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The Canadian government is moving so slowly to protect disappearing plant and animal species that it is in violation of its own environmental laws, said a report released yesterday by the federal Environment Commissioner. More...

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday called on the Senate Budget Committee to reject President Bush's proposed budget cuts in programs to restore the Great Lakes. More...

To protect Wisconsin's waterways, the state ought to join its neighbors in regulating ballast-water discharges from ships on the Great Lakes. More...

Anglers who poach three species of Lake Erie fish will face harsher financial penalties this year. More...

The disease knocked out about 2,000 loons last summer. They were found scattered on northern Lake Michigan beaches. More...

U.S. EPA issues this Earth Day Challenge to residents, businesses and community organizations throughout the Great Lakes basin to plan or participate in collection events of e-waste or unwanted medicines during Earth Week April 19 - 27. The Challenge is to collect a million pounds of e-waste for proper management and a million pills of unwanted medicines for responsible disposal during Earth Week. More...

Ferry service between Rochester and Toronto could make a return in 2009 -- or be dismissed long term -- depending on the outcome of an open call for private operators to be issued today. More...

Lake Superior declined by its usual amount in February, remaining below its long-term average but above last year's level at this time. More...

Prey fish like rainbow smelt and bloaters are providing some new food for chinook salmon and lake trout in the open waters of Lake Huron, but there is still an overall prey shortage. More...

Local governments in the region are stepping up to the plate to ensure the future of the Great Lakes, but the federal government needs to do its share as well. More...

Wisconsin legislators must move quickly to pass the Great Lakes Compact to block communities from outside the region from accessing the lakes' water, Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton has said. More...

If the Great Lakes Compact is to be amended, the entire process would begin anew with negotiations among eight states and two provinces--eight years of work that none are eager to duplicate. More...

The proposed Great Lakes Energy Research Park in Alma, Mich. is one of several locations under consideration to be named a state "Center of Energy Excellence." More...

America could someday derive as much as one-half of its transportation fuels from biomass such as crop wastes, leaves and wood. And the Midwest could be the epicenter of this future energy production. More...

Time may be running out for an effort to restore authority to the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board for hiring and firing the secretary of the state's Department of Natural Resources. More...

While most Torontonians cringed and cursed at a masochistic Mother Nature when they heard that yet another winter storm was approaching, surfing enthusiasts went out on Lake Ontario. More...

It's March and Lake Erie is only now completely frozen over. More...

Duluth will be the backdrop for one of the most stunning sea-bound views this summer when three tall ships enter the harbor in celebration of Minnesota's150th anniversary celebration. More...

The performance of vehicles using E20 -- fuel that is 20 percent ethanol -- is comparable to that of vehicles using the current standard blend of E10, according to a year-long study at two Minnesota universities. More...

Lake Michigan's salmon fishery remained strong last year, despite a shrinking supply of fish food that has some scientists and anglers wondering if the good times will last. More...

Environmental activists in Door County, Wisconsin (Green Bay area) formed the DCEC in 1969. Even then, caring citizens could see looming threats to the their waters, bays, wild shores, bluffs, sand dunes, woodlands, wetlands, farms, orchards and fields. More...

Minnesota pollution officials have begun developing a permitting process for ships that discharge ballast water in state waters. More...

With legislators sitting on their hands, the Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources is correct to write rules regulating ballast water that carries invasive species into the Great Lakes. More...

The Rabaska Inc. consortium announced yesterday that it has received a regulatory green light from the federal government for its plans to build an $840million liquefied natural gas port in Lvis, across the St. Lawrence from Qubec City. More...

Minnesota pollution officials have begun developing a permitting process for ships that discharge ballast water in Minnesota's waters. More...