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A new bill would exempt information about existing and proposed energy infrastructure, such as oil and gas pipelines, from disclosure under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act. More...
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The Army Corps of Engineers has asked a judge to defer to the Corps's decision not to fully dredge the Cleveland Harbor and Cuyahoga River navigation channel in Ohio while a state lawsuit is pending. More...
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The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is making a change to water quality permits required by large livestock operations. The new rule should reduce the amount of animal wastes that get into our waterways. More...
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The Cedarville, built in 1927, was the third-largest freighter lost on the Great Lakes, and sank on May 7, 1965. More...
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84 athletes plan to swim the Straits of Mackinac, Mich., this fall, and they're collectively raising over $250,000 to do it. More...
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A bill introduced would exempt from disclosure under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act information about existing and proposed energy infrastructure that "could be useful to a person in planning an attack" like oil and gas pipelines. More...
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An enjoyable day on the water can turn deadly when dangerous currents and high waves form. Dangerous currents and waves have claimed the lives of more than 140 people in the Great Lakes region.This summer, "Be Current Smart." Learn where the risks are and what you can do to enjoy a fun, safe day on the water. More...
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So much resentment has built up against the Ambassador Bridge over its long, dirty war against competition that something gets overlooked when it makes news: we still need it. More...
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An oily substance detected along the shoreline of Lake St-Louis in Pointe-Claire last month has been identified as hydrocarbon, most commonly found in its liquid form in diesel fuel, heating oil or crude oil. More...
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This current plan is a modified version of the original remediation project to clean up one of Canada's most polluted lake bottoms. More...
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The smelt population began showing up in Lake Superior in the 1930s, first seen in the eastern part of the lake near Whitefish Bay and then moving to the western edge; in the last century, smelt populations surged and ebbed. More...
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A Canadian advisory panel Wednesday endorsed a fiercely debated plan to bury waste from nuclear power plants less than a mile from Lake Huron, saying it had concluded the project would pose no danger to the environment. More...
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Scientists said the fish are having problems reproducing and are worried about a population decline. More...
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Algal blooms are a preferred food for bighead and silver carp, the voracious filter feeders that have moved up the Mississippi River and many of its tributaries in recent decades. More...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday issued an advisory regarding how much microcystin is safe in drinking water that has left state regulators and water-treatment plant operators scratching their heads. More...
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be in Greece, N.Y., on Thursday to discuss a plan to restore vital habitats for wetland creatures in Braddock Bay. More...
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The new owner of the former St. Luke's Club near Lake St. Clair in Dover Township, Ont., says he wants to maintain the property as a hunting club, although he concedes part of it might eventually be turned into farmland. More...
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is teaming up with three states - Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana - and 40 groups to jointly tackle cyanobacteria, that scourge of Lake Erie that briefly shut down Toledo's water supply last summer. More...
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New York state's regulation of municipal stormwater discharges doesn't violate the federal Clean Water Act, as environmental groups claimed in a lawsuit, the state's highest court ruled. More...
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Buffalo, N.Y., Mayor A.J. Dolce said that the city engineer has been working on design specifications to shore up the breakwater behind the community's water treatment plant. More...
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A 'canary in the coal mine' spotted in the St. Lawrence River is sparking more concerns about the impact of contaminants on fish health as research into the brown bullhead -- a small catfish species -- shows elevated levels of PCBs and mercury. More...
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The Town of Gananoque, Ont., is awaiting federal and provincial approvals before it can remove hundreds of old tires from the floor of the marina because they might be "fish condos" at this point, the parks and rec director says. More...
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When Clarkston-based developer David Johnson was planning the Village at Bay Harbor, he knew it was going to be big. More...
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Lake Michigan has been almost exclusively a man-made ecosystem for nearly a century, according to fisheries biologists. More...
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The DNR will publish in June a draft report on the plan's environmental impacts as well as draft documents summarizing state regulators' opinion of the application's compliance with the 2008 protection compact. More...