January - June 2007 Articles

06/28 - House committee OKs ballast water measure
06/28 - Spawning Grounds Searched For Lamprey
06/28 - VHS spread may be overstated
06/27 - The lakes' dark invaders
06/27 - Congress must join fight against invasive species
06/27 - To save the lakes, join the campaign
06/26 - Cleaner watershed showing progress
06/26 - Toledo comes up dry in national tap water test
06/26 - Bill could add environmental ombudsman
06/25 - Concert will benefit Lake Superior
06/25 - What is VHS?
06/25 - Great Lakes' past may offer clues on climate
06/16 - Stupak ratchets up Great Lakes discussion in US
06/16 - Renewable Energy Plan for Michigan
06/16 - Floating algae mess takes the bloom off nice beach weekend
06/15 - Ontario premier: Growing public concern hasn't helped Great Lakes
06/15 - McGuinty Facing Accusations Over Greenpeace Report
06/15 - Fish die-off in Ontario lake a mystery
06/14 - You may want to consider water-conditioning system
06/14 - Great Lakes show improvement, but concerns remain
06/14 - Red shrimp said may threaten food chain
06/13 - Research shows a predator affects prey species more through scaring than eating
06/13 - Water wake-up for region
06/13 - DNR makes changes to fishing rules
06/08 - Stop dragging feet
06/08 - Great Lakes restoration effort receives mixed review
06/08 - Swimmers, be wary of rip currents
06/07 - Let's get behind legislation that would protect our lakes
06/07 - State should lead, not follow, on lakes law
06/07 - Editorial: Get out and enjoy weekend
06/06 - Hearing planned on rules prompted by fish virus
06/06 - Report gives Great Lakes health a mixed review
06/06 - 'Climate Change and the Waters of Wisconsin' topic tonight...
06/05 - Windmill power spins into reality
06/05 - Saving the earth pond by pond
06/05 - America's Most Polluted Beaches
06/02 - Bay fish pass VHS tests
06/02 - Lake Superior levels rise (but just a smidgeon)
06/02 - New Front Emerges In Lake Michigan Battle Over Invaders
06/01 - Outlook good for hazardous waste bill
06/01 - Speaker: Great Lakes region needs help
06/01 - Opposition turns to shut off 'water transfer' motion
05/31 - Reasonable expectations
05/31 - Resolution urges Congress to appropriate money for clean-up of Saginaw Bay
05/31 - NDP Campaign to Exclude Bulk-Water Exports from NAFTA Gains Support
05/30 - The water is waiting: Beaches open amid continuing questions...
05/30 - Rally targets fish kills at power plant
05/30 - Walberg considers Great Lakes drilling as option
05/19 - Senate water resources bill could benefit Great Lakes
05/19 - Low water levels, inadequate dredging trim loads on Great Lakes
05/19 - VHS in Lake Erie
05/18 - Water experts meet over lead
05/18 - State adopts emergency rules to halt spread of deadly fish virus
05/18 - Committee seeks input on water deal
05/17 - Action needed on ballast water issue
05/17 - Algae used to monitor climate change
05/17 - Lamprey control planned
05/16 - Mine not worth risk to Lakes
05/16 - Minnesota Sea Grant selects new research projects
05/16 - Great Lakes Commission pushes for ballast water legislation
05/10 - DNR looks at ways to slow fish-killing virus in rivers, Great Lakes
05/10 - The Green Imperative
05/10 - Waukesha residents slam water conservation rates
05/09 - Lake Michigan anglers wonder were all the coho have gone
05/09 - Legislature needs to finish work on protecting lakes
05/09 - Sewage diversion undermines Great Lakes protection bill: critics
05/08 - Low water levels in 1926 rival today's
05/08 - The lakes' greatness is in danger
05/08 - Sea kayakers to gather in Muskegon
05/07 - Carp could stir up trouble in Nipissing
05/07 - Water bottler to open Milwaukee plant
05/07 - Ban oceangoing ships from Lakes
05/03 - Climate change exhibit near Ashland mixes scientists with artists
05/03 - Fish rule aims to curb virus spread
05/03 - Michigan DNR Warms Of Dangers of Asian Carp
05/02 - Not fit for swimmers
05/02 - Mayors float ban on wasteful toilets
05/02 - Is a killer stalking our lakes?
