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The Wisconsin Maritime Museum at Manitowoc, Wis hosts a presentation next month celebrating the 50th anniversary of the opening of the "Mighty Mac." More...

In most states, owners of contaminated land are responsible for cleaning up their property, but in Michigan, a 1995 law allows companies to skirt cleanups if they didn't cause the pollution. More...

The St. Lawrence Seaway has been open for almost a half century, and it is going to take a boatload of cash to keep the Great Lakes' aged navigational link to the world open for another 50 years. More...

Legislation that could lead to Ohio's ratification of the proposed Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact is in the works again. More...

Federal regulators have alleged that petroleum giant BP PLC violated Clean Air Act provisions by making unapproved changes to its Lake Michigan oil refinery that significantly boosted the plant's pollution emissions. More...

A new report issued this week warns thata warming climate is likely to reduce Great Lakes water supply while increasing water demand both within and outside of the region. Related news release: Passage of Water Compact Essential toMitigate Impacts of Global Warming, StatesNew National Wildlife Federation Report More...

Representatives from local, state and national organizations gathered in Buffalo, N.Y. this week to an open dialogue on issues important to the future of the Great Lakes. More...

About 150 people turned out at a recent meeting to hear from the federal agency that says a dioxin hot spot in the Saginaw River is the worst in the nation, the chemical company that disputes the finding and a scientist who disputes that it even matters to human health. More...

Michigan needs more stringent, yet reasonable laws in place to further safeguard our waters for environmental, economic and aesthetic reasons. The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact is such a proposal. More...

Bay County, Mich. officials are crying foul over federal allocations that give places such as the Virgin Islands, with 175 miles of shoreline, more money for beach monitoring than the entire state of Michigan, which has more than 3,200 miles of shoreline. More...

A sizable fraction of the international business community has launched an effort to press for mandatory cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, on the eve of a major round of climate negotiations. More...

Minnesota and 11 other states have filed a lawsuit to stop the federal Environmental Protection Agency from scaling back a law requiring public disclosure of toxic pollution. More...

Almost a third of continental U.S. birds, including many found in Minnesota, are in imminent peril and could go extinct if action isn't taken to preserve their habitat and numbers. More...

Some varieties of algae are as much as 50 percent oil and, as oil prices push $100 a barrel, scores of scientists around the world are racing to turn the green stuff into a commercially viable energy source. More...

Fish can contribute to a healthy diet, but there can be a challenge in figuring out how to get the most-beneficial amount of fish in your diet without overdoing the mercury, PCBs and other contaminants they can contain. More...

U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar already has sponsored among the most significant global warming legislation of the 2007 Congressional session, but some environmental groups say that's not enough. More...

The 2010 Census will cost Ohio and other Great Lakes states additional seats in Congress. Given this, the sooner we get the Compact in place, the better, to protect our freshwater resources from water withdrawals. More...

The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact was initiated in 2005 by the governors of the eight Great Lakes states and by the premiers of the two Great Lakes provinces in Canada. To take effect, it must also be approved by the lawmaking bodies of the states and provinces, and by the U.S. Congress. Without compact, lakes will be vulnerable by State Sen. Patty Birkholz (R-Saugatuck Township); Protections fall short on groundwater by U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.). More...

Three crumbling dams under state orders to be repaired, replaced or removed are in Allegan County, Michigan, near Plainwell and Otsego. They are half the dams currently under state repair orders. More...

Concrete companies in Ontario are benefiting from local wind farm projects. Completed wind towers are 80 ft. tall and have rotor blades measuring 45 meters in length. Each tower will produce 2.3 mega watts of electricity which would supply about 870 average homes. More...

The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact was initiated in 2005 by the governors of the eight Great Lakes states and by the premiers of the two Great Lakes provinces in Canada. To take effect, it must also be approved by the lawmaking bodies of the states and provinces, and by the U.S. Congress. More...

Three crumbling dams under state orders to be repaired, replaced or removed are in Allegan County near Plainwell and Otsego. They are half the dams currently under state repair orders. More...

The process for developing Northwest Indiana's first comprehensive plan for areas along the Lake Michigan shoreline continued Tuesday, with an open house-style event at which the public got to weigh in on a myriad of land use and traffic recommendations for north Porter County and surrounding areas. More...

Lake Michigan gives us so much that it should never be taken for granted. More...

If the previous warnings about global warming weren't bad enough, a new report says warmer temperatures will allow phragmites to thrive in the Great Lakes region. More...