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The much-photographed arch at Tettegouche State Park carved out of the North Shore by thousands of years of Lake Superior waves has collapsed. More...
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A partnership of conservation organizations has created a 7.8-acre nature preserve. The participating organizations include the Black Swamp Conservancy and its Lake Erie Islands Chapter, the Put-in-Bay Township Park District and The Trust for Public Land. More...
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Unlike the loud and contentious public argument over a proposal for wind turbines in Lake Michigan, hardly an objection has been raised to Consumers Energy's development of its $250 million Lake Winds Energy Park in southern Mason County. More...
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As an Illinois rulemaking panel moves closer to requiring the fetid waterways of the Chicago River to be more like other rivers, a simmering dispute among scientists and policymakers is becoming more intense. More...
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The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has confirmed that three companies have issued 12 offshore wind power project applications within Lake Huron. More...
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Ontario's Natural Resources ministry is considering constraints on offshore wind farms but it is not clear if the limits will appease a tidal wave of protest from those who live along Lake Huron. More...
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The Minnesota Land Trust has protected 2,000 feet of shoreline along the Encampment River in Lake County. In addition to the river bank, the project also includes the permanent protection of 88 acres of forest and wildlife habitat. More...
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Members of the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as state and local environmental experts and health officials, will be in St. Clair Shores, Mich., Aug. 26 to address the problem of PCB contaminants and give an update on the Superfund investigation. More...
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Michigan is considering a buffer zone between turbines and the shoreline that's twice as wide as that proposed by Ontario's Environment Ministry. More...
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Containment booms now criss-cross Slater Creek in northeast Greece as crews work to clean up a 4,800-gallon oil spill caused by thieves who struck on the grounds of the shuttered Russell Station power plant. More...
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MONDAY MASHUP: ToxMap highlights Great Lakes health concerns
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Roughly 7,400 industrial facilities in the Great Lakes region reported the release of toxic chemicals in 2008, according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency data. More... -
It's hard to evaluate whether pipeline operators like Enbridge have plans that would successfully contain a spill near the Great Lakes. More...
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Kingston's docks, once some of the most active on the Great Lakes, may soon be getting a whole lot busier. More...
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A Franksville man has earned bragging rights after catching what the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame says is the heaviest brown trout on record anywhere. More...
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A group of 12 businessmen, government officials and environmental advocates from China gathered at Portage Public Marina on Tuesday after a tour of the Lake Michigan coastline. More...
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Lake Huron cottagers from Goderich to Kincardine fear their famed sunsets and tourism-based economies will be overshadowed by energy companies looking to build wind turbines offshore. More...
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Cargo shipments through the St. Lawrence Seaway continue to be buoyed by demand for iron ore and steel slabs with an overall increase of 16.6 percent year-to-date compared to the same period last year. More...
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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were found to be toxic decades ago. Now researchers are finding invasive species are passing these old, toxic chemicals up the food web. More...
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An oil and fuel spill in Toronto's Don River has been contained, officials say. The oil and fuel did not travel past a boom at the Keating Channel, near where the Don River meets Lake Ontario. More...
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Southeast Michigan has a unique weapon in the fight for clean water -- a monitoring system installed in 2007 to provide early warning of chemical spills and environmental contamination. But just three weeks after an oil pipeline near Battle Creek ruptured, southeast Michigan's monitoring system is at a crossroads. More...
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Don't dump your bait. When minnows are collected for bait shops, some invasive species like Asian carp do get mixed in with other minnows commonly used for bait. More...
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Port officials from the Great Lakes will gather Wednesday and Thursday in Superior for their annual meeting. On tap will be everything from Asian carp to dockside corrosion. More...
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Reducing energy use and emissions of water systems is the goal of software being developed by a research team based at Wayne State University in Michigan. More...
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To commemorate the natural beauty of Ohio, all Ohioans are invited to submit their best photographs for the Ohio Environmental Council's 2nd Annual Photo Contest. More...
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The State of the Strait Conference partners have developed a new web site that profiles 38 case studies of soft shoreline engineering along the Detroit River and western Lake Erie. More...