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The Chicago area's sewer district is busy readying a report on the billions of gallons of stormwater overflow that were released into Lake Michigan as part of its efforts to fight flooding during last weekend's torrential rains. More...
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The Great Lakes and their tributaries have been polluted for decades. But this month, an independent review found that the work produced by researchers so far was deeply flawed. More...
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Join thousands of volunteers in picking up litter along Great Lakes shorelines during the annual September Adopt-a-Beach Cleanup from 9 a.m. to noon, Sept. 20. This event is part of the International Coastal Cleanup. More...
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Minnesota's largest smokestack industries have agreed to an unprecedented plan to make cuts in mercury pollution over the next 18 years. The plan, years in the works, will be unveiled to the public Tuesday. More...
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Cameco said the money was used to investigate the possibility that uranium, arsenic and fluorides may have seeped into Lake Ontario, rehabilitate the plant and install a system of wells that collect impacted groundwater. More...
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The deluge flooded Northwest Indiana's wastewater treatment plants, sending millions of gallons of stormwater and wastewater into Lake Michigan, dragging everything in its path that was floatable with it. More...
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In three separate votes this month, 445 Seaway workers gave their union a mandate to strike after Oct. 10. That includes operations and maintenance workers, supervisors and headquarters staff from Niagara to Quebec. More...
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Minnesota's largest smokestack industries have agreed to an unprecedented plan to make cuts in mercury pollution over the next 18 years. The plan, years in the works, will be unveiled to the public Tuesday. More...
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Cameco said the money was used to investigate the possibility that uranium, arsenic and fluorides may have seeped into Lake Ontario, rehabilitate the plant and install a system of wells that collect impacted groundwater. More...
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Michigan is one watery swing state, and the Obama campaign is likely hoping his proposal Tuesday for a $5 billion Great Lakes restoration program will help some votes flow his way there and in Ohio. More...
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Ohio voters will soon face a packed ballot on Election Day this November. Included on this list will be five statewide ballot issues that could impact the future of Ohio's economy, the health of our environment and the quality of life in our communities. More...
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Artificial lakes formed by dams are magnets for invasive species, providing fertile waters that hasten the spread of foreign organisms across the landscape, according to a new study. More...
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Engineers from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources will spend a day at the beach today, surveying the damage caused by Lake Michigan waves at the northeast corner of the pavilion parking lot. More...
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A bridge to Buffalo's outer harbor is significant to the development of the city's No. 1 wasted resource -- its waterfront. Without a bridge, the outer harbor will remain a journey. With it, the traveling distance from downtown could be measured in feet instead of miles, U-turns, and mounting frustration. More...
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The Farmers' Almanac says that another long and "numbing" winter will hit the Great Lakes region of the Midwest this year, with below-average temperatures and heavy snows. But the courageous souls at the National Weather Service have a different take on the coming winter. More...
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An international panel's call for a more natural way to control Lake Ontario water levels is drawing praise from environmentalists and skepticism from lakeshore property owners. More...
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The federal government has awarded a $1 million grant to help conserve more than 4,800 acres of wetland and associated habitats in a coastal area stretching from Ogemaw and Iosco counties to the Ohio border. More...
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A cash-strapped Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is making unprecedented cuts in programs designed to protect the state's surface waters and wetlands from environmental abuse. More...
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Department of Fisheries Oceans Canada said it will apply lampricides to sections of the Rifle River system in Arenac and Ogemaw counties to kill sea lamprey larvae burrowed in the stream bottom. More...
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Picturesque little dams and old-fashioned mills that were once community mainstays are among the endangered structures of Thames River landscape. More...
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Mayor Gary Becker of Racine and Mayor Larry MacDonald of Bayfield are challenging Wisconsin harbor towns to support initiatives focusing on eco-tourism, boating and responsible use of our natural resources. More...
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Day after day, ships longer than three football fields depart Great Lakes ports after picking up or delivering loads of iron ore, coal and other cargo. Reaching open water, crews wash the decks with high-powered hoses. More...
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A seven-year effort by the Centers for Disease Control to analyze possible health effects from pollution in the Great Lakes region was scuttled last week by an independent review panel. More...
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An 80-mile stretch of the Illinois River may have the largest population of Asian carp in the world. More...
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At a time when Indiana beach closings have nearly doubled, a group of national experts are meeting at the Indiana Dunes State Park to discuss new methods to improve beach quality and predict closings. More...