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New York Gov. Spitzer should seize the moment and sign legislation that would prohibit new landfills from being sited near the Great Lakes if they import toxic waste that could pollute the water supply. More...

The bell from the City of Detroit, a unique pre-Civil War wooden side-wheel steam ship, was stolen in 2006 and historians are still hoping for its safe return. More...

Commissioned by the International Joint Commission, the Upper Great Lakes Study area includes lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron and Erie, and their interconnecting channels (St. Marys River, St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River and Niagara River), up to Niagara Falls. Major topics for investigation include determining the factors that affect water levels and flows, developing and testing potential new regulation plans, and assessing the impacts of these potential plans on the ecosystem and human interests. More...

Now that Congress seems finally to have discovered the Great Lakes and intends to take steps to protect what is arguably North America's greatest natural resource, the Bush administration is raising money issues. More...

The Fishtown Preservation Society of Leland received a major boost this week with federal grant funding to protect and improve one of Leelanau County's top tourist attractions. More...

Some environmental groups are hoping to slow the spread of decorative but invasive non-native plants by teaming up with garden centers that may sell them. More...

Environmental groups and residents who commented on BP's new wastewater permit may be able to appeal the permit even though the appeal period is officially over. More...

A conservation group says there will be more pressure to tap into the fresh water of the Great Lakes. More...

Wisconsin has the opportunity to permanently protect the Great Lakes. To do that, the legislature and those of the seven other Great Lakes states must pass the Great Lakes Compact. More...

Just as researchers are seeing record numbers of endangered piping plover shorebirds, they believe some of the birds might be dying from a disease fueled by invasive species. More...

Research on growing tree plantations for bioenergy got a $203,500 boost in Sault Ste. Marie Wednesday. More...

Environment Michigan and a coalition of 20 environmental, faith based and labor groups Tuesday delivered to Michigan state lawmakers over 14,000 public comments calling for stronger clean energy policies. More...

Alabama water shortages will become increasingly routine as existing sources fail to provide sufficient fresh water. The Birmingham Water Works is spending $2.4 million to identify potential water sources and part of the money could be used to begin exploring long-term solutions such as the Great Lakes. More...

A fish caught in Lake Huron last week is suspected to be a non-native grass carp which threaten the local ecosystem, a federal government biologist says. More...

Emerald ash borer beetles have been moving from Pennsylvania toward New York, where eight percent of forests are made up of types of vulnerable ash trees. More...

Samples have shown potentially dangerous levels of toxic chemicals in the city's air, although their origin is unknown, two nonprofit groups say. More...

Despite bipartisan pressure, the country's highest environmental regulator chose not to stop the permit allowing BP's Indiana refinery to dump more waste into Lake Michigan. More...

Why Lake Superior levels are declining and temperatures are increasing is currently unknown, but there is copious evidence that a change is taking place. More...

We cannot afford to compromise the Great Lakes by allowing the BP refinery permit to increase the amount of waste that can be legally dumped in them. More...

Northshore Mining Co. wants to reexamine the court ruling requiring them to monitor air quality after dumping asbestos along Lake Superior years earlier. More...

When the $50 million dollar cleanup of the Ashtabula River is finished, 500,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment will be removed from the river. More...

The Superior Watershed Partnership, formerly known as the Central Lake Superior Watershed Partnership, implements a variety of environmental and stream restoration projects including dam removals, habitat restoration, native plant reintroduction and shoreline stabilization. The Partnership also provides technical, educational and monitoring assistance on a variety of Great Lakes protection initiatives with emphasis on lakes Superior, Michigan and Huron. More...

Cameron Davis, director of the Alliance for the Great Lakes, discusses BP's proposed plans to expand its refinery in Whiting, Ind., and possible pollution effects on Lake Michigan. More...

Thousands of Chicagoans have signed petitions protesting an Indiana permit allowing a BP oil refinery to discharge more pollutants into Lake Michigan. More...

New York joined Illinois and Minnesota as a state that has passed legislation approving the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact. More...