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The J. H. Whiting power plant south of Luna Pier, Mich., is among four sites being considered by Consumers Energy Co. for a new coal-fired plant that the utility plans to put into operation within eight years. More...
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The National Wildlife Federation, a national environmental group, recently asked citizens who live in the Great Lakes states to send in photographs and stories about their experiences on the lakes to show the value of the lakes in people's lives. More...
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One of the most controversial development applications in Southern Ontario - a proposal to build Big Bay Point Resort, a 569-acre marina and golf course on Lake Simcoe east of Barrie, comes before the Ontario Municipal Board tomorrow. More...
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A Muskegon scientist has been appointed to an international advisory group studying the steady decline of Great Lakes water levels.
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Thirteen-yearold Brandon Culverwell recently came up with an idea to clean up the pier's picturesque walkways, which are often littered with dead fish -- namely, gobies. More...
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Asian carp have slipped into the Great Lakes as federal officials dawdle in clamping down on the destructive fish and as the Bush administration plans to veto legislation to protect the ailing inland sea from invasive species. More...
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COMMENTARY: Lake Superior woes hold lessons for other waters
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Great Lakes water is a big issue in Wisconsin, and certainly in the Milwaukee area, where communities like New Berlin and Waukesha have sought permission to pipe in Lake Michigan water before all the Great Lakes states approve an interstate compact that would set up standards for such diversions. More... -
In all, eight U.S. states, the Province of Ontario and at least 35 Native American governments independently manage Great Lakes whitefish. More than any other species, the future of Great Lakes whitefish is as much about politics and money as it is about biology. More...
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Since word broke that BP America's Whiting Refinery had received a permit to release more waste into Lake Michigan, Chicagoans have been railing at BP and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, which issued the permit. More...
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Northwest Ohio is getting in on the business of renewable energy technology, with innovative use of farm-animal waste as one new source of electricity and wind power as another. More...
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Self-proclaimed redneck fishermen took to the waters of the Bath chute channel on the Illinois River on Saturday to stem a foreign invasion at the third annual Redneck Fishing Tournament. More...
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When an Indiana Department of Environmental Management official told attendees at the public meeting about U.S. Steel's new wastewater permit that the company's permit expired in 1999, sighs and shouts of shock billowed through the crowd. More...
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Rock Island has been a Wisconsin State Park since the DNR purchased the island from the Thordarson family in the 1960s. It welcomes about 30,000 visitors each year. More...
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In Whiting, Indiana, the locals don't mince words about their hometown's biggest industry. What has them upset is BP Amoco's intention to dump 500 additional pounds of ammonia and 1,200 more pounds of solid waste into Lake Michigan every day. More...
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Senators Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Thursday hailed the inclusion of numerous provisions for Michigan and the Great Lakes in the Water Resources Development Act, which the Senate may vote on this week. More...
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Four years after back-to-back nights of rioting drew national attention to the smoldering race and poverty issues of Michigan's poorest town, several nonprofits are poised to execute a grand solution for Benton Harbor's ills. More...
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The Ontario government is helping the Ontario Marine Operators Association (OMOA) to promote the province as "the best fresh water cruising grounds in the world," Minister of Tourism Jim Bradley announced today. More...
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After months of research and market testing, Shedd has launched a new Great Lakes awareness campaign. Listentoyourlakes.org includes a blog with up to date Great Lakes stories from around the basin, campaign updates and other musings. More...
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We could learn a thing or two from our cousins Out West about good stewardship of precious water resources. More...
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At a time when many of them are at odds, Indiana environmentalists and state officials Thursday discussed creating a statewide rule aimed at controlling increased water pollution discharges. More...
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Canada's federal government has joined Quebec and Ontario to give a push to the Great Lakes Corridor, an ambitious public-private project to raise the efficiency of intermodal freight transportation between Montreal, Toronto and the United States. More...
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The U.S. House overwhelmingly passed a $20 billion water projects bill this week despite a promised veto by President Bush, who complains the WRDA bill is laden with costly pet projects and shifts new costs onto the government. More...
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In a recent special session of the New York State Senate, legislation was passed adding New York to the list of two other states that have entered into the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact. More...
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U.S. Rep. John Dingell, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, discusses the cost of emitting carbon, promoting conservation and efficiencies, and making alternatives more economically viable to address the problem of climate change. More...
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With a population of only about 6,400 continent-wide, piping plovers are considered endangered throughout Canada and in many American states so new nests and sightings around the Great Lakes are an encouraging sign. More...