05/01 - To fight invaders, Michigan fights the EPA
05/01 - Research vessel offers free rides
05/01 - Lake Superior's low levels cause problems for shippers
04/30 - City backs ballast restrictions; Move is intended to protect lakes
04/30 - Lake Superior shoreline exposed
04/30 - Thirsty world captures investors' attention
04/26 - Ban ocean vessels in lakes? Some are floating the idea
04/26 - Cause of beach closings disputed at symposium
04/26 - Convention to float ideas for positive impacts on lakes
04/25 - Milwaukee is Going Green
04/25 - Perch violations worry lawmakers
04/25 - Scuba park proposed
04/24 - A great lake: The best of the Midwest's sandy shores
04/24 - Water utility budget may jump
04/24 - How About A 1300 Mile Swim?
04/23 - Beachfront in legal limbo
04/23 - Province ripe for ecological scourges
04/23 - Coast Guard releases water level data for Great Lakes
04/20 - U.S. House OKs Soo Locks expansion
04/20 - Water resources bill benefits Minnesota
04/20 - Lawyers now involved in invasive species problem
04/19 - Woodward pilot seeks to clean city sewage to world-class levels
04/19 - National Water Quality Network Pilot Underway
04/19 - Mid-Michigan events to honor Earth Day
04/18 - Support grows for stronger regulations for ocean-going ships
04/18 - Editorial: Fishing takes a sickly turn
04/18 - Wind power in Ohio gets new support
04/17 - Statement of Howard A. Learner, Environmental Law & Policy Center
04/17 - A prescription for disaster
04/17 - Local Earth Day Celebrations Planned
04/12 - Editorial: Historic waterway
04/12 - Debate to heat up over North American water trade
04/12 - Michigan's best beach is...
04/11 - Lower Water Means Headaches On Great Lakes
04/11 - Protecting Lake Superior: Religious Leaders, Pharmacists and Volunteers Join Forces...
04/11 - Panel: US Faces Change As Climate Warms
04/10 - Warming Could Spark N. American Water Scramble
04/10 - Exotic zebra mussels ruin coevolution
04/10 - TC author wades into Great Lakes issues
04/09 - America needs water clean-up plan, now
04/09 - DNR puts out new rules aimed at containing deadly fish virus
04/09 - Vancouver port adding incentives to go green
04/06 - Wisconsin enacts ban on live bait restrictions
04/06 - Canada one of the fortunate countries, according to damning climate change report
04/06 - Climate change will stress sewer systems
04/05 - How can state control withdrawals?
04/05 - Goodbye Wisconsin, Hello Arkansas
04/05 - Large concerns about small fish
04/04 - DNR Board approves emergency plan to stop fish virus
04/04 - 'Water Wars' author slated for lakes convention in Green Bay
04/04 - Ontario floats water safeguards; Ontario 'attaching value' to its water
04/03 - Water Use Fees Should Be Higher, Say Activists
04/03 - Industry sees little impact from bill
04/03 - Bills require portion of state’s electricity to come from clean, renewable sources by 2020
03/29 - Great Lakes Coalition Asks Congress to Fund Conservation Programs...
