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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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WASHINGTON — If you want to be a stickler for journalistic ethics, I shouldn’t even be writing about the Great Lakes, because I have a huge bias — especially when it comes to Lake Michigan.
The highlight of my youthful summers were the few weeks my family shared a cottage atop a sand dune at Miller Beach, east of Gary, Ind. Many were the days we would pack a picnic... (more)
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Thousands of the nation’s largest water polluters are outside the Clean Water Act’s reach because the Supreme Court has left uncertain which waterways are protected by that law, according to interviews with regulators.
As a result, some businesses are declaring that the law no longer applies to them. And pollution rates are rising.
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Great Lakes trivia – which four of the five are bordered by both Canada and the United States, for example – is popular in elementary school geography lessons. But these interconnected lakes are under such threat that perhaps more pertinent questions should be asked – and not just of schoolchildren.
Such as: which cities dump untreated sewage into the Great Lakes, and... (more)
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It's a species that's been swimming in the Mississippi River for more than 30 years and now, it could threaten fishing areas near the Great Lakes. Asian carp are now making their way up north and have been spotted near Lake Michigan.
OSWEGO, N.Y. -- In Oswego, fishing is one of the main draws to the area. And tourism officials would like to keep it that way by keeping Asian... (more)
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The Genesee River watershed is one of five areas singled out for extra attention in a report released Sunday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The Obama administration has developed a five-year blueprint for rescuing the Great Lakes, a sprawling ecosystem plagued by toxic contamination, shrinking wildlife habitat and invasive species.
The plan envisions... (more)
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5-year plan includes cleanup, wetland restoration and 'zero-tolerance policy' for invasive species
TRAVERSE CITY, MICH.–The Obama administration has developed a five-year blueprint for rescuing the Great Lakes, a sprawling ecosystem plagued by toxic contamination, shrinking wildlife habitat and invasive species.
The plan envisions spending more than $2.2 billion (U.S.)... (more)
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The voracious Asian carp will threaten Great Lake economies if it gets past Chicago
A row has blown up between several northern US states about how to block an especially voracious species of non-native fish from entering the Great Lakes and potentially devastating their multi-billion-dollar fishing industry.
Some experts believe that the Asian carp, which can grow up to... (more)
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Twenty years after the pervasive zebra mussel was first detected in the Great Lakes, the U.S. Coast Guard is preparing rules to prevent new invasive species from infiltrating the nation's freshwater systems.
Ecologists, environmentalists and public officials have mixed feelings about the rules. Some expressed their sentiments during a public comment period that ended earlier... (more)
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U.S. decisions could pave way for suing over climate change
It may only be a matter of time before the battle over global warmingmoves into a courtroom.
That has already happened in the United States, where companies are being sued for contributing to global climate change events that have had local impact.
A recent legal analysis by a trio of Calgary lawyers says the... (more)
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