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There are 8 U.S. states in the Great Lakes Basin, but only New York State includes Lake Ontario. Some 30-million Americans live in the Great Lakes, which are home to large cities like Chicago, Detroit, and Indianapolis. Land use in the Great Lakes Basin is a mix of rural, urban, and industrial. Historically, water quality on the Great Lakes has been influenced by manufacturing, waste disposal sites, electricity generation, and urbanization.
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Great Lake Swimmers, the Canadian folk-rock outfit led by Tony Dekker, have just released a new track honouring fishermen and families affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Ballad of a Fisherman's Wife was written and produced in Toronto and is available online at www.swimdrinkfishmusic.com.
"Great Lake Swimmers' Ballad Of A Fisherman's Wife was written after... (more)
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Despite being rebuffed twice by the U.S. Supreme Court, five states filed suit Monday with a lower court demanding tougher federal and municipal action to prevent Asian carp from overrunning the Great Lakes and decimating their fishing industry.
Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota and Pennsylvania said in their complaint the situation had become more dire since a live... (more)
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Canada’s iconic loon is among up to 60 species of Canadian migratory birds that are in danger of being trapped in the toxic net of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, bird experts say.
“The Gulf is at the crossroads of the Americas for migrating birds,” Ted Cheskey of Nature Canada told the Star on Tuesday. “Several species are going to take huge hits. The reality is that... (more)
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he weather was perfect and people were ready to swim Friday at Ontario Beach Park — and though it was supposed to be the beach's first swimming day, the water remained off-limits.
According to Larry Staub, director of parks for Monroe County, high bacteria counts and lack of water clarity prevented swimming.
Staub attributed the water condition to the high winds and... (more)
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Legislation to prevent Americans from diverting rivers that cross border doesn’t go far enough, council says
A federal proposal to keep water in Canadian rivers and lakes from being exported wholesale to an increasingly thirsty United States will not stop the Americans if drought convinces them to come after Canada’s greatest natural resource, experts say.
An act... (more)
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The flotilla of commercial fishing boats helping to clean up the oil spill destroying fishing jobs stayed docked Monday amid reports of dizziness and nausea among fishermen.
“They’re still waiting,” a spokeswoman for Vessels of Opportunity, the BP volunteer cleanup program, told the Star.
The 125 fishing boats were ordered back to shore late last week after crew on... (more)
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ROBERT, LA.—With BP declaring failure in its latest attempt to plug the uncontrolled gusher feeding the worst oil spill in U.S. history, the company is turning to yet another mix of risky undersea robot manoeuvrs and containment devices to keep crude from flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.
Six weeks after the catastrophe began, oil giant BP PLC is still casting about for at... (more)
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