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There are dangerous chemicals buried in the ground of the Technoparc in Point St. Charles. The problem with laying blame is proving who put the chemicals in the land bordering the Bonaventure Expressway between the Victoria and Champlain bridges, officials say. More...
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The pirate-themed tall ship, which is a living history interpretation/reenactment vessel, is one of five such vessels that will join the "Highlander Sea" for the 2008 Sail Port Huron event this weekend. More...
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Folks around Milwaukee are concerned about the disease viral hemorrhagic septicemia being found in yellow perch in Lake Michigan. Well, Wisconsin folks, welcome to the club. More...
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Ontario Power Generation has won this year's Weenie Award from the Citizens Environmental Alliance thanks to its plan to build a deep underground dump to store radioactive waste near Lake Huron. More...
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Riverbank Power wants to divert water from the St. Lawrence River to generate up to 1,000 megawatts of electricity through four underground turbines. The project still must clear a number of environmental and regulatory hurdles. More...
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Lake Michigan, which normally comes up 2 inches in June, is up 5 inches through 22 days. More...
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The pirate-themed tall ship, which is a living history interpretation/reenactment vessel, is one of five such vessels that will join the "Highlander Sea" for the 2008 Sail Port Huron event this weekend. More...
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A measure authorizing Michigan's participation in the Great Lakes Compact with seven other states and two Canadian provinces was approved Wednesday afternoon in the state Senate and sent to Granholm. More...
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Dennis Byrne presents an unduly rosy view of oil exploration in the Great Lakes in his recent commentary entitled "Great Lakes drilling an idea to be delved" (June 23). More...
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Southern Illinois has recorded its first positive West Nile virus test of the year. The Illinois Department of Public Health said Tuesday that the test was collected Monday in Murphysboro in Jackson County. More...
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Ontario Power Generation has won this year's Weenie Award for environmental degradation thanks to its plan to build a deep underground dump to store radioactive waste near Lake Huron. More...
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Incomplete records cover risks from barrels in Lake Superior
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Questions about whether military radioactive waste was dumped by the Army Corps of Engineers into Lake Superior near Duluth were left unanswered by the Minnesota Department of Health's "consultation" and the News Tribune report of its findings. More... -
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved the final state permit that BP needed to start work on the expansion of its oil refinery along Lake Michigan. More...
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The Appleton paper mill consumes about seven million gallons of water a day, coming from company wells that draw from the Great Miami River aquifer. More...
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The city of Erie's Continuous Emissions Monitoring Committee is expected to meet July 17 to decide how to proceed with a possible ordinance. The group is gathering information to help draft a law that would require continuous emissions monitoring of new plants. More...
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It has been 32 years since Michigan adopted a 10-cent deposit on pop cans, beer bottles and other carbonated beverages. Now the creators of that bill want to expand it to include non-carbonated beverage containers as well. More...
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Ohio State University researchers say combining sound waves and bioengineered algae could clean up our waterways and reduce the threat to human and animal health. More...
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Cleanup work at about 400 contaminated sites across Michigan would have to be shut down if the Department of Environmental Quality can't convince legislators to provide $65 million over the next two years until a bond issue can be placed before voters. More...
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The infamous gypsy moth, a nemesis of hardwoods since infiltrating Illinois 20 years ago, is out in record numbers this year, a state official said Monday. A fungus known to kill the caterpillars has been dormant, probably because of dry weather last year. More...
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Erie Coke Corp. was fined $6.1 million on Monday after continued air-quality violations and was ordered to start complying with state environmental regulations immediately. More...
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Ontario joined Quebec in banning the sale and cosmetic use of pesticides Wednesday, but critics say the move will actually weaken existing anti-pesticide rules across the province. More...
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It's easy enough for us flatlanders to favor offshore drilling to increase oil supplies and bring down gasoline prices. But what if the "offshore" we're talking about is drilling in Lake Michigan and the other Great Lakes? More...
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Toronto Mayor David Miller is proud to host the 2008 Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative Conference. Mayors, other local officials, federal, state and provincial government representatives, and other interested stakeholders will go to Toronto July 16-18, to hear about the most pressing issues facing the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence region. More...
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Up to 53 times a year, six north country municipalities dump diluted sewage that ends up in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. The Department of Environmental Conservation monitors but rarely punishes local governments for the discharges. More...
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Landfill fees are rising, and with higher costs to ship or truck garbage, a lot of communities are scrounging for alternatives to landfills. More...