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The disappointing St. Lawrence Seaway season, marked by low cargo numbers and dropping water levels, is ending in six weeks and experts refuse to predict how next season will end up. More...
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Indiana has taken the first step to implement a federal water pollution control program near Lake Michigan and is now looking for public feedback on its plan. More...
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Windmills are sprouting from the flat soil of Michigan's Thumb Country and could eventually generate as much as 500 megawatts of power, enough to power nearly 125,000 homes. More...
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Commentary: Do Minnesotans buy ethanol because they have to?
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Many states, including Minnesota, are making ethanol use a requirement without asking if consumers want it, or if it's environmentally sound. More... -
The philantropic community is stunned after a generous benefactor anonymously donated $100 million to the Erie Community Foundation. The sum will help the city revive its downtown and rebuild an economy rooted in higher education and high-tech companies More...
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Four new and revised classroom lessons help educators and students observe and identify Great Lakes fish, understand the fundamentals of fish habitat and life cycles, and learn how scientists monitor the movement of fish populations. More...
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Scientists are working on new solutions to the problem of removing salt from seawater. With predictions that more than 3.5 billion people will live in areas facing severe water shortages by the year 2025, the challenge is to find an environmentally benign way to do so. More...
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Milwaukee aldermen are about to consider a measure that would link suburban water sales to approval of an eight-state Great Lakes pact, but that would also open the door to negotiations on selling water to more neighborhoods. More...
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Ohio's dilemma about a proposed regional compact that would limit Great Lakes water withdrawals has come down to how legislators view a state senator's argument that it could intrude upon private property rights. More...
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They call phragmites a "common reed," but given its potential to devastate sand dunes and decimate beaches, the newest foreign plant to invade the Great Lakes is anything but common. More...
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A study of gull eggs shows that more chemicals used as flame retardants are showing up in the environment. More...
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The battlefield for a clean Great Lakes is global, as toxic chemicals emitted around the world spread through the atmosphere and accumulate in our waters. More...
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The lease for the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes in Kingston will expire at the end of the month, but the museum won't be left without a home. More...
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With no fewer than four Great Lakes states viewed as swing states, the Great Lakes could be a key issue in the upcoming presidential election. More...
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Milwaukee is considering a measure that would link suburban water sales to approval of an eight-state Great Lakes pact, while possibly opened the door to selling water to more New Berlin neighborhoods. More...
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The development of a sand bar just outside the Holland, Mich. shipping channel may have brought an early end to the community's shipping season. More...
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Michigan Republican and Democratic leaders have joined forces to call upon the 2008 presidential candidates to promise to fund the $20 billion cleanup of the Great Lakes. More...
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Although BP officials have have said they won't significantly increase the pollution discharged into Lake Michigan when they expand their northern Indiana refinery, figuring out how to keep that promise is proving difficult. More...
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The best way to avoid paying Mayor Daley's new nickel-a-container tax on bottled water is to make the switch to Chicago tap water. More...
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The University at Buffalo has received a $3.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to produce a new, more broadly trained breed of environmental scientist using the Great Lakes basin as a laboratory. More...
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Nearly 11 years after the idea first surfaced, Toledo has a marine passenger terminal on its waterfront. More...
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Sarnia's mayor says he's upset by a plan by U.S. senators to put 'speed bumps' in the St. Clair River to help raise the levels of lakes Michigan, Superior and Huron. More...
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The lore of Lake Michigan isn't limited to its beautiful beaches and open water. It has a mysterious side, that's known as the Lake Michigan Triangle. More...
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Environmental experts suspect that more than 100 loons and other migratory birds found dead on Great Lakes shores in the past week were poisoned by botulism after feeding on invasive mussels and fish. More...
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U.S. Congress has overridden a veto by President George W. Bush and authorized completion of a permanent electrical barrier at Chicago to block Asian carp from the upper Great Lakes. More...