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House and Senate conferees yesterday approved a $10.3 billion spending plan to fund U.S. EPA for fiscal 2010, a 36 percent boost over last year's levels. More...
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Congressional negotiators reached a deal Tuesday that would effectively exempt 13 ships that haul iron ore, coal and other freight on the Great Lakes from a proposed federal rule meant to reduce air pollution. More...
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We live and thrive by the way of the Great Lakes. Not to mention Lake Erie is one of the most developed of them all with 80 percent of the watershed used by us. More...
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The world's longest study of a predator-prey relationship has brought disturbing news. Should man intervene when nature makes it a struggle to survive? More...
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Many of us have been riveted by the spectacular images and poetic descriptions of Michigan featured in the award-winning Pure Michigan ad campaign. A vast majority of these spots focus on our state's most defining feature: fresh water. Today our water is under threat. More...
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Last week, the Watertown Daily Times' editorial board rapped the three 23rd Congressional District candidates for their combined lack of focus on the north country's "bread-and-butter concerns," such as power, transportation and the environment.By Monday, two candidates had decided to address some of the outstanding questions the newspaper raised. More...
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was absolutely correct with his recent proclamation about the current condition of the Great Lakes State: "The State of Michigan," Reid declared from the Senate Floor, with a copy Time Magazine in his hand, "is in trouble." More...
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While Great Lakes officials beat back the voracious Asian carp at the gates of Lake Michigan, they're still wrangling with another nasty fish that sneaked in at least 90 years ago. More...
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Toronto Hydro Corp. has been given the green light to build an offshore wind research platform about 1.2 kilometres off the Scarborough Bluffs, part of a controversial plan to erect dozens of wind turbines in Lake Ontario. More...
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Nearly three years after decommissioning, U.S. Coast Guard cutter Acacia found its new home in Manistee, approximately 180 miles south of Charlevoix. More...
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is waging ecological warfare in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. It must win. The alternative is unthinkable. To fully appreciate the problem (and its solution), one needs a bit of historical perspective. More...
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A restoration plan from the U.S. federal government to protect the Great Lakes from pollution is not tough enough to make a major difference, experts said. More...
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Many of us have been riveted by the spectacular images and poetic descriptions of Michigan featured in the award-winning Pure Michigan ad campaign. A vast majority of these spots focus on our state's most defining feature: fresh water. More...
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Last week, the Watertown Daily Times' editorial board rapped the three 23rd Congressional District candidates for their combined lack of focus on the north country's "bread-and-butter concerns," such as power, transportation and the environment.By Monday, two candidates had decided to address some of the outstanding questions the newspaper raised. More...
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Utility plants are the largest source of mercury air emissions in the nation. Michigan is the 19th state to limit mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants. More...
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Plans are moving ahead for a copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota, a type of mining new to the state, but in other parts of the world similar mines are polluting rivers and lakes. More...
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A recently released report finds the toxic stew at Port Stanley harbour poses only a low risk to a Lake Erie water intake on which 100,000 area residents rely for drinking water. The Elgin Area water supply system manager is calling for further investigation. More...
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The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians could become involved in plans to treat large-scale pollution at Bay Harbor Resort on Lake Michigan's Little Traverse Bay. More...
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Mercury levels in the 700,000 tons of blast furnace waste that ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor has stored directly on the ground less than 500 feet from Lake Michigan for the past two decades topped out at 120 parts per billion; well below what's considered hazardous. More...
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Nearly identical bills to prevent cruise ships from discharging raw, untreated sewage in U.S. coastal waters were introduced Wednesday in both Houses of Congress. More...
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Over $250,000 will go toward a study into the origins of phosphorus in the tributaries that feed Lake Ontario. The chemical element can cause algae blooms which close the beaches about half of the time each year. More...
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The odds look good for state approval of a $12.6 million grant to help buy a long-sought piece of Lake Michigan dune property, a Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund board member said Wednesday. More...
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Improving water quality is a crucial--yet often overlooked--part of controlling pollution in America. Environment Illinois released an extensive report Wednesday revealing the high amounts of industrial pollution present in Illinois water. More...
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Ontario's natural resources ministry has been so overwhelmed with applications to develop offshore wind projects in the Great Lakes that it has stopped accepting them - at least until March. More...
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The push is on to convince the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee that the best location for its new School of Freshwater Sciences is near the university's existing Great Lakes Water Institute on East Greenfield Avenue. More...