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A