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The city of Douglas is the first of three local municipalities to approve the investigation of a joint organization to oversee the area's harbor. More...
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Clean Energy Coalition is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting clean energy technologies as a way to create healthier, energy independent communities. More...
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GLASS is dedicated to improving communication & collaboration between science vessels & helping to best match the capabilities of all vessels with the needs of research & educational programs throughout the Great Lakes. More...
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Online registration is now open for the 2011 Great Lakes Commission Semiannual Meeting and Great Lakes Days in Washington, D.C., taking place Feb. 28 - Mar. 2, 2011. Register for both events before Feb. 1, 2011 to receive a reduced rate. More...
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Billionaire Aubrey McClendon was bouncing along Lake Michigan on a jet ski about 10 years ago when he spied a majestic stretch of dunes here. More...
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Michigan will lose one of its 15 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives ahead of the 2012 election, Census Bureau officials said Tuesday, but it's not unique in the Great Lakes region: Ohio and New York each are losing two seats in the House and Illinois is losing one. More...
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The nation's top environmental regulator on Tuesday promised to complete a scientific review of hexavalent chromium by summer and consider ordering cities to start testing for the toxic metal in tap water. More...
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A wildlife conservation group on Tuesday put the government on notice that it would sue to restore wolves across the United States, far beyond a range now limited mostly to Alaska, the Rockies and the Great Lakes. More...
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Congress approved the U.S. Navy's plan to buy 10 combat ships from Marinette Marine Co. on Tuesday, a move that is expected to create several thousand jobs in Wisconsin and Michigan at the company and dozens of its suppliers. More...
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The state fines water polluters only about one in 10 times, a clear indication that regulators are pulling their punches on industries and water treatment plants that violate the law, according to a report issued Monday by a nonprofit environmental law firm. More...
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Quèbec's environment ministry should have been given a larger mandate to study the effects of extracting shale gas, Guy Lalibert, a philanthropist and creator of the Cirque du Soleil, said Monday. More...
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It also wants to add the St. Lawrence estuary population of striped bass to the list as an extirpated species, meaning it no longer exists in the wild in Canada. The Quèbec government is attempting now to reintroduce the species in the estuary. More...
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There's been a flurry of new mining proposals in the ceded territory of Lake Superior, threatening to overwhelm Ojibwe bands that are pledged to protect that region. More...
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Networked Neighborhoods for Eco-Conservation Online (NECO) helps you to map and to share photos, experiences, and information about your rain barrels, rain gardens, or other water conservation practices. You can also connect with others in the Great Lakes region who are doing similar things. More...
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On its face, President Barack Obama's 2011 battle plan to keep the Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes looks deep and aggressive, but it should actually alarm anyone worried about the survival of the lakes as we know them. More...
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Workers with Great Lakes Construction this month ripped out a 40-foot wide, 6-foot high concrete barrier in the stream just below the Highland Road bridge near Euclid Creek Reservation. More...
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Some leading environmental groups in Michigan want to move away from burning coal to produce electricity. More...
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There is no specific timeline for when the shipment may pass through the locks; it is entirely dependent on the Canadian regulating process. But to those who oppose the plan, the delay is a boon. More...
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The cancer-causing metal made infamous by the movie "Erin Brockovich" is turning up in tap water from Chicago and more than two dozen other cities, according to a new study that urges federal regulators to adopt tougher standards. More...
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In 1969, the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland caught on fire and helped spark the American environmental movement. Forty years later and a short drive east, though, water is once again on fire. More...
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Many people are upset about illegal immigrants crossing our borders, but few know or are troubled by invasive plants and animals that also cross our borders and find a home here, usually to the detriment of native wildlife species. More...
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Early this year federal officials named the river's watershed as one of just five that will receive extra attention under the Obama administration's $475 million Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. More...
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On its face, President Barack Obama's 2011 battle plan to keep the Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes looks deep and aggressive, but it should actually alarm anyone worried about the survival of the lakes as we know them. More...
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On the day the Obama Administration unveiled a new $47 million attack plan against Asian carp, five Great Lakes states sparked another legal battle aimed at closing Chicago-area shipping locks. More...
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The Coast Guard continues to break ice, expanding into Lake Michigan ports with the thickest ice in the country is in the Duluth-Superior harbor. More...