Ann Arbor, Mich. – The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) today released a video highlighting its work to restore a former confined disposal site along the Maumee River in Ohio. The site, known as Penn 7, was used in the 1970s for disposal of silt dredged from the Maumee’s shipping channel. A partnership led by the…
A new report on the state of birds in the U.S. and Canada offers the first comprehensive status update since an alarm-bell-ringing 2019 study announced the loss of 3 billion birds. Read and hear the full story by WTTW-TV – Chicago, IL. Read the full story
The funds will boost coastal, inland river, and Great Lakes ports including the port of Detroit. The awards seek to improve supply chain reliability, electrify equipment, improve or create new rail and highway connections, boost offshore wind projects and cut greenhouse gas emissions. Read the full story by the Windsor Star. Read the full story
Area police are appealing to the public both here and in the U.S. for help after human remains were found during a coast guard training exercise in a bay southeast of London.
In all of Split Rock’s 112-year history, the lighthouse has always had a keeper. Right now, that person is Hayes Scriven, a self-described “history geek.” He and his family live on site. The site started in the hands of the U.S. Lighthouse Service, which was eventually absorbed into the Coast Guard. In the early 1970s,…
Area police are appealing to the public both here and in the U.S. for help after human remains were found during a coast guard training exercise in a bay southeast of London.
This past week marked the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act passed by Congress to protect U.S. waterways from abuses. Decades later, progress has been made but many waterways are still in peril and a new challenge has emerged; the fallout of thousands of sites potentially contaminated with perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid…
Coastal port congestion is sparking interest in short-sea shipping on the Great Lakes, in U.S. ports like the Port of Cleveland and in Canadian ports. Read the full story by WKYC-TV – Cleveland, OH. Read the full story
The U.S. Supreme Court may decide next week whether to hear an appeal filed by three lake-adjacent property owners in the town of Porter who have been unsuccessful in their attempts to claim ownership of a private beach on Lake Michigan. Read the full story by Northwest Indiana Times. Read the full story
Most Canadians know about the Underground Railroad that brought slaves across the border before and during the American Civil War.
Most Canadians know about the Underground Railroad that brought slaves across the border before and during the American Civil War.
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With a 100% carbon-free electricity target by 2045, Illinois must now grapple with the complexities over how exactly to reach that goal.
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