The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative–composed of Great Lakes mayors–is requesting a hearing to challenge the decision to allow Waukesha to divert water…
The International Joint Commission (IJC) has released Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in the Great Lakes, a report proposing a strategy for federal, state and provincial governments…
A German ship company pled guilty to illegally dumping oily waste into the Great Lakes, including Lake Superior. According to court documents, the ship’s chief…
On June 21, the eight U.S. states touching the Great Lakes approved an application by Waukesha, Wisconsin to divert water from Lake Michigan. Daniel Macfarlane provides…
The governments of Canada and the United States today announced that they have identified eight substances as chemicals of mutual concern under the Canada-U.S. Great…
A new report is calling on the Ontario government to implement an incentive for the public to recycle plastic bottles to reduce plastic pollution in…
Ontario is investing $1.5 million this year in local efforts to help protect, restore, and enhance the Great Lakes. Now in its fourth year, the…
Ontario’s Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell met with 100 teachers at Brantford Collegiate Institute this week at a two-day event aimed at empowering teachers to incorporate…
Eighty-five per cent of respondents believe protecting the Great Lakes is highly important, according to one of the largest surveys ever conducted on public perception…
The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, representing mayors across the Great Lakes basin, sent letters to the governors and premiers of the Great…
The International Joint Commission (IJC) released a report this week summarizing the progress made to fulfill the recommendations of a 2000 commissions study on the protection…
While the negotiations of the 21st Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP21) edged closer to an agreement in Paris, a group of Great…
In anticipation of the upcoming federal election, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative—a binational coalition of over 110 U.S. and Canadian mayors and local…
This week, the Ontario government passed the Great Lakes Protection Act which will strengthen the province’s ability to keep the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence…
Ontario is calling on community groups to apply for a Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund grant, in an effort to help protect, restore, and enhance…
The University of Michigan’s Graham Sustainability Institute announced on March 9 that it will provide $70,000 to researchers from the United States and Canada working…
The Province of Ontario announced on February 18 that it will introduce new legislation to help protect the Great Lakes and recognize their importance to…
The International Joint Commission (IJC), which prevents and resolves disputes between the United States and Canada over the use and quality of boundary waters, announced…
The governments of Canada and Ontario emphasized their commitment to the health of the Great Lakes on December 19 by signing the Canada-Ontario Agreement on…
The federal government announced on July 23 that it is contributing $1.5 million through its Great Lakes Sustainability Fund toward 27 projects in the Canadian…
Thirty-one Great Lakes clean-up projects were celebrated on behalf of federal Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq in Quinte West, Ontario on April 23. These projects were…
Several Canadian mayors visited Parliament Hill on April 3, 2014 to make a case for better protection of the bodies of water for the first ever…
The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative launched a new program to help Great Lakes communities effectively adapt to the effects of climate change.…
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a report on January 6 recommending drastic measures for protecting the Great Lakes from Asian Carp and other…