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A black goo was oozing from a ship on the Great Lakes — and teeming with life

Mon, 2025-08-04 12:45
Great Lakes Commission

While docked after studying algae blooms in lakes Erie and Superior, the crew of the Great Lakes research vessel Blue Heron noticed a black, tar-like substance oozing from the rudder […]

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Lake Superior Day filled with appreciation and education

Mon, 2025-07-21 14:15
Great Lakes Commission

On the third Sunday of July, the community in Superior, Wisconsin, shows its appreciation for the great lake with Lake Superior Day. Read the full story by WDIO-TV – Duluth, […]

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After six years, on Fourth of July this lighthouse beacon will again sweep across Lake Superior

Mon, 2025-07-07 13:31
Great Lakes Commission

For the first time in six years, the iconic light from the Two Harbors Lighthouse beacon 25 miles northeast of Duluth will once again sweep across Lake Superior. Read the […]

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New species discovered by UMD’s Blue Heron — in the ship itself

Fri, 2025-06-27 12:09
Great Lakes Commission

‘Ship goo’ was found oozing out of a University of Minnesota Duluth research vessel’s rudder shaft. DNA sequencing revealed it was a previously unknown microbe species. It seems to thrive […]

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Duluth councilors consider resolution advocating to keep EPA Lab

Wed, 2025-05-07 13:00
Great Lakes Commission

The Duluth City Council will be considering a resolution requesting federal officials to keep the U.S. EPA’s Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division lab in Duluth, Minnesota, open. About 150 […]

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Trump administration’s fees on Chinese-built ships appear to spare Great Lakes vessels

Fri, 2025-04-25 12:56
Great Lakes Commission

The Trump administration’s new trade rules aimed at penalizing operators of Chinese-built ships and boosting domestic shipbuilding appear to have spared the Great Lakes shipping industry from fees on ships […]

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First saltie that transited the whole Seaway arrives in Duluth on Monday morning

Mon, 2025-04-21 14:00
Great Lakes Commission

The Federal Nagara was the first ocean-going vessel to transit the full St. Lawrence Seaway originating from Germany and stopping in Contrecoeur, Quebec, before continuing to Duluth, Minnesota. Read the […]

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Anxiety increases over possibility that Duluth EPA Great Lakes lab could close

Fri, 2025-04-11 13:00
Great Lakes Commission

Anxieties are mounting that a water pollution laboratory buttressing Lake Superior’s North Shore is slated to be closed, potentially terminating work for dozens of scientists and shuttering an economic engine […]

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Duluth sewage plant turns waste to resource as leader departs

Fri, 2025-04-11 12:54
Great Lakes Commission

As the executive director of the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District (WLSSD) prepares to leave her post, the WLSSD fired up a trio of generators that now convert biogas from […]

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Photos: First saltie reaches Twin Ports, but not contest winner

Wed, 2025-04-09 15:03
Great Lakes Commission

Federal Yoshino made it to Duluth-Superior on Tuesday afternoon, but while the saltie is the first oceangoing ship to arrive this season its journey didn’t start from the ocean. Read […]

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Klobuchar and Smith press EPA not to close Duluth lab

Wed, 2025-04-09 14:57
Great Lakes Commission

Minnesota Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith sent a letter to the EPA administrator Lee Zeldin on reports of a possible reduction in staff at the EPA Great Lakes Toxicology […]

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Shipping, port officials say fees on Chinese-built ships would cost jobs

Fri, 2025-03-28 12:18
Great Lakes Commission

While they support bolstering the U.S. shipbuilding industry, officials warned millions of dollars in fees each time a Chinese-built ship stops at a U.S. port would threaten Great Lakes shipping. […]

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