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The build up of the Waterfront Trail, which spans from Niagara-on-the-Lake to the Quèbec border and runs along the St. Lawrence River, has made Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry more of a destination for bicycle tourists. More...
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The Duluth Economic Development Authority on Wednesday unanimously approved a grant of up to $100,000 to allow the next phase of a proposed marina for recreational boats visiting Duluth to motor ahead. More...
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The Brownfields Conference is EPA and the International City/County Management Association's preeminent national training conference related to all aspects of brownfields assessment, cleanup and redevelopment. Brownfields 2011 takes place April 3-5 in Philadelphia, Penn. More...
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Canada has for decades, exported hydroelectric power from Quèbec and from Labrador into markets in the northeastern USA. There is potential to install a submarine cable along the south side of the St. Lawrence River, between the navigation channel and the riverbank from Montreal to Lake Ontario. More...
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Over the years, more than 300 people have had to leave their homes as their properties were folded into the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. A few other residents on the western edge of the park still have deadlines a year or more away. More...
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As the old saying goes, "When life gives you slimy, voracious, bug-eyed monsters, make slimy, voracious, bug-eyed monsterade." More...
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To Stanley "Skip" Pruss, the coming green energy transformation will cause a bigger societal upheaval than personal computers and the Internet. More...
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Former Quèbec premier Lucien Bouchard is to take the helm of the Quèbec Oil and Gas Association as it navigates the choppy waters of shale gas development. More...
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Waukesha, Wisconsin is a city whose identity has always been tied to water. In the late 1800s, the town was known for its natural springs. But there are no springs in Waukesha anymore. More...
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Canada has for decades, exported hydroelectric power from Quèbec and from Labrador into markets in the northeastern USA. There is potential to install a submarine cable along the south side of the St. Lawrence River, between the navigation channel and the riverbank from Montreal to Lake Ontario. More...
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Right now, the county rotates growing corn, soybeans and alfalfa on a giant, 11,000 acre plot of land where their waste water treatment plant is. They hope to lease out the land in order to add wind farming to the mix. More...
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Towns that dump sewage into Lake Michigan may soon face increased fines under the Great Lakes Water Protection Act. More...
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In the battle between property owners and clean energy advocates, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has proposed new requirements for wind farms that could essentially halt new wind development in the state. More...
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The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has approved allowing 10 Lake County communities to tap into Lake Michigan, a move welcomed by village officials who fear their wells will run dry or start coughing up contaminates. More...
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The view from the top of the hill on Madison Avenue looks like a great steel city on Sturgeon Bay every winter, and this year is no exception as up to 15 Great Lakes freighters dock at Bay Shipbuilding Co. for off-season maintenance. More...
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Towns that dump sewage into Lake Michigan may soon face increased fines under the Great Lakes Water Protection Act. More...
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Essentially, Chicago is the economic, cultural, and de facto political capital of the Great Lakes region. More...
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In the battle between property owners and clean energy advocates, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has proposed new requirements for wind farms that could essentially halt new wind development in the state. More...
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UK firms should be cashing in on opportunities created by Ontario's aggressive renewable energy plans, according to the chief executive of one of the Canadian province's largest offshore wind companies. More...
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St. Lawrence River fish are loaded with antidepressant drugs such as Prozac, leading scientists to wonder if the "happy hormone" is altering the lifestyle of the chronically grumpy-looking marine animals. More...
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The freshwater species of sturgeon are found throughout the Great Lakes basin, including the Ottawa and St. Lawrence Rivers. But at Chambly, on Quèbec's Richelieu River, there's a special attraction -- a fish ladder that moves sturgeon upriver, past a dam, to spawn. More...
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Illinois' two U.S. senators and a couple of congressmen are pledging to rid pollution in the Great Lakes, and promising hefty fines to municipalities that dump sewage in the source of drinking water for 30 million people. More...
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Researchers say they've seen high levels of industrial pollutants in carp in eastern Lake Erie, highlighting the effects of human activity on the Great Lakes. More...
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The Great Lakes Bay Region may be on the forefront of the alternative energy surge in Michigan but some folks are seeing red rather than green. More...
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Saginaw Township, Mich., residents are upset about the slow cleanup progress of the dioxin and furans in the Tittabawassee River. More...