Around the Basin 2009-05-31 No comments yet
- New study to check long term temperature changes in Lake Superior. http://tinyurl.com/ly6no9 14:59:03
- Milwaukee calls off its water privatization study. http://tinyurl.com/n4xsgd 15:03:34
Around the Basin 2009-05-24 No comments yet
- Lake Michigan ferry makes its first trip of the season. http://tinyurl.com/phnaur 12:58:23
- PBS to air a series on the Great Lakes. http://tinyurl.com/p5vqmn 13:00:19
- Slow times at the Port of Milwaukee. http://tinyurl.com/ofdxfy 13:02:02
- Ontario elementary school students help in Atlantic salmon restoration project. http://tinyurl.com/o2sfwj 13:08:39
Around the Basin 2009-05-16 No comments yet
- Obama’s budget for the Great Lakes Restoration plan. http://tinyurl.com/qxtdqa 10:09:19
- From the “glass is half-empty” department. Rising lake levels are stealing people’s beaches. http://tinyurl.com/r58ty2 10:18:47
- Bird sactuary created near Cleveland on Lake Erie. http://tinyurl.com/r6lxg2 10:23:11
- Ohio tightens regulations to fight the spread of the fish disease VHS. http://tinyurl.com/pb3ouj 10:26:19
- Biodeisel port opens in Milwaukee. http://tinyurl.com/ravkj5 10:29:16
- EPA scientist. Drug residues in drinking water are not a problem for people. http://tinyurl.com/pxejwe 11:38:46
- Congress is getting set to consider Great Lakes cleanup funding. http://tinyurl.com/o26rtg 13:22:43
- Great Lakes Law Blog: Great Lakes senators work to restore protections to Clean Water Act. http://tinyurl.com/q9rvfs 13:40:16
- Chicago ban on BPA in sippy cups and bottles. http://tinyurl.com/oj2s3s 13:47:20
Great Lakes Solutions–Water Levels No comments yet
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 »
Around the Basin 2009-04-30 No comments yet
- Ferry service starts up between Muskegon, MI and Milwaukee. http://tinyurl.com/cep3kt 11:41:48
- Great sea kayak instructional video clips to go along with Doug Cooper’s new book: Sea Kayak Handling. http://tinyurl.com/cx478s 13:00:40
- Cleanup success on Fighting Island near Windsor, Ontario. http://tinyurl.com/cd8ses 19:18:10
Around the Basin 2009-04-22 No comments yet
- WI governor to spend $1.7 million on Great Lakes improvements. http://tinyurl.com/dhtdde 08:53:32
- MI judge reopens UP Yellow Dog mine hearing. Says MIDNR may have been a bit too hasty in granting permit. http://tinyurl.com/c2pss4 09:03:13
- All hail Twitter Digest. Big thanks to Tim at Whalespine.org. Around the Basin is up and running. http://tinyurl.com/cm68jr 09:16:44
- New York Power Authority looks at wind farms in Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. http://tinyurl.com/co8sfc 13:28:56
- Great Lakes WATER institue in Milwaukee, WI to study drugs in waste water. http://tinyurl.com/dxhozr 17:58:18
- WWII dive bomber recovered off the bottom of Lake Michigan. http://tinyurl.com/d47n3h 17:59:18
- Waukesha, WI has a new well that is radium free. http://tinyurl.com/ddgk9s 18:00:49
Around the Basin–April 15, 2009 No comments yet
- Western water woes. Drought shrinks Lake Mead to lowest level since 1965. Las Vegas Review-Journal
- Milwaukee’s Johnson Controls to build hybrid car batteries in Michigan. Reuters
Around the Basin–March 29, 2009 No comments yet
- Debate heats up over a new Michigan coal plant. Mlive/Bay City News
- Wind power companies race to find turbine sites in Michigan. Daily Telegram
- Battery company to power production with wind and solar. The News-Messenger
- Recession and rules put the pinch on Milwaukee’s port. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Around the Basin–March 17, 2009 No comments yet
- Wisconsin’s governor proposes strict ballast water regulations. Capitol Times
- Is water a commodity or a public good? Here is a look at Chile’s privatized system of water rights and some disastrous social justice consequences. New York Times
- Sticking with a thread from last week, it looks like Wisconsin may spend $240 million to expand UW Milwaukee’s Great Lakes Water Institute. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
- Money for Great Lakes cleanup tripled under last week’s House bill. Petoskey News-Review
Around the Basin–March 9, 2009 No comments yet
- Big threats to the big lakes. This story isn’t from today’s news, but it gives a good overview of challenges and opportunities within the Basin. The Christian Science Monitor
- Fighting wind power in Ontario? Informational meeting held by group that opposes offshore wind turbines in Lake Erie. The Windsor Star
- Water Council has its eye on turning Milwaukee into a world leader in clean water technology. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
- EPA calls a timeout on dioxin cleanup talks with Dow Chemical for Michigan’s Saginaw Bay. Mlive/The Saginaw News
