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).
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Experts Wanted for Review of Lake Erie Phosphorous Objectives
Experts Wanted for Review of Lake Erie Phosphorous Objectives - The SAB Ecological Process and Effects Committee (EPEC); Nominations should be submitted by August 8, 2014
Monday, July 28, 2014
EPA Solicits Great Lakes Shoreline Cities Grant Proposals
EPA Solicits Great Lakes Shoreline Cities Grant Proposals - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a solicitation for a second round of Great Lakes Shoreline Cities Grants. EPA will award grants totaling up to $4.5 million to eligible shoreline cities to fund. . .
Monday, July 21, 2014
Senator Gillibrand: List microbeads as Great Lakes threat
Senator Gillibrand: List microbeads as Great Lakes threat - Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.) wants the Environmental Protection Agency to list microbeads as Great Lakes contaminants.
Readers Note: Upcoming Vacation Days: We will not be publishing the remainder of this week (Tuesday, the 22nd through Friday, the 25th). Next week we will be back on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday; and off again on Thursday and Friday July 31 & August 1).
Friday, July 18, 2014
Lake Huron is no place for a nuclear waste dump
COMMENTARY: Lake Huron is no place for a nuclear waste dump – [David Suzuki]Is dilution really the solution to pollution -- especially when it's nuclear waste that can stay radioactive for 100,000 years? A four-member expert group told a federal joint review panel it is.
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Researchers predict smaller algae problem in Lake Erie this year
Researchers predict smaller algae problem in Lake Erie this year - Rick Stumpf, an oceanographer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says they're predicting this year's bloom in Lake Erie will be significant, but not as bad as it has been in recent years.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
U.S. Appeals Court Denies States' Asian Carp Legal Challenge
State of Michigan v. United States Army Corps of Engineers - 7/14/14. In the
- WI AG Comment on 7th Circuit Asian Carp Decision - "Of course, we are disappointed the court dismissed our case on the grounds that Asian carp on the doorstep of Lake Michigan does not pose an adequate imminent threat to
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Great Lakes Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook
Great Lakes Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook - Following an unusually cold winter in the Great Lakes region, Spring 2014 was also cooler than normal, with this spring coming in as the 5th coldest on record since 1948 over the Great Lakes; and the ice cover reached its maximum extent of 92.5% on March 4, making it the second greatest amount of ice cover since record keeping began in 1973.
Monday, July 14, 2014
Great Lakes Coalition: House Bill a Mixed Bag for Restoration Efforts
Great Lakes Coalition: House Bill a Mixed Bag for Restoration Efforts - More work needed to help confront sewage overflows, maintain Clean Water Act protections. . .
Friday, July 11, 2014
DGR not a 'good idea' near Lake Huron: Anderson
DGR not a 'good idea' near Lake Huron: Anderson - Blue Mountains Mayor Ellen Anderson told an Ontario Power Generation official that she can never be convinced that creating a deep geological repository for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste near the Great Lakes
Thursday, July 10, 2014
New University of Michigan Animation Illustrates Danger of Oil Spill to Great Lakes
<> New University of Michigan Animation Illustrates Danger of Oil Spill to Great Lakes - Straits of Mackinac 'worst possible place' for oil spill, says lead researcher.
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Great Lakes News
<> Lake Michigan water level on rise after years of decline - Lake Michigan water levels have receded to an all-time low, and where water had been, exposed rocks, rebar and driftwood remained.
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Great Lakes News
<> New plan for Lake Ontario water levels would help regenerate vital wetlands - A new plan developed by the International Joint Commission would allow more variation in Lake Ontario water levels to mimic natural fluctuations crucial to wetland health.
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
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