Great Lakes Cleanup To Continue 5 Years Under New Legislation
The bill authorizes spending $300 million on the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative through 2021, although separate yearly votes will be needed to secure the money.
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The bill authorizes spending $300 million on the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative through 2021, although separate yearly votes will be needed to secure the money.
Eye witnesses and theories from the internet range from the divine to the supernatural to the mundane.
Other priorities for the coalition include upgrading drinking water and sewage treatment infrastructure and preventing harmful algae blooms.
Leaders say they want to inspire young women to seek careers in science and engineering.
Lawmakers have raised concerns about an oil pipeline running beneath the Straits of Mackinac.
A Republican state lawmaker says he'll introduce legislation to stop future oil pipelines in the Great Lakes.
More than 30 nuclear generating stations and sites for fuel processing and waste disposal are located near the lakes.
Federal regulators say nearly $80 billion is needed over the next 20 years to reduce sewage overflows and protect drinking water in the Great Lakes region.
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The U.S. Coast Guard says caution should be taken when venturing onto ice on Lake Superior, northern parts of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, and the St. Marys River.
The eel-like creatures use suction-cup mouths and razor-sharp teeth to fasten themselves to their prey and suck out body fluids.
"We are going to fight any activity that puts our beloved Great Lakes in jeopardy," said Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich.
Small grants are available to local governments that want to help clean up Michigan's rivers, streams and creeks.
Harmful algae blooms and low-oxygen zones hazardous to fish will get worse, says a newly released scientific report.
A U.S.-Canadian agency says both federal governments should keep a closer eye on mercury pollution in the Great Lakes, which increasingly comes from as far away as Asia.
"If one thing goes wrong, it could sacrifice the quality of the Great Lakes for years to come."
The lamprey is an eel-like creature that uses its suction-cup mouth and sharp teeth to fasten itself to other fish and suck out their bodily fluids.
The lone survivor of a 1966 Great Lakes shipwreck has died of cancer. Dennis Hale was 75.
A member of Congress wants Michiganders to speak out against a Canadian proposal to store nuclear waste underground less than a mile from Lake Huron.
The lamprey is an eel-like predator with a suction-cup mouth that fastens itself to fish and feeds on their bodily fluids.
If your Memorial Day weekend plans include boating on the Great Lakes, be prepared for a visit from the U.S. Coast Guard.
Officials with the 9th Coast Guard District which covers Detroit and the Great Lakes are urging boaters to wear life jackets at all times while on the water.
"Canada's proposed nuclear waste dump on the shores of Lake Huron puts our Great Lakes at risk of radioactive contamination..."
Rep. Dan Kildee said the country should find a site farther away from the Great Lakes, the world's largest body of surface fresh water.
