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03/20 - Fighting to save Great Lakes is worth the effort: I'm not a scientist, however, like many of us in Michigan, I love the Great Lakes. Recently, I had the chance to show my love for our wonderful, but endangered lakes. I attended an educational training put on by the Sierra Club, which focused on the health of the Great Lakes. |
03/20 - New list tells you what Great Lakes fish to buy to help the environment: You're at the grocery store or restaurant, and trying to choose what kind of fish to eat. But which fish are the best fish when it comes to sustainability? For the first time, the answers to questions about Great Lakes fish are contained in a Right Bite card put out by the Shedd Aquarium of Chicago. |
03/20 - Editorial: Canada needs environmental leadership role: Federal Environment Minister John Baird came out swinging earlier this week, presenting the Conservative government's most aggressive climate change plan to date. |
03/19 - Blocked study draws attention to PCBs: It has been almost 20 years since the National Wildlife Federation issued its first fish consumption warning, drawing the public's attention to the effects of PCBs and mercury on Great Lakes fish. |
03/19 - Op-Ed: Great Lakes Cleanup a Priority For Both Environmental and Economic Reasons: The Great Lakes are dirty. And that's an understatement of the decade. But it's not enough to simply lament the toxic mess swirling inside these freshwater legacies. Rather, the Great Lakes pollution should be a wakeup call to politicians who should realize a $26 billion cleanup of the region could give the U.S. an economic benefit ranging from $80 to $100 billion. |
03/19 - Becker says help needed with Great Lakes: When it comes to protecting Lake Michigan, Mayor Gary Becker believes the costs can't be limited to just those who live around it. "This is a national resource," Becker said. |
03/18 - Early tests: So far, Erie's water in the clear: Erie's drinking water contained no evidence of drugs when it was tested in 2007. Erie Water Works, which supplies water to about 200,000 people in the city of Erie and in Millcreek, Harborcreek, Wesleyville, Lawrence Park and Summit townships, is not currently required to test for pharmaceuticals. |
03/18 - Lakes compact: State joins important water treaty: New York has joined the Great Lakes Compact, becoming the fourth state to do so. That is a good move. The governors of eight states signed the compact in 2005. Gov. Eliot Spitzer, soon to be replaced by Lt. Gov. David Paterson, signed legislation authorizing New York to join the compact on March 4 . |
03/18 - Pollution, drugs in water require study, solutions to protect public health: One set of recent headlines warned that some Great Lakes water may hold pollutants that pose a risk of cancer, premature births or other ills. Another set of headlines warned that municipal water sources across the United States are dispensing trace amounts of pharmaceuticals mixed in with the water, and causing worry about the effects on humans and wildlife. |
03/17 - New York Joins Great Lakes Water Resources Compact: New York State will join seven other Great Lakes states and two Canadian provinces in a formal effort to protect and improve the water resources of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin. |
03/17 - Parks develop plan to keep virus out of Lake Superior: The National Park Service's four units on Lake Superior are joining with an American Indian tribe in an effort to keep a deadly fish virus out of the lake. Viral hemorrhagic septicemia, or VHS, has caused large fish kills in the other Great Lakes and some inland waterways but has not been spotted in Lake Superior. |
03/17 - Will take much nastier winter to get a rise out of Lake Huron: About 17 or 18 years ago I obtained permission from the federal Department of Oceans and Fisheries to have some rocks moved to the side in front of my property on Lake Huron. |
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