News
-
Posts
16,064 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Store
Gallery
Everything posted by News
-
The Canadian government gave support to the Great Lakes Corridor, a project to increase the efficiency of freight transportation between Canada and the U.S. More...
-
Plans to build on a stretch of Wisconsin's undeveloped Lake Michigan coastline have been hampered by disputes on ways to stabilize shifting lake bluffs. More...
-
If the United States would finally take action to force ships to clean out their ballast tanks, Lake Erie could move ahead in its battles against aquatic threats. More...
-
Michigan regulators have tentatively approved permits for a mine in the Upper Peninsula, which some worry could cause runoff polluted with sulfuric acid. More...
-
As Canada increases its wind farms, complaints emerge that they are high-cost, inefficient, noise polluting and damaging to birds' migratory patterns. More...
-
Because water monitoring tests take 24 hours to culture bacteria samples, by the time warning signs are posted, water quality at a beach could be fine. More...
-
Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm is expected to sign a new bill package of laws aimed at population control for the fish-hungry double-crested cormorant. More...
-
Water-quality data from approximately 100 public beaches are listed on the Beach Health website. The Beach Health website gives the public an opportunity to view water quality data and beach advisories for Great Lakes beaches all across Wisconsin. More...
-
Once invasive species arrive in local waters and forests, their presence can dramatically alter the existing ecosystems. More...
-
As factory farms increase around Michigan, local citizens are concerned about potential of the high levels of animal waste to contaminate waterways. More...
-
BP's expansion plans for their Whiting, Ind. refinery are on hold after concerns about their plan to increase waste dumping in Lake Michigan emerged. More...
-
Proposed legislation to require oceangoing ships to rid their ballast tanks of invasive species before entering the Great Lakes is both crucial and long overdue. More...
-
Students at the University of Wisconsin Madison are researching the use of lake algae in biofuel, creating a renewable energy resource while cleaning up lakes. More...
-
A federal fishery biologist cites the return of whitefish, sturgeon and insect and plant populations as evidence that area water bodies are getting cleaner. More...
-
As Lake Superior levels continue to dip and temperatures rise, researchers are working to develop models to predict what may happen if these changes continue. More...
-
Indiana's BP Whiting and environmental regulators say the refinery's new wastewater permit will result in less mercury being dumped into the lake by 2012. More...
-
Waukesha's dedication to water conservation resulted in a 7.5% percent decrease in use last year and underlines the city's bid for Lake Michigan water. More...
-
BP's water permit for its northern Indiana refinery on Lake Michigan gives them until 2012 to meet federal mercury discharge limits, although regulators predict they will seek another extension. More...
-
To meet ethanol needs, farmers growing more corn are using more nitrogen fertilizer, which environmentalists say could increase polluted runoff. More...
-
Michigan is third in the nation in the number of sites contaminated by leaky underground fuel storage tanks which can pollute drinking water and soil. More...
-
Some Milwaukee executives see the region's proximity to the Great Lakes as an opportunity to attract water technology companies to develop economic growth. More...
-
The Saugatuck Dunes Coastal Alliance, an area preservation group, is fighting plans to develop a two-mile stretch of beachfront along Lake Michigan. More...
-
Freshwater Atlantic salmon were once abundant in Lake Ontario, but vanished without a trace a century ago. Now, a gift from an Australian winemaker may help bring them back. More...
-
A wetland restoration project along the Welland River will improve water quality by filtering runoff and provide a habitat for spawning northern pike. More...
-
Fifty years ago this fall, the Mackinac Bridge opened for traffic, an anniversary marked by celebrations in the Mackinac Straits area this weekend. More...