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Great Lakes advocates have finally won a nearly decade-old fight with the southern fish farming industry over a law to block the importation and interstate transport of a particularly meddlesome species of Asian carp. More...
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A new Web site to be featured Saturday at the Illinois State Museum allows visitors to dive into information about the Illinois & Michigan Canal Corridor, which connected the Great Lakes to the Illinois and Mississippi rivers in the 19th century. More...
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They came from work and school and from across Minnesota. They piled out of their cars at Canal Park, cinched their hoods and puddle-jumped toward a roiling Lake Superior. More...
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This site allows visitors to dive into information about the Illinois & Michigan Canal Corridor, which connected the Great Lakes to the Illinois and Mississippi rivers in the 19th century. It expands on a book, "A Corridor In Time," by professor John Lamb, published in 1987 by the university along with the state Office of Tourism. More...
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In response to worries that the Great Lakes have sprung a giant leak, the Canada-U.S. organization that oversees the world's largest storehouse of fresh water says it is speeding up its investigation into claims the lakes are losing unusually large amounts of their water. More...
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The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on Thursday added the black carp to its list of "injurious fish." The black carp is one of the so-called Asian carps everyone is worried will destroy the Great Lakes. More...
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The state's consent decree with five Michigan Native American tribes is the culmination of a process over a century in the making. It also avoids a disastrous outcome in which the state could have had no regulatory power over tribal hunting and fishing in a wide section of the state. More...
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Cleaning up Canada's polluted waterways is the new marquee item in the Conservative government's environmental strategy after it firmly closed the door on ever meeting the Kyoto Protocol's climate-change obligations. More...
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Today, one of America's most important laws for protecting the environment and human health, the Clean Water Act, turns 35. More...
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With a new permit for the U.S. Steel Corp. mill in Gary on hold, pressure is building to give the public another chance to help determine how much pollution the massive steelmaking complex can pour into a Lake Michigan tributary. More...
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The Conservative government will kick in money to clean up the Great Lakes, and resuscitate elements of the old Clean Air Act dealing with standards for renewable fuel sources and improved air quality, Environment Minister John Baird says. More...
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The National Park Service nixed a controversial plan to use part of Benton Harbor's Lake Michigan beach for a Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course. The proposal was the centerpiece of a 530-acre, $500-million resort and luxury home development. More...
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Anglers and others who want to express their opinions on proposed double-crested cormorant management on Green Bay and Lake Michigan can do so at a pair of public meetings. More...
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Chicago Park District commissioners approved a smoking ban Wednesday for the city's beaches and park-run playgrounds.The ban takes effect immediately. If caught smoking within 15 feet of a beach or a playground, smokers can be fined up to $500. More...
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A key sewage pump failed at the North Shore Sanitary District's Lake Forest Pumping Station recently, but backup equipment prevented raw sewage from entering Lake Michigan. More...
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The Great Ships Initiative (GSI) is a collaborative effort to end the problem of ship-mediated invasive species in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System through independent research and demonstration of environmental technology, financial incentives and consistent basin-wide harbor monitoring. More...
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What's going on with Lake Superior? It's a big question with a lot of answers, but scientists, natural resources managers, teachers, artists, anglers and the public will give it a try this month during a four-day conference in Duluth. More...
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Reilly Plating Co. in Melvindale has a history of environmental violations, including water quality violations. More...
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High E. coli levels have closed New Baltimore swimming area 170 times since 2000. More...
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In March, Tempo reached out to Chicago's Department of Water Management and asked to tour the offshore water intake cribs, 19th Century technological marvels, which still supply most of the water for Chicago and its 123 neighboring suburbs. More...
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Confirming what many farmers, boaters and others already knew, the government reported Tuesday that the drought parching much of the West and Southeast spread into the Mid-Atlantic area in September. More...
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Chicago's Park District votes today on a proposed smoking ban for beaches and playgrounds. Officials say the measure will likely pass. More...
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Bill Richardson, running for president, lost a couple million potential votes around the Great Lakes this month by mentioning the Idea That Must Not Be Named. More...
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Since the days of French voyageurs, people have marveled at the rugged beauty of the Lake Superior shore. Today's Lake Superior explorers don't paddle furs in heavy birch bark canoes. Their pursuit is fun. More...
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Lake Simcoe is being threatened by a loophole in Ontario's smart growth law that exempts "second homes" and resorts from development limits, an environmental lobby group argues. More...