03/29 - Adapt to warming planet, UN report warns
03/29 - New game in town: Wind, solar power
03/28 - U.S. EPA Illegally Failed to Update Safe Beachwater Standards
03/28 - Ballast water law will help protect our Great Lakes
03/28 - Ontario makes resources deal with northern Aboriginals
03/27 - Anishinabek Nation appoints Women's Water Commission
03/27 - Great Lakes cleanup is still on back burner
03/27 - Waukegan inks EPA harbor deal
03/26 - T.O. 2050: Bad weather ahead
03/26 - Bill would help stop alien species from invading Great Lakes
03/26 - A change in climate: Global warming in Wisconsin
03/23 - Canada pledges Great Lakes cleanup
03/23 - Shippers sue state over new ballast water law
03/23 - EPA will require permit
03/22 - Wind power plan for lake gains speed
03/22 - Lakes Face New Threat
03/22 - Water walk highlights precious commodity
03/21 - Warming will have some big effects on Michigan
03/21 - Study: Lake Superior summer temps rising
03/21 - Water, water, everywhere – not
03/20 - Editorial: Lake Michigan's and Lakeshore's futures are bound together
03/20 - Water detectives hunt down waste
03/20 - Best saltwater ship policy is ban
03/15 - Bart and Tony discuss St. Mary's clean-up
03/15 - Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) Is Re-introduced in the House
03/15 - Editorial: Catching an error
03/14 - House Approves Great Lakes Restoration Bill
03/14 - Test finds stadium bathroom sewage could be going to river
03/14 - Great Lakes levels plunged in February
03/13 - Governor leaves out harbor
03/13 - State needs an aggressive federal response to help defend our Great Lakes
03/13 - Destroying the Great Lakes
03/12 - Local beach gets national attention
03/12 - Editorial: An offensive seepage
03/12 - Some scientists predict North Pole could be ice-free by 2100
03/09 - House approves measure to review Great Lakes wastewater treatment
03/09 - Levin introduces Great Lakes bill
03/09 - Cleaning up Michigan's water
03/08 - EPA Awards Millions in Grants to Small Businesses for New Technologies
03/08 - Great Lakes lawmakers push cleanup plan
03/08 - Water ban is necessary
03/07 - NYPA Official Warns About Aquatic Invasive Species In The Great Lakes
03/07 - World's Largest Fresh Water Eco Museum Georgian Bay Ontario
03/07 - Mayor speaks in D.C. about Great Lakes
03/06 - Lakes troubles vex lawmakers
03/06 - Study focuses on Great Lakes’ circulation patterns
03/06 - House Creates Global Warming Committee
03/01 - Arctic activist tells panel that U.S. carbon emissions violate human rights
03/01 - Funding sought for final Waukegan Harbor cleanup
03/01 - Killer carp
02/28 - Scientists Wary Of Lake Superior Warming
02/28 - Enlist courts in protecting lakes
02/28 - Michigan's First Ballast Water Permits Issued
02/27 - Source of fecal matter studied
02/27 - Study to Assess Cities investment in Great Lakes
02/27 - Great Lakes Water Wars author Peter Annin at Northland College
02/26 - '08 ballot targeted for bottling limitations
02/26 - Efforts to keep water in Bay
02/26 - World's scientists launch global warming study
02/22 - Minnesota OKs Great Lakes pact
02/22 - Editorial: Minnesota leads way on Lakes protection
02/22 - Protect lake, Barrett urges
02/21 - MNR Restrictions Hurting Business
02/21 - Editorial: State must ratify compact to protect our precious lakes
02/21 - Climate change could alter life in and life of lakes
02/20 - Environmental and arts spending tangled up again
02/20 - Officials: Lakes cleanup needs billions more
02/20 - DEC extends emergency regulation to help Prevent spread of VHS
02/19 - Proper water levels critical
02/19 - Keeping Great Lakes ours
02/19 - Report: Global warming panel warns gas emissions must be reversed in 13 years
02/15 - Help protect health of lakes
02/15 - Lower water may bring even higher power rates
02/15 - Stupak behind bill to hook Asian carp
02/14 - Asian carp barrier in works for canal
02/14 - Grant awarded to clean Maumee River
02/14 - Editorial: Threats to Great Lakes outpace White House funding priorities
02/13 - Sewage should power, not pollute, the Great Lakes
02/13 - Get butts off the beach: Debate begins over banning smoking at shoreline
02/13 - Fish-killing disease raises concerns
02/12 - Senate Gives Initial OK To Great Lakes Pact
02/12 - No easy water fixes, Waukesha told
02/12 - How great our lakes
02/08 - Task Force Plan Calls For Wind Turbines on Lake Erie
02/08 - IJC advocates restart of Great Lakes plan
02/08 - Panel: Lakes need accelerated action
02/07 - Groups say Bush budget falls short in help for Great Lakes
02/07 - Asian carp debate
02/07 - Venice of the Midwest?
