Thursday, February 12, 2026
Smart Sensors a Significant Environmental Protection Technology
IBM has released its annual 5 in 5 annual report on five innovations that will change human lives within five years. This year, they’ve focused…
International
Asian Carp Action Plan Released
Addressing the threat of Asian carp represents one of the greatest challenges to protecting the Great Lakes and adjacent aquatic ecosystems from aquatic invasive species.…
PEI Scientist Develops Eco-Friendly Fish Fungus Killer
The government of Prince Edward Island has announced the local creation of an environmentally friendly fish fungus killer that can help protect farmed fish from…
10,000 Tonnes of Plastic Enters the Great Lakes Yearly
Researchers from the Rochester Institute of Technology have used computer models to estimate the volume of plastic and microplastics entering the Great Lakes each year.…
Dioxin-like Chemical of Concern Mapped in Great Lakes
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have mapped the location of thousands of tons of polyhalogenated carbazoles (PHCZs), an emerging chemical of concern,…
Obama Approves New Great Lakes Legislation
This week, the United States Congress and President Obama signed into law new legislation that will solidify the future of many programs that are important…
Cleantech Networking Site Launched
A group of cleantech professionals and entrepreneurs have launched getcleantech.com, a global hub that is disrupting the way people connect to and do business in…
Study Shows Canada has 10 Hectares More Freshwater than Every Other Country on Earth
Researchers from McGill University have published the most complete database of lakes to date, providing a tool to scientists that assists understanding of the impact lakes…
EPA Releases Final Report on Hydraulic Fracturing
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released its final report on hydraulic fracturing, which details the impact of the process on drinking water. The report,…
Global Reporting Initiative Appoints New CEO
The Global Reporting Initiative has appointed Timothy J. Mohin, a well-known sustainability practitioner, advocate and author, as the organization’s new Chief Executive. Mr. Mohin has…
Committed Climate Science in the Great Lakes
In its most recent newsletter, the Intergovernmental Joint Commission presented an updated assessment of the climate science being done in the Great Lakes basin. The…
Willingness to Pay for a Healthy Lake Erie
A group of American universities and government agencies has completed a socio-economic study of agricultural management plans for curtailing harmful algal blooms and the willingness…
Mapping Global Surface Water
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published a study of global surface water and its long-term changes in the science journal Nature. Using…
U.S. Scientists Working to Predict Lake Erie Hypoxic Water
Researchers are developing a warning system to for water utilities in Ohio that will notify them of hypoxic water near their intakes from Lake Erie reports…
Plans to Regulate Water Levels in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River Move Ahead
The Commissioners of the International Joint Commission (IJC) have signed and approved an order to regulate of water levels and flows in Lake Ontario and…
Great Lakes Contaminated by Toxic Flame Retardant
The International Joint Commission (IJC) has released a report recommending the governments of Canada and the United States adopt a strategy to address toxic polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)…
Computer Model Makes Great Lakes Climate 3-D
A computer model developed by researchers in the U.S. allows scientists to better capture the physical characteristics of the Great Lakes by fully resolving the…
Internet of Things Comes to Water Management
Ottawa has installed wireless sensors in its regions waterways as a part of a pilot project with Ericsson and Rogers Communications to monitor water quality…
North West Redwater to Re-use Water in Bitumen Processing
North West Redwater (NWR) Partnership has announced that it will make use of GE’s Water & Process Technologies for its new Sturgeon refinery in Alberta.…
Does Canada’s Microplastic Ban Reach Far Enough?
On November, 5th, the Government of Canada announced that it would be banning microplastic beads in toiletry products. At a public consultation was held on…
Phosphate Market Worth $75 billion USD by 2021
A report from MarketsandMarkets, a global research firm, has released a report that states the Phosphate market will be worth $75.71 billion USD by 2021.…
Great Lakes Public Forum Summaries
The International Joint Commission (IJC) has released summary reports from its public meetings in Milwaukee and Toronto on the health of Lakes Ontario and Michigan.…
Six Ways Trump Will Impact Water
For millions of North Americans, the outcome of the United States election was as dumbfounding as the rhetoric and scandals that surrounded it. As many…
New Non-Native Species Confirmed in Lake Erie
A new, non-native species of zooplankton has been confirmed in the western basin of Lake Erie, making it even clearer that more stringent ballast regulations…