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The St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences was recently awarded a 2-year grant of $58,600 from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to hire a Communications and Community Action Officer. More...

For a year now there has been a moratorium on the development of offshore wind projects in the Great Lakes. The Ontario government issued the ban because it said more study was needed to make sure the projects can be developed safety and responsibly, even though such studies were supposedly already done when the previous moratorium was lifted in January 2008. More...

A recent personal property tax ruling that will cost Michigan counties millions of dollars in revenue could prove vital for utility companies and energy manufacturers around the state. More...

A workshop for residents to help green their yards and protect Lake Michigan will be presented from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 11. Location has not yet been determined More...

For such an important mechanism everyone agreed was essential to preserving water quality, it's ironic to see how many communities it serves are unwilling to keep it operating. More...

Online registration is now available for the Great Lakes Commission Semiannual Meeting and Great Lakes Day events scheduled for February 27-29, 2012, in Washington, D.C. The events will feature dialogue on Great Lakes priorities by regional leaders and members of Congress, including federal appointees who play a critical role in shaping Great Lakes policies. Register now! More...

At the Lake Superior Estuarine Research Reserve, scientists study the usual Great Lakes issues - invasive species, pollution, habitat loss, and climate change. This research is then taken directly to the community, addressing local issues. More...

With a $10 million federal grant, a team led by members from Central Michigan University works to protect vital geographic areas that serve as nature's filter in maintaining water quality in the Great Lakes. More...

Nearly 200 people jammed into a theater on Wednesday night to hear details on the Sheboygan River dredging project, which if finished by fall, will take it off the list as one of the most polluted rivers in the Great Lakes region. More...

Recent news reports about the Windstream Wolfe Island Shoals offshore wind project in Lake Ontario have spurred concerns from the province's Progressive Conservative energy critic. More...

The Port Huron to Erie Drinking Water Monitoring System protects a waterway that is shared by the United States and Canada. Keeping it operational ought to be a federal responsibility. More...

While most anti-fracking activists have been responding to harms already done, New York State's resistance has been waging a battle to keep harm at bay. More...

A new USGS study proves that if you're an urban dweller, air and rain are far more likely to dump mercury into a lake near you. More...

For those with a vested interest in keeping invasive fish and their trail of destruction from potentially ruining the fishery on the Maumee River and the $7 billion a year sport-fishing industry on the Great Lakes, the wolf is at the door. More...

A proposal to bury nuclear waste in Eastern Ontario is taking an exploratory step ahead, while a plan to entomb radioactive rubbish near Lake Huron also advanced Tuesday. More...

An Assembly committee recommended changes to state mining laws Tuesday designed to make it easier for Gogebic Taconite to build a massive iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin. More...

Great Lakes scientists have discovered there is a lot going on under the ice, including a high concentration of algae in Lake Erie during the winter. More...

While most anti-fracking activists have been responding to harms already done, New York State's resistance has been waging a battle to keep harm at bay. More...

The western Lake Erie region from Detroit to Cleveland -- which includes the most populated but fragile stretch of Great Lakes shoreline -- would especially benefit from an updated and effective National Ocean Policy plan. More...

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, oil spill response organizations, Enbridge Energy Partners and several other agencies are scheduled to participate in a unique exercise out of St. Ignace, MI, Monday through Wednesday, during which several techniques for recovering spilled oil and other hazardous materials from icy waterways will be tested and evaluated. More...

Port officials in Cleveland say that they're talking with officials in Port Stanley, Ontario, about the idea of a passenger ferry service across Lake Erie which could start as early as next year. More...

While the mild winter temperatures might be enjoyable, the lack of ice has put a damper on ice fishing in Erie County, said Roger Knight, with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources' Sandusky Fisheries Research Unit. More...

he Lake Ontario Ordnance Works Restoration Advisory Board is looking at which clean up options are valid and which are impossible or illegal among seven possibilities given by the Army Corps of Engineers concerning the future of the Niagara Falls Storage Site remediation. More...

The federal government has launched the environmental assessment phase of construction of a new bridge over the St. Lawrence River in Montreal. More...

The little-known quagga mussel is taking over vast stretches of the Great Lakes, dramatically reducing populations of game and commercial fish and presenting a much more immediate danger to lake ecology than its more famous cousin -- the zebra mussel -- ever did. More...