Great Lakes restoration bill gets Senate hearing - Michigan Senator Carl Levin discusses the July hearing on the Great Lakes Ecological and Economic Protection Act, which he introduced along with a bipartisan group of eight Senate cosponsors
Monday, August 11, 2014
Great Lakes restoration bill gets Senate hearing
Friday, August 8, 2014
Report: Thin margin protecting Great Lakes from next major species invasion
Report: Thin margin protecting Great Lakes from next major species invasion - Lake Michigan now little more than "an exotic mussel farm," writes Wisconsin reporter in multi-part investigative series. . .
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Chicago mayor calls for summit on drinking water
Chicago mayor calls for summit on drinking water - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is reacting to reports Lake Erie has became tainted with a toxin that prevents water consumption by calling for a summit of Canadian and U.S. mayors.
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Lake Superior water level now highest in 17 years
Lake Superior water level now highest in 17 years: See the amazing rise in past two years - The past few years have been wetter, snowier and colder than normal over the Lake Superior drainage basin. . .
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Water ban lifted in Monroe & Toledo area
Water ban lifted in Monroe area, Ohio - Associated Press - TOLEDO — A water ban that had 30,000 people in the Monroe area and hundreds of thousands in Ohio scrambling for drinking water has been lifted, Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins announced Monday
- Water in Toledo declared safe for consumption
- Toledo Water Ban Lifted But Test Results Kept Secret - the mayor announced Monday morning that the ban was being lifted, but without releasing the testing data to the public
- NASA Earth Observatory Views Of Algae Bloom on Lake Erie
Monday, August 4, 2014
Toledo, OH Urgent water notice!
Toledo, OH Urgent water notice! - 8/2/14. Chemists testing water at Toledo's Collins Park Water Treatment Plant had two sample readings for microcystin in excess of the recommended "DO NOT DRINK" 1 microgram per liter standard. This notice applies to ALL customers of
- Update, Toledo Water Crisis - 8/3/14. The Governor, City of
- IJC Statement On Toledo Water Crisis - The International Joint Commission (IJC) today expressed empathy for
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Massive green algae outbreak a threat on Lake Erie as waters warm
Massive green algae outbreak a threat on Lake Erie as waters warm - Ohio state officials released the first beach advisory on July 23 after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a June 2014 report predicting a significant threat to Lake Erie due to harmful algal blooms (HAB).
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