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The wooden schooner Daniel Lyons, which has rested at the bottom of Lake Michigan for nearly 130 years, has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. More...
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There is a clear solution for diversifying Michigan's economy, providing thousands of jobs, and helping curb the most dangerous impacts of global warming: energy efficiency and renewable energy. More...
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Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says a $1.2 million land purchase along the Chicago River was "not a sweetheart deal" and that any seller would have received the same price for the parcel. More...
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Approval of the Great Lakes Compact, along with new or renewed efforts to increase the use of alternative energy, boost recycling and control imports of trash are part of a package of environmental initiatives outlined by Michigan Senate Republicans. More...
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In an effort to stop the spread of the fish-killing VHS virus, the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board has approved emergency rules that will make it illegal for anyone to transport fish or water from one water system to another within the state. More...
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The cormorant has rebounded from being endangered to being a nuisance in some places. When that happens, population growth needs to be controlled. More...
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A look at the history of Buffalo that argues governments should pursue policies that help citizens, instead of spending vast sums of taxpayer money on revitalization. More...
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A large swath of the rugged, pristine northern shore of Lake Superior will soon become Canada's first national marine conservation area. More...
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For the second time in four months, the Quebec government has given its approval for the construction of a liquefied natural gas terminal near Qubec City. More...
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Wisconsin farmers are deep into a bountiful corn harvest that promises to be the biggest in state history. At least 20 percent of the crop will be used to make ethanol. More...
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A host of officials from U.S. and Canadian environmental agencies recently met to discuss 20 years of successes in cleaning up the Niagara River and the challenges that still lay ahead. More...
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Gathering a team of like-minded people into the Great Lakes Exploration Group, Steve Libert has spent years in search of a sunken ship built by legendary French explorer La Salle. More...
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Vermont and five other states are calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to do more to control the mercury pollution that's blowing into New England from the Midwest. More...
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The planet is in danger of crossing a "tipping point" of irreversible damage to its atmosphere, climate, water and ecosystems unless governments can develop comprehensive strategies to promote growth and sustainability, warns a new report. More...
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State Rep. Jim McGregor has joined fellow central Ohio Rep. Gerald Stebelton to introduce a bill that would promote wind farms, fuel liquification of coal and other forms of alternative energy. More...
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A once-retired Great Lakes tugboat soon will return to service in the Twin Ports after being purchased by a family with a deep ship-handling heritage. More...
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Thanks to the successful bipartisan push to give Michigan more clout in the presidential nomination process, the Great Lakes are getting more early -- and hopefully sustained -- attention on the campaign trail than in the past. More...
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A Southwestern candidate for president was out pandering for votes with our water while lawmakers in most Great Lakes states dozed. More...
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Whenever the world's tropical seas warm several degrees, Earth has experienced mass extinctions over millions of years. And scientists fear it may be about to happen again - but in a matter of several decades, not tens of millions of years. More...
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Dan O'Keefe of Michigan Sea Grant addressed the Michigan Charter Boat Association Saturday and said that while Asian carp are moving closer to Lake Michigan through the Chicago Sanitary and Shipping Canal, they probably won't be very comfortable if they make it into the lake. More...
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Participants at the Great Lakes Bioneers Conference met with activists, farmers, doctors and other experts to take on topics like water quality, globalization, wind energy and local organic food. More...
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On the northwestern shore of Lower Michigan, a mother bear still slumbers beneath the sands, waiting for her two cubs. The sleeping bear, a character of a Chippewa legend, is the namesake of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. More...
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A new state law requires members of watershed management organizations, watershed districts and soil and water conservation boards to disclose economic interests. More...
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Approximately 41 buoys will be pulled from Lake Michigan and Lake Huron and stowed for the winter in Cheboygan. More...
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Pearson said the algae is an eco-system problem with a combination of the lake levels changing, exotic species moving in and weather temperatures. More...