Green Energy Needs Lots of Water
In America's efforts to deal with Peak Oil, we may come up against Peak Water more quickly than imagined. University of Texas professor Michael Webber, an environmental policy specialist, told the...
View ArticleWisconsin Signs Great Lakes Compact
I know. It's a snore. But it is an important snore, another step toward protecting one of the continent's greatest resources. Why? Read this editorial from the Oshkosh Northwestern:
View ArticleNevada Water Authority Executive Proposes High-Stakes Mississippi River...
Atlantic City, New Jersey casino Image credit:NJ.com The Las Vegas Review-Journal cites the general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority saying 'now may be the time to take a serious look at...
View ArticleZebra Mussels (and Lots of Other Species) Invading Great Lakes and No One Can...
Out of the 185 invasive species in and around the Great Lakes, zebra mussels are posing a painful problem. The mussels have sharp shells and a tendency to slice up the feet of beach-goers. The mussels...
View ArticleNASA Says Moon May Have More Water than the Great Lakes
The North American Great Lakes have some competition. digg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/06/nasa-says-moon-may-have-more-water-than-great-lakes.php'; The moon. Yes, that old thing in the...
View ArticleWalleye Bones Can 'Hear' the Sound of Overfishing
A university study on Lake Erie walleye may help scientists spot rivers that are at risk of overfishing. Researchers at Ohio State analyzed chemicals found in walleye ear bones, and were able to...
View Article'Big UP Deal' Protects 271,000 Acres in Michigan
The Nature Conservancy has finally closed on a "Big UP Deal" that took 10 years and $58 million, and will protect and limit development on 271,000 acres in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. If
View ArticleU.S. Asian Carp Czar Says Poison, Genetic Engineering Among Solutions
The Obama administration loves its czars almost as much as the media loves using the title. So here goes: The U.S. Asian Carp Czar, also known as John Goss, says he has a multi-pronged strategy to...
View ArticleIllinois Spending $2M to Ship Asian Carp Back to China
If you can't beat 'em, ship 'em. The state of Illinois is spending $2 million to ship invasive Asian carp back to China, where they're considered a delicacy. In Illinois, and the Great Lakes region,...
View ArticlePesticidal Proteins (Bt) From GM Corn Plants Are Now Common In Midwest Streams
Common sense tells us that, following corn harvest, fragments of corn cobs, leaves, stalks, silk, and pollen may be blown by the wind or carried across the land
View ArticleAsian Carp Study Largest Since Reversal of Chicago River
This $2 million project, funded mostly with private money, is billed as the most comprehensive look at the Chicago waterway system since the reversal of the Chicago River more than 100 years ago. This
View ArticleWhales Burp Plastic in the Great Lakes
Just what the Great Lakes needs, more aquatic invasives. We're worrying about Asian carp and now we have whales? Whales in the Great Lakes, on Lake Superior? Well, "whale burps" have been found
View ArticleAsian Carp Almost Migrate from U.S. to Canada, in a Big Truck
How will invasive Asian carp enter the Great Lakes? Via the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, maybe another flood? They almost made it via a semi-tractor trailer crossing the Ambassador Bridge from the...
View ArticleSword-Swinging Ninjas On Skis Go After Asian Carp (Video)
Asian carp, meet your worst nightmare. Not poison. Not an electric barrier, or a predator from your native land. No, this is good ol' American ingenuity. With a touch of Ted Nugent, or maybe Chuck...
View ArticleOntario Reacts to Live Asian Carp Spilled in River
This was an actual test. But only a test. Like those emergency tones you hear on your TV when a storm is approaching. Officials in Ontario, Canada, think the possibility of a live Asian carp invasion...
View ArticleIt's Not Just Asian Carp: U.S. Identifies 40 High-Risk Species
Concerned about Asian carp? Meet the invasive cousins, you might say, of the monster fish. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a white paper on 40 high-risk species to watch out for,
View ArticleFeds Hiring Unemployed for Great Lakes Cleanup
Who says we have to choose between jobs and the environment? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is starting a sort of Public Works program for the Great Lakes --- prioritizing funding for...
View ArticleToxic Algae Bloom in Lake Erie Worst in Decades
Blooming Lake Erie. Photo Credit: NASA EO Pure Michigan is a slogan used in the Great Lakes State, to bring in tourists and celebrate the beauty of nature. You probably won't be seeing these images in...
View ArticleInvasive? Bloody Red Shrimp Are Supper for Great Lakes Fish
Bloody red shrimp are invasive, but yummy for some native Great Lakes fish. A first-time find by Canadian researchers.
View ArticleNew Flame Retardants as Bad as Old Flame Retardants
Flame retardants build up in the DNA of Great Lakes fish. Not cool.
View ArticleToo Far? New Plan to Separate Basins, Stop Asian Carp, Costs Billions (Video)
Great Lakes residents would be paying this off for 47 years ... but reaping the benefits for just as long.
View ArticleSOM Architects Call for a 100 Year Vision for the Great Lakes
The availability and quality of fresh water to sustain a radically urbanizing world is unquestionably a core issue of our time and requires holistic environmental thinking at an unprecedented scale
View ArticleThe Decolonizing Diet Project is Teaching Volunteers to Eat Like Native...
How big of a locavore are you? Could you eat only foods that were available to Native Americans before 1600?
View ArticleUS and Canada Sign New Great Lakes Accord
It's been forty years since Nixon and Trudeau signed the original; it's time for an update.
View ArticleThe Great Lakes vacationing in... Europe
Sometimes the best way to get an idea of the scale of something is to change the context.
View ArticleBody wash beads contaminate the Great Lakes
Exfoliating body wash may make you clean, but it's making the lake water dirty.
View ArticleHow can we deal with the Asian Carp invasion?
A major report just released offers expensive technological solutions. We reivew options ranging from barriers to bow-hunting.
View ArticleGreat Lakes days away from record ice cover
This long, cold winter has created the most ice cover on the Great Lakes in 20 years—and with ice cover usually at its peak in mid-March, there's still time for records to be broken.
View ArticleIllinois passes first microbead ban in the world
Finally one state is putting a stop to the "exfoliocean." Hopefully others will follow its lead, forcing companies to adopt eco-friendly alternatives.
View ArticleThe most contaminated birds on the planet: Michigan's bald eagles are full of...
Well, at least the most iconic animal in the United States won't catch on fire too easily...
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