Officials with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources said its 2025 walleye trawl survey data found 128 walleye per hectare in Lake Erie’s western basin. This ranks as the sixth […]
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A federal judge on Wednesday blocked Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s attempt to shut down a pipeline segment called Line 5 – which runs beneath a channel linking two of the […]
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The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has approved the changeover to Lake Michigan water for the Pekara, Inverrary and Horatio Gardens neighborhoods near Buffalo Grove. The final step in the process, […]
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Michigan environmental regulators held a hearing Thursday night on a proposed permit to disturb 10 acres of wetlands for a $7 billion Oracle and OpenAI data center in Saline Township. […]
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Advocates, local politicians and a Toronto doctor are raising environmental concerns about the provincial government’s redevelopment of Ontario Place in Toronto, with some warning the plans could involve dumping sewage […]
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The Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth, Minnesota, is laying plans to work as a partner in an effort to restore lake sturgeon to the St. Louis River, a waterway that […]
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Environmental groups warn that the PERMIT Act – passed on Dec. 10 in the U.S. House – could significantly alter how the Clean Water Act is implemented. Among the proposed […]
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As Ohio’s data center boom continues, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is considering a permit to allow new data centers without access to central sewerage systems to dispose of water […]
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The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and a Great Lakes freighter recently teamed up for an impressive training day on Lake Michigan. The crew of M/V James R. Barker, a 1,004-foot cargo-hauling […]
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In a new lawsuit, the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa alleges the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated federal environmental laws when it granted a permit to Enbridge […]
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The Great Lakes region, currently struggling with drought, is now threatened by energy-hungry facilities – but some residents are fighting back. Read the full story by The Guardian.
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Frigid temperatures have returned to the region, and as of Dec. 16, ice is beginning to form on Lake Erie. Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows that […]