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About 60 first responders from a score of Chicago suburbs got an inside look, literally, at the type of railroad car used to haul thousands of gallons of crude oil, ethanol and other potentially hazardous materials through their communities each day. More...
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In Niagara-on-the-Lake's Queen Victoria Park, Ontario, an updated plaque dedicated to individuals who completed and endured the 51-kilometre crossing of Lake Ontario was unveiled to include two new names. More...
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Global warming is likely playing a bigger role than previously thought in dead zones in oceans, lakes and rivers around the world and it's only going to get worse, according to a new study. More...
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Detroit Public Television will be recording and live streaming Great Lakes Now: The 2014 Toxic Algae Crisis from 2-2:30 p.m. on Wed. Nov. 11. Discussion will center on the effects of algae on the Great Lakes and how we can prevent a large algae crisis from happening again. More...
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Land area within three miles of the Lake Huron and Saginaw Bay shorelines deserves to be protected from wind energy development, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in a letter addressed to county commissioners. More...
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Ohio's environmental regulators and a federal agency that maintains Lake Erie's shipping channels have started talking about new ways to get rid of all the sediment that is dredged out of the Cuyahoga River. More...
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The Illumination Board has issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to look at new lighting technology and capabilities for improving the overall effect on waters of Niagara Falls. More...
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The Ohio Wildlife Council has clamped down a bit on commercial fishing nets at its recent meeting. More...
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It was Nov. 10, 1975, when the Edmund Fitzgerald disappeared in the waters of Lake Superior during a severe storm, taking 29 lives with it and after nearly 40 years the story of the ship continues to intrigue, with some saying its legend is second only to the Titanic. More...
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Visitors of Toledo, Ohio, contribute six billion dollars to the area economy. One popular attraction in the area is the National Museum of the Great Lakes. More...
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The latest issue of NOAA's Marine Protected Areas Center newsletter, Marine Protected Areas Connections, is now available online. The newsletter features information about the public comment period for the newly updated Framework for the National System of Marine Protected Areas of the United States of America. More...
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A train derailed Thursday following a suspected landslide in eastern Quèbec, spilling diesel fuel into a local river. More...
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U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo, Ohio) on Thursday launched the citizen-sampling brigade for western Lake Erie waterways. More...
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A train derailed Thursday following a suspected landslide in eastern Quèbec, spilling diesel fuel into a local river. The train's sole conductor was missing. More...
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It's the first time in years that a new wind farm has been proposed near the Lake Ontario shoreline in western New York. Other proposals never came to fruition. More...
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U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) on Thursday launched the citizen-sampling brigade for western Lake Erie waterways. More...
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There is no connection between exposure to the wind turbine noise and health effects, says a new comprehensive Health Canada study, but some in the Great Lakes region are still concerned. More...
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The dangerous early days of the war along the shores of Lake Erie are recalled in a War of 1812 historical marker recently erected in Huron, Ohio. More...
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Industrial wind turbines are supposed to produce electricity. But they have also been producing lawsuits over issues such as noise and the associated negative health impacts they allegedly have on residents. More...
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Little is known about bloody red shrimp, a new non-native species found this fall in Cayuga Lake, N.Y., but one thing is sure, it isn't edible. More...
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The National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center is forecasting a drier-than-average winter for the duration of December, January and February, though there is nothing to suggest yet whether or not temperatures will be higher or lower than normal. More...
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Ontario is targeting the Asian carp and ash borer beetle by reintroducing its Invasive Species Act first proposed last February but killed off by the spring election. More...
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Cottrellville Township, Mich., is now part of the county-wide effort to restore the St. Clair River shoreline. More...
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As city council in Fremont, Ohio, nears a decision on whether to remove the Ballville Dam on the Sandusky River, wetland loss and sediment behind the structure are possible issues. More...
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Strong winds blew tree trunks, branches, tires, wooden pallets, ladders and other items across Lake Michigan beaches in Michigan and Indiana on Friday. More...