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A dredging facility scheduled to receive Saginaw River sediments will sit unused at present while leak prevention improvements are made. More...
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For the second time this year, a coal-carrying freighter entering Muskegon has become stuck in the outer harbor as a result of low water levels and overdue dredging. More...
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A local researcher believes PCB pollution in the Great Lakes will continue until the use of the pesticides chlordane and toxaphene are banned worldwide. More...
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The Ohio Lake Erie Commission has awarded grants to three research projects dedicated to studying aspects of microbial pollution and the effects on the lake. More...
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An Erie, Pa.,man's discovery of salt water's reaction to radio frequencies has attracted scientists interested in using the world's most common substance as a clean-burning fuel. More...
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Illinois lawmakers won't ask BP to forfeit the permit allowing an increase in their waste levels, but will rely on the company to honor their pollution reduction commitment. More...
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With Lake Ontario currently 8 or 9 inches below normal water levels, the boating season is ending early, to the dismay of marina owners. More...
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A study predicting regional economic renewal if the Great Lakes were cleaned up may struggle to get real attention and support of Congress. More...
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Officials from Ohio communities will head to Canada to support a proposal for ferry service between Grand River and Port Burwell in Bayham, Ontario. More...
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The most extensive study ever done on Lake St. Clair, involving real-time measurement of pollutants, may halt if more funding isn't available by September 2008. More...
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A researcher has discovered nocturnal surface habits that may explain how the bottom-dwelling round goby entered ballast tanks to be transported into the Great Lakes. More...
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After 109 years of supporting U.S. Navy operations, the Duluth Navy Operational Support Center has been disestablished. More...
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Despite escalating E. coli levels in Grand Traverse Bay, concerns about water quality are downplayed as the area focuses more and more on development. More...
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Ownership of the submerged bottom land of Lake Ontario is a murky area, with claims from Ontario, Toronto property owners and the federal government. More...
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The Minnesota Environmental Initiative builds innovative partnerships to develop solutions to Minnesota's environmental problems. They work with nonprofit, business and government partners to develop consensus on critical issues and move toward action that has positive environmental impacts. More...
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The concept that Lake Michigan is highly polluted is wrong, says a Great Lakes WATER Institute researcher, despite frequent E. coli warnings along beaches. More...
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Environmentalists are suing the EPA, which has not begun to regulate ocean-going ship emissions, the largest mobile sources of air pollution in the world. More...
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Thirty-five years after the Clean Water Act was passed, a majority of states are behind on updating water quality standards and issuing new wastewater permits. More...
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Explorers have discovered the Cyprus, an ore carrier that sank mysteriously during a Lake Superior storm in 1907, just two months after it was launched. More...
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The Lake Erie Center uses DNA to study aquatic life, and has found instances of European yellow perch being sold as local perch around the Great Lakes. More...
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Even if the International Joint Commission's study finds dredging to be a cause for low Great Lakes levels, climate change will still be part of the problem. More...
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A mock marine emergency in Lake Erie tested search-and-rescue capability, with cooperation between U.S. and Canadian teams and equipment. More...
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Waukegan filed a federal lawsuit for Waukegan Harbor businesses to bear the costs for any future removal of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from the harbor. More...
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The concept that Lake Michigan is highly polluted is wrong, says a Great Lakes WATER Institute researcher, despite frequent E.coli warnings along beaches. More...
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Should the International Upper Great Lakes Study finger the St. Clair channel as the culprit, fixing those past mistakes won't be easy, or cheap. More...