02/06 - SEA SENSE: Solid marks on oceans
02/06 - Global warming: It affects the world, but Illinois?
02/06 - Website of the month
02/05 - Data show warming will shrink Great Lakes
02/05 - AQUATIC INVASION: Damage from potentially new species ...
02/05 - It's Freezing, But Lake Erie Is Perfect For Surfing
02/02 - Addressing threats to water
02/02 - Briefing: Lake Michigan
02/02 - Environment Commissioner warning
02/01 - Two bills to help improve water quality in Western New York clear subcommittee
02/01 - Pennsylvania bans fish transports from Lake Erie
02/01 - Company manager guilty in dumping of waste
01/31 - Groups want hearing on Michigan mine
01/31 - Nestle blamed in Mich. water level battle
01/31 - Report: Phaseout needed on sand dune mining
01/30 - Two Clarkson professors receive grants to protect Great Lakes
01/30 - Environmental group to tackle Great Lakes
01/30 - Global warming probably caused by human activity, U.N. report says
01/26 - Fish-killing virus spreads, threatens fishing industry in Great Lakes
01/26 - Grant funds available for environmental projects
01/26 - Activists seek tighter water laws
01/25 - Town’s dirty water gets a little cleaner
01/25 - VHS disease has entered Great Lakes
01/25 - Feds push to pay for carp barrier
01/24 - Carp bill: Michigan lawmakers are pushing a new attack on invasive fish
01/24 - Great Lakes plan funding questioned
01/24 - Petri helps introduce bill for Asian carp barriers
01/23 - Firm accused of dumping
01/23 - Report has 'smoking gun' on climate
01/23 - Michigan Signs Greenhouse Gas Registry Resolution
01/18 - Another invasive species in Great Lakes waters
01/18 - Ravenous shrimp could disrupt Lake Ontario food chain
01/18 - Voinovich, Levin to direct Senate's Great Lakes panel
01/17 - Editorial: U.S., Canada must join to fight invasive species in Great Lakes
01/17 - Bait shop owners worry spread of VHS disease could decimate minnow sales
01/17 - Dion spotlights Great Lakes
01/16 - A billion reasons for cleaning up our harbour
01/16 - Great Lakes water pact could be revised
01/16 - Proposal aims to restrict diversion of Great Lakes
01/15 - Surge in carbon levels raises fears of runaway warming
01/15 - U.S. scientists, evangelicals join global warming fight
01/15 - Pelosi puts climate change on the agenda
01/12 - Ship hitchhikers may be in for a shock
01/12 - DEC confronting troubled waters
01/12 - Dangerous zebra mussel migrates its way to West
01/11 - New invasive species joins well-known zebra mussel in Lake Superior
01/11 - Carp Invasion of Great Lakes Possible
01/11 - In Lake Superior's Duluth harbor, signs of new invading mussel
01/10 - Inland Seas course work
01/10 - EPA Commits $10 Million to Protect the Nation's Beaches
01/10 - New fish virus could be a little as 2 years away from Lake Michigan
01/09 - New invasive species of shrimp found near Muskegon
01/09 - No place for nuclear waste
01/09 - Water levels dredge up tourism concerns
01/05 - Lake Superior continues downward slide
01/05 - Lake Superior drops another two inches
01/05 - Legislation takes aim at Lakes pests
01/04 - Editorial: Michigan's new ballast law is a step forward
01/04 - Oceans Protection Bill Introduced in U.S. Congress
01/04 - Lake trout rebounding in Lake Michigan
01/03 - Scientists Monitoring Harmful Pollutants in Great Lakes Fish
01/03 - State to host meeting on fish virus
01/03 - Mayor's pick helps keep water in public interest here
01/02 - Grim prognosis for Earth
01/02 - Sewage leaks continue to plague St. Marys
01/02 - Sewerage district savors clean and green rating