The second event in the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society's new Winter Maritime Speaker Series will be held on Monday, Feb. 20, 7 p.m. at the Soo Brewing Company in Sault Ste. Marie. More...
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The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality will distribute $250,000 in grants to help communities properly dispose of household drugs that can contaminate water. More...
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Access to one of the rare free beaches along the Lake Michigan shore in Illinois may soon be restricted in Wilmette, as the park district considers building a $100,000 fence and charging admission. More...
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Michigan environmental regulators said Thursday that they reached a long-sought deal with Dow Chemical Co. to clean up to 1,400 residential properties in Midland, home of its corporate headquarters and a plant that polluted the area with dioxin for much of the past century. More...
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One of the strongest cold fronts of the winter season blasted across the Great Lakes late on Feb. 10-11, resulting in significant "lake effect" snow across parts of southern lower Michigan. Take a look at a meteorological analyisis of the event, which resulted in up to a foot of snow in some areas. More...
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A multidisciplinary team of Lake Superior State University faculty and students will compete this week in a challenge to develop clean-energy solutions into thriving businesses. More...
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Muskegon Lake, one of Michigan's 14 Areas of Concern, may be removed from this pollution hot-spot list in the next five years. More...
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Boating fees will likely go up in Minnesota, but other sources will be needed to pay for battling invasive species. More...
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Obama's 2013 budget contains $300 million for Great Lakes cleanup efforts, down from the $475 million in his inaugural budget, but projects to monitor and protect our waters are not cheap. The cost won't go down -- or even remain the same. More...
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The Palisades nuclear power plant on the shores of Lake Michigan became one of the four worst-performing nuclear reactors in the U.S. -- out of 104 -- when federal regulators downgraded it Tuesday for the second time this year. More...
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Friday is the last day for public comment on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' list of available options for controlling non-native nuisance species, such as Asian carp, in the Great Lakes. More...