The Great Lakes from Space. Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are essentially one large body of water, connected at the Straits of Mackinac. The St. Clair River drains these upper lakes into Lake Ontario. Photo: SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
How much water do the Great Lakes need? As much as they can hold on to. Read more »
- Shocking! The US Army Corps of Engineers is ALMOST ready to turn on the Asian carp barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Should be zapping carp by the end of April. Here’s hoping. The Chicago Tribune
- Xcel Energy to pay the State of Wisconsin $1.3 million to clean up an Ashland superfund site. Business North/KUWS
Humans aren't the only animals that pollute--dead tree in a cormorant rookery.
This one popped up in a regional news aggregation that I was reading today. It jumped out at me because it looks like news, but it is really more of a press release that seeks to back up the established position of a conservative non-profit group. Reader beware, I guess.
It seems like spin to me. Read the article and the executive summary of the report yourself and see what you think. There are links and a couple of excerpts from the story and report after the jump. Read more »
- Ontario to pay top dollar for renewable electricity. Toronto Star
- Protected research area proposed for St. Louis River estuary on Lake Superior. Superior Telegram
- Are wind turbines on the horizon for Chicago’s gold coast? Medill Reports
- Zapping lampreys. Should the lamprey weir on the Pere Marquette River be turned off? Luddington Daily News
