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U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Flint Twp.), who has voiced concerns over potential impact on the Great Lakes, plans to make an announcement related to opposing the project Friday during a meeting with the Sierra Club in Detroit. More...
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The Huron County Board of Commissioners voted 4-3 for a zoning ordinance amendment that halts any new wind energy development for 90 days or until the ordinance is updated with changes recommended by the Wind Energy Zoning Committee. More...
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Tests conclude lube oil spilled into Lake Erie by yacht club
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The remaining product continues to be captured and removed by responders, as well as dissipate through natural processes. More... -
The University of Michigan Water Center is researching factors that affect the toxicity of algal blooms in Lake Erie. Researchers are hoping the study yields insights that can be incorporated into computer-based ecological models used to forecast cyanobacterial blooms. More...
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In November 2014, an administrative law judge agreed that the farm could roughly double the size of its herd to 8,710 animal units. More...
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Flint, Mich., officials insist that the city's water is safe. They say that the issues of odor and color are separate from the question of whether the water meets federal standards, and that no link to health problems has been proved. More...
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Ohio sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers yesterday over the federal agency's plan to charge the state $1.4 million to dispose of toxic sediment dredged from Cleveland Harbor and the Cuyahoga River into containment facilities rather than Lake Erie. More...
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The Lake Erie Shores & Islands 2014 advertising campaign, that promoted visitation to Erie and Ottawa counties, has been proven to be highly effective at generating economic impact for the region. More...
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Over the last three decades as director of Ohio State University's Ohio Sea Grant program, Jeff Reutter has been the consummate Lake Erie expert for a long list of local, state and federal officials, as well as the media. More...
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The City of Burlington continues to clean up a spill that has left a creek running through Palletta Park to Lake Ontario polluted after what's believed to be diesel fuel was dumped into a nearby catch basin on Spruce Avenue. More...
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A new multi-million dollar rail yard is being planned in Central New York, to connect the Port of Oswego to shipments in New York City. The investment is part of the latest New York State budget More...
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Mysterious debris that washed ashore in Ludington State Park could be part of a shipwreck, or a piece of old jetties that had been built along the Lake Michigan shoreline. More...
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Researchers study need to protect Great Lakes turtle habitat
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Blanding's turtles may move slowly, but move they do - from habitat to habitat - in ways that highlight the need to better protect the land and water on which they rely. More... -
A new report shows just how important water is to Michigan's economy, and states that at least one in five Michigan jobs is water related. More...
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Scientists are noting increased numbers of a zooplankton in some inland lakes. Holopedium glacialis is a mucus-coated microorganism that, in groups, makes a ball of slime something like clear tapioca pudding. More...
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As Toronto anticipates worse storms and more flooding in the future, some environmentalists are already troubled by whether or not Toronto's wastewater treatment plants can handle sewage during extreme weather. More...
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The prices of both finished steel and its main raw material, iron ore, are in a free fall thanks to a huge global oversupply. More...
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Aside from Whitefish Bay and parts of eastern Lake Erie, freighters are moving mostly unhindered though U.S. and Canadian waters this month, a relief to shipping companies that started the 2014 shipping season well behind normal schedules. More...
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One of the most beautiful things about living in the city is that we live on the shores of Lake Superior. More...
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The periscope was designed as a brass diver's helmet, fitted with a video screen connected to an underwater camera, aimed at the underwater fish habitat and the Sidney Smith shipwreck. The viewer was to be attached to the seawall along the Edison Parkway. railing. More...
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The substance is covering an area of roughly 50 by 100 yards. U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Cleveland pollution responders are working to determine the source. More...
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Legislation signed Thursday by Gov. John Kasich also will create a new state coordinator to oversee the monitoring, treating and testing of algae. More...
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After U.S. Reps. Chris Collins and John Katko came out against a plan to manage Lake Ontario water levels, Rochester City Councilor Matt Haag offered a different view of the proposal. More...
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The importance of taking action to address runoff pollution from farms and urban landscapes at all levels was reinforced by a Journal Sentinel article Thursday on the prospects for a larger than ever dead zone in Lake Michigan's Green Bay this summer. More...
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COMMENTARY: Microbeads: Solving a big problem of little bits
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Arguably the most beautiful and treasured gem of our state, Lake Superior has been silently contributing to the pollution of Lake Erie, at our direct command. By what phenomenon? Microbeads. More...