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Hoping to improve water quality in New York lakes, ponds and rivers, state lawmakers have passed legislation to strictly limit the use of phosphorus in lawn fertilizer and virtually eliminate it from dishwasher detergent. More...
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As Lindenhurst, IL officials wait for an allocation of Lake Michigan water, they agreed Monday to designate $50,000 to help finance the next steps in switching from well to lake water. More...
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Given what's been happening in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. and Canadian governments would be smart to review disaster plans for the Great Lakes. More...
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Local officials and property owners are bent on striking the perfect balance, one that allows a healthy shoreline people can live near and enjoy, and still provide opportunities for commercial shipping and economic development. More...
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Southland businesses that depend on the waterways connecting Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River on Wednesday lambasted a push by Midwestern lawmakers to look at permanently separating them to avoid the invasion of Asian carp. More...
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Michigan Beachtowns offers useful information about select coastal destinations along the west Michigan lakeshore, with links to local attractions, travel specials and more. The site also offers information about the West Michigan Pike, a meandering 400-mile route hugging Lake Michigan's shoreline. More...
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The Center for Innovative Food Technology, or CIFT, installed a$100 thousand dollar photo-bioreactor several months ago at the Port of Toledo. This is where the collected algae from Lake Erie can be harvested and possibly converted to biofuels. More...
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The Center for Innovative Food Technology, or CIFT, installed a$100 thousand dollar photo-bioreactor several months ago at the Port of Toledo. This is where the collected algae from Lake Erie can be harvested and possibly converted to biofuels. More...
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The big lake usually goes up about three inches over June, but increased more thanks to above-normal rainfall across the lake's basin. More...
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New efforts to help Buffalo's common tern colony will be installed later this summer, but biologists also fear the birds will be impacted on their migration south by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. More...
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Despite assurances from the federal government and the State of Illinois that they are all over the Asian carp issue, the invasive species has been discovered perilously close to the Great Lakes basin. More...
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A proposal by the Ontario government to push offshore wind turbines 5 kilometres out from shore creates uncertainty for renewable electricity generators, says a spokesman for the wind industry. More...
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The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has completed its first week of sampling for Asian carp at five fixed sites above the Chicago Area Waterway System's electric barrier. View a synopsis of the sampling results online. More...
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Water conservation efforts are paying off in the town of Cobourg, Ontario, with a more than 20 percent reduction in use and award recognition. More...
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Pentwater-based Lake Michigan P.O.W.E.R. Coalition is hoping to educate local residents about wind energy before any decisions are made regarding a proposal by Scandia Wind Offshore LLC to place a wind farm in Lake Michigan. More...
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The Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, in a letter to a regional business group, reaffirms its recommendation that Waukesha should switch from deep wells to Lake Michigan for its water supply. More...
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As we are witnessing right now in the Gulf of Mexico, oil spills know no boundaries. Without a federal policy, all of the Great Lakes states could have different laws on drilling in our shared waters, putting us all at risk. More...
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This week, an Asian carp was caught near Lake Michigan. And the species is so troublesome that it could threaten Michigan's $7 billion a year fishing industry. More...
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U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Friday that he and Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan will introduce a bill to speed up research on ways to permanently prevent the transfer of invasive species between the Mississippi River and Great Lakes watersheds. More...
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Asian carp have infested Illinois waterways for three decades and have been swimming and eating their way up the Illinois River toward the Great Lakes ever since. Finally, there's a sense of urgency to deal with this invasive species. More...
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Ontario halted a multi-billion dollar wind turbine project on Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair Friday -- along with similar projects -- until a review by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources of the use of Crown land on the lake bottom is done. More...
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Congress has agreed to fund construction of two large Great Lakes research vessels for the U.S. Geological Survey's Great Lakes Science Center at a combined cost of $8.2 million, one of which is to be permanently stationed at the Lake Erie Biological Station the USGS operates in Ohio. More...
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Hundreds of DuPage County, Illinois residents could be forced to pay thousands of dollars for a service they neither want nor asked for. More...
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Hundreds of DuPage County, Illinois residents could be forced to pay thousands of dollars for a service they neither want nor asked for. More...
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The Lake Michigan P.O.W.E.R. Coalition believes that a number of important facts have been lost in the public discussion -- facts that are important to consider before handing over our most precious resource to an offshore wind developer. More...