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Gov. Jim Doyle on Wednesday announced a $24.4 million project to clean contaminated sediment from the Kinnickinnic River. More...
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London city council voted Monday to eliminate sales of bottled water at city run facilities including office buildings, arenas and community centres, and possibly even golf courses. More...
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They are a rare breed: Adventurers who spend much of their spare time and money searching for the shipwrecks that litter the bottom of Lake Superior. More...
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An Elm Grove request for Lake Michigan water is on hold and the village is seeking to buy groundwater instead from Brookfield, after Milwaukee's water utility rejected Elm Grove's plan to run new water lines to Milwaukee. More...
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An extra $100 million that will be tacked onto power bills in eastern Wisconsin will not be a tax. The cost is part of the recent settlement between We Energies and two environmental groups that have opposed a power plant expansion at every turn. More...
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An Elm Grove request for Lake Michigan water is on hold and the village is seeking to buy groundwater instead from Brookfield, after Milwaukee's water utility rejected Elm Grove's plan to run new water lines to Milwaukee. More...
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The village of Allouez has a unique way to encourage water conservation and blunt the impact of a rate increase: Charge more to residents who use more water. More...
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The Danish ship "Beluga Fighter" brought windmill parts to the Ogdensburg port yesterday. The windmills are destined for the Wolfe Island Wind Farm project in Canada near the mouth of Lake Ontario. More...
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An extra $100 million that will be tacked onto power bills in eastern Wisconsin will not be a tax. The cost is part of the recent settlement between We Energies and two environmental groups that have opposed a power plant expansion at every turn. More...
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is scheduled to dredge the Irondequoit Bay Outlet by contract later this week. The outlet provides access from Irondequoit Bay to Lake Ontario. More...
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During the city of Duluth's budget crisis, one suggestion has been brought up continually on Internet message boards: Sell the Great Lakes Aquarium. More...
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Canadian businessmen toured Cleveland's port Monday and came away impressed with its potential to link with a proposed $400 million deep-water port in Melford, Nova Scotia. More...
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Heather Sinnott, an artist who often frequents the haunts and magical places of Lake Superior, held seven art workshops this summer in the Lake Superior Provincial Park Visitor's Centre at Agawa Bay. More...
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The mathematical models used to make predictions on the nowcast are based on measurements of environmental and water-quality variables known to influence E. coli levels. These are called "variables" and include measurements of rainfall, wave height, and water clarity. More...
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Viral hemorrhagic septicemia, the fish-killing microorganism better known as "VHS," hasn't infiltrated Wisconsin's waters like many biologists and conservationists had feared a year ago. More...
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Just because cargo sweeping has always been done doesn't make it automatically OK. More...
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During the city of Duluth's budget crisis, one suggestion has been brought up continually on Internet message boards: Sell the Great Lakes Aquarium. More...
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Picture 400 super-size windmills spinning in a steady, stiff ocean breeze miles off the coasts of California, New England, the mid-Atlantic, Washington state, the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico. More...
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Internationally known geologist Dr. Orrin Pilkey said it would happen.The Army Corps of Engineers said it wouldn't. They were referring to Presque Isle State Park's experimental breakwaters at Beach 10. More...
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As salmon begin making their way up the state's rivers from the Great Lakes, the Michigan DNR reminds anglers that the use of uncertified salmon eggs for bait is restricted in some waters as part of a strategy to slow the spread of viral hemorrhagic septicemia. More...
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Representatives of a proposed deepwater container port in Nova Scotia are expected to sign a "strategic collaboration agreement" with Toledo port officials when they meet with local leaders and visit Toledo's port facilities today and tomorrow. More...
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Viral hemorrhagic septicemia, the fish-killing microorganism better known as "VHS," hasn't infiltrated Wisconsin's waters like many biologists and conservationists had feared a year ago. More...
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Exactly why water levels on the northern Great Lakes have been dropping remains a mystery according to the preliminary findings of a bi-national scientific examination. More...
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Let's talk. In simple terms, that's what State Rep. Curt Sonney of Harborcreek asked when he organized a forum to discuss whether the American side of Lake Erie should be tapped as an energy resource. More...
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Guarding the lakes against diversion is crucial. But the job of protecting the lakes won't be finished if the Great Lakes basin compact takes effect. Lake Michigan is undergoing immense and swift ecological changes. More...