The drive to burn municipal garbage is catching fire in Ontario, even though it is a very inefficient way to generate energy and there is no shortage of landfill space. More...
Five other municipalities have joing the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District in reporting overflows of untreated sewage to local rivers and Lake Michigan during heavy rains this week. More...
Ohio is lowering the sportsmen's daily bag limit for yellow perch on Lake Erie from 40 to 30 fish per day and cutting commercial fishing catch limits to 2006 levels. More...
The Madison, Wisconsin-based Biodiversity Project and Wisconsin Public Television are teaming up for a special series of broadcasts about Wisconsin’s connection to the Great Lakes this April on Wisconsin Public Television’s In Wisconsin, which airs on Thursdays at 7:00 pm. More...
Ohioans could find themselves paying higher electricity bills and more for their cars as the federal government begins to confront global warming. More...
Fearing the effects of forest fires and tree-destroying insect infestations, the federal government has decided against using Canada's forests in the calculations for totalling up the country's greenhouse-gas emissions. More...
The annual spring beach walk at Presque Isle State Park had just about everything going for it Tuesday. What it didn't have is the promise of enough money this season to adequately replenish the park's beaches and the bird sanctuary known as Gull Point. More...
When the first oceangoing ship of the year steams into the Port of Milwaukee from Europe next week, it could be the start of another robust international shipping season for cargo ranging from grain to wind turbines. More...
Goals for cutting Minnesota's mercury emissions got federal approval this week, bringing the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency one step closer to putting them into effect. More...
As governors of the Great Lakes states debated how to prevent outsiders from staking a claim to their precious water, advocates warned that without a deal, the region would be at the mercy of an increasingly powerful and thirsty Sun Belt. More...
When local activists took a multinational corporation to court over its Michigan water bottling operation in 2003, witnesses argued for weeks over whether the plant was harming nearby lakes and streams. The judge finally took a canoe ride to help make up his mind. More...
More than three decades after Chicago banned phosphate-laden detergents to prevent foul-smelling algae from choking lakes and rivers, dishwasher soap made with the chemicals still dominates supermarket shelves. More...
With summer around the corner and flooding damage done by summer storms last year still fresh on the minds of Toledo residents, city and other officials yesterday encouraged residents to create "rain gardens" to help absorb water that could harm homes. More...
The Icebreaker Mackinaw, following its decommissioning in June 2006 is now moored at its home in Mackinaw City, Mich. The ship is now operating as a public museum telling the story of its 62-year career breaking ice on the upper Great Lakes. More...
New York had its Silicon Alley, Michigan its Automation Alley and Illinois its Silicon Prairie. Ohio is poised to become "the Silicon Valley of alternative energy." More...
Like much of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Marquette was built on mining. Now, thanks to rapidly rising metal prices, international mining companies are again interested in the Upper Peninsula. More...
A variety of lighthouse-related excursions on the Great Lakes will be offered by the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association during the 2007 season. More...
Protesters against the Environmental Protection Agency's plan to clean up the Kalamazoo River drew a show of support from residents, the mayor and city commissioners. More...
The 6th Annual Midwest Land Conservation Conference, April 28-28 in Indianapolis, will offer two and a half days of field-trips and educational workshops and seminars on subjects ranging from conservation finance to landscape-level conservation and public-private partnerships. More...