Friday, May 9, 2025
New Model Assesses Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Great Lakes
Researchers have developed a new integrated model to evaluate the economic impacts of climate change on the Canadian Great Lakes Basin. The Great Lakes are…
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Ontario Government Provides Funding to Support Great Lakes Projects
The Ontario government is investing $7.47 million to improve the health of the Great Lakes. The funding will support projects that address environmental challenges such…
Three Cities Join Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative
The cities of Detroit (MI), Zion (IL), and Saint-Anicet (QC) have joined the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative. “We look forward to working…
New Initiative Will Remove Plastics from the Great Lakes
The Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR), thanks to funding from Environment and Climate Change Canada, has announced the launch of the first phase…
New Research Aims to Support Recovery of Fish at Risk of Extinction in Lower Great Lakes
A new research and habitat recovery project aims to support the recovery of fish and freshwater mussel species that are currently at risk of going…
Major Investments in Great Lakes Restoration Are Paying Off: Study
Canada and the United States have invested more than US$22.8 billion over the last 35 years to restore Areas of Concern throughout the Great Lakes,…
The Great Lakes and the Climate Crisis
Historically high water levels, shoreline flooding, torrential downpours, warming waters, freezing winters, sudden snow melts, wind storms, and powerful wave action are eroding our shores.…
Climate Change Threatens Drinking Water Quality Across Great Lakes
“Do Not Drink/Do Not Boil” is not what anyone wants to hear about their city’s tap water. But the combined effects of climate change and…
Top Five Great Lakes Stories of 2019
The following five news stories on topics related to the Great Lakes were among the most read news stories on Water Canada’s website in 2019.…
Plastic Pollution in the Great Lakes Presents a Growing Concern: Study
New research suggests that the growing intensity and scale of plastic pollution in the Great Lake poses serious risks to human health and will continue…
Aquatic Invasive Species Impacting Mercury in Great Lakes Fish
According to a new study published yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 40 years of reduced mercury use, emissions, and loading…
IJC Report on Nuclear Power in the Great Lakes Basin
At its September Executive Meeting, the International Joint Commission (IJC) approved release of an informational report, Nuclear Power Facilities in the Great Lakes Basin: Compendium…
CGLR Partners with IAGLR to Restore and Protect Great Lakes
A new partnership aims to better connect science, policy, and business interests to accelerate both the restoration and protection of the Great Lakes. The International…
E.P.A. Unveils Five-Year Plan to Accelerate Restoration of the Great Lakes
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Administrator, Andrew Wheeler, and Region 5 Administrator and Great Lakes National Program Manager, Cathy Stepp, unveiled an updated action…
Governments can Prevent PFAS Pollution in Great Lakes: Report
As communities across the Great Lakes region grapple with contaminated drinking water due to toxic PFAS chemicals, a new National Wildlife Federation report outlines how…
Researchers Studying Behviour of Microplastics in Great Lakes
Using the Great Lakes as a laboratory, sedimentary petrologist Patricia Corcoran and her students at Western University in London, Ontario are studying the behaviour of…
Water Pollution May Be Keeping Invasive Silver Carp Out of Great Lakes
Invasive silver carp have been moving north toward the Great Lakes since their accidental release in the 1970’s. The large filter-feeding fish, which are known…
Cleanup of Great Lakes Can Lead to Community Revitalization
Cleanup and collaboration pay off. That’s the conclusion of a report released by the International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) that documents how cleaning…
Federal Funding Announced for Great Lakes Protection Projects
Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, announced $1.06 million in funding over three years for 10 projects associated with protecting and restoring the…
Federal Ministers Educated on Great Lakes Protection
The Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson, and Minister of Democratic Institutions Karina Gould visited the Canada Centre for Inland…
Blue Accounting Releases Comprehensive Database of Coastal Wetlands Projects in the Great Lakes Basin
Blue Accounting has released a comprehensive database of coastal wetlands protection, restoration, and enhancement projects in the Great Lakes Basin. Using the database, decision-makers and…
Canada, Ontario Release Draft Agreement on Great Lakes Water Quality
A draft of the proposed Canada-Ontario Agreement (COA) on Great Lakes Water Quality and Ecosystem Health has been released by the Government of Canada and…
Great Lakes Advocates Make Case for 10-year, $100M/year Plan
A group of five Great Lakes organisations are calling on Canada’s federal government to invest $100 million per year over ten years to implement a…
IJC Launches Consultations to Hear from Public about Great Lakes Health
The International Joint Commission (IJC) is hosting public consultations this summer and fall to hear the public’s perspectives on how the Great Lakes are faring…