IJC Calls for Improved Great Lakes Atmospheric Mercury Monitoring

<> International Joint Commission Calls for Improved Great Lakes Atmospheric Mercury Monitoring - IJC, concerned by the lack of sustained funding for the number of monitoring sites, is recommending in a new report that the Canadian and U.S. governments provide stable long-term funding to monitor atmospheric deposition of mercury in the Great Lakes region -- concerned that mercury concentrations in some Great Lakes fish in some locations are increasing or may increase in some fish species in the future due to significant increases in coal burning in Asia.  Report: Atmospheric Deposition in Pollution of the Great Lakes

Toxic Lake Erie shipwreck never should have been on Great Lakes, research shows

<> Toxic Lake Erie shipwreck never should have been on Great Lakes, research shows - The Argo, a tanker barge that sank Oct. 20, 1937, in a storm, was operating illegally during its final journey — a trip from New Jersey to Sault Ste. Marie and back to load 4,700 barrels of benzole that is still threatening the lakes eight decades later.

Canada delays decision on Lake Huron nuke waste storage

<> Canada delays decision on Lake Huron nuke waste storage - Canada's environmental minister will delay making a final decision on a controversial plan to bury nuclear waste within a mile of Lake Huron in Kincardine, Ont., until March 1, 2016.

NOAA graphics show how a Mackinac straits oil spill might look

<> NOAA graphics show how a Mackinac straits oil spill might look - Water currents model used during Enbridge exercise.

EDITORIAL: Lake Erie dumping of Cuyahoga River dredge? No! No! No!

<> EDITORIAL: Lake Erie dumping of Cuyahoga River dredge? No! No! No! - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is again seeking authorization from Ohio to dump some Cuyahoga River sediments directly into Lake Erie.

Activists ask environment minister to halt nuclear waste burial

<> Activists ask environment minister to halt nuclear waste burial - Groups opposed to Ontario Power Generation's proposal to bury nuclear waste near Lake Huron north of Kincardine are petitioning the federal Environment and Climate Change minister.

MI U.S. Senators Stabenow, Peters Urge Funding for Great Lakes Heavy Icebreaker

<> MI U.S. Senators Stabenow, Peters Urge Funding for Great Lakes Heavy Icebreaker - Heavy ice cover seen in recent winters has seriously impaired commercial shipping and economic activity in the Great Lakes -- last winter, cargo shipping decreased by 3.2 million tons, costing $355 million in lost revenue and nearly 2,000 jobs.  U.S. senators push for new Great Lakes heavy icebreaking ship