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  1. Ohio Environmental Protection Agency researchers are measuring, among other things, sediment, algae, metals and toxins, in an effort to grade Ohio's inland lake water quality. More...
  2. A recent state appeals-court ruling in a dispute about Lake Erie land rights has environmental activists worried that Attorney General Richard Cordray could be handcuffed in his ability to get involved in future legal battles on behalf of Ohio. More...
  3. The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority will apply for $35 million to $45 million in federal stimulus money to establish a shipping line with Montreal, in hopes of landing a regular flow of containers. More...
  4. A federal grant program could help the city address some of the problems it has had with sanitary sewer backups through the identification of problematic lateral connections and combination sump pumps in homes on Brookfield's east side. More...
  5. The Michigan Public Service Commission issued a report Tuesday finding no new coal-power plants are needed in the state for the next 13 years or unless Consumers Energy retires existing coal plants used to generate electricity for the utility's 1.8 million customers statewide. More...
  6. A recent state appeals-court ruling in a dispute about Lake Erie land rights has environmental activists worried that Attorney General Richard Cordray could be handcuffed in his ability to get involved in future legal battles on behalf of Ohio. More...
  7. Officials at Metro Beach Metropark and Michigan's Department of Natural Resources plan to use herbicides to combat the phragmites that have grown up around the park. More...
  8. A dispute over public rights to the beach, where 121st Avenue ends at Lake Michigan, had been in the courts for nearly a decade. Forty years later, a state court is wading into the issue in what could have a big impact on other Michigan roads that end at Great Lakes shorelines. More...
  9. Exploratory work began this week on a project that may one day allow Marathon's polluted harbour to be taken off the list of industrial hot spots on the Great Lakes. More...
  10. a dispute over public rights to the beach, where 121st Avenue ends at Lake Michigan, had been in the courts for nearly a decade. Forty years later, a state court is wading into the issue in what could have a big impact on other Michigan roads that end at Great Lakes shorelines. More...
  11. Monroe County's relatively shallow Lake Erie shoreline has potential as the future site of offshore wind turbines, according to a new report that says about 20 percent of Michigan's Great Lakes bottomlands have water depths that would allow construction of offshore wind turbines. More...
  12. Environmentalists and academic researchers on both sides of the border are applauding an Obama administration initiative that will see an added $475 million pumped into Great Lakes restoration and cleanup -- the largest-ever single investment of its kind. More...
  13. Wisconsin water usage per residence has dropped by 6.7 percent over the period from 2004 to 2008 as water conservation efforts in the state continue to grow, according to an annual study from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. More...
  14. Exploratory work began this week on a project that may one day allow Marathons polluted harbour to be taken off the list of industrial hot spots on the Great Lakes. More...
  15. Recent logging practices along the Brule River have taken away natural habitats for trout. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is taking matters into its own hands by dropping entire trees into the river to attract the fish. More...
  16. Recent logging practices along the Brule River have taken away natural habitats for trout. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is taking matters into its own hands by dropping entire trees into the river to attract the fish. More...
  17. Clean energy will power the 21st century economy and create jobs if the nation doesn't miss the opportunity to harness the potential for alternative energies, high ranking leaders said Wednesday in Saginaw, Mich. More...
  18. Gov. Jennifer Granholm has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to add three contaminated Michigan sites to the National Priorities or Superfund list. More...
  19. Recent logging practices along the Brule River have taken away natural habitats for trout. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is taking matters into its own hands by dropping entire trees into the river to attract the fish. More...
  20. A proposed rule that will affect as many as 70 Wisconsin communities by requiring treatment of public drinking water supplies will be the subject of statewide public hearings in October, according to the state Department of Natural Resources. More...
  21. Wisconsin's new invasive species rule, designed to contain new and existing invasive species, went into effect on Tuesday. The new rule establishes a science-based classification and regulatory system for invasive species and addresses possession, sale, transportation and introduction of listed invasive species. More...
  22. The SS Badger Lake Michigan car ferry will end its fall season Sept. 27, two weeks earlier than previously planned. More...
  23. Aurora, Ill. may learn within the next two months whether it will be granted access to Lake Michigan drinking water. More...
  24. The SS Badger Lake Michigan car ferry will end its fall season Sept. 27, two weeks earlier than previously planned. More...
  25. Aurora, Ill. may learn within the next two months whether it will be granted access to Lake Michigan drinking water. More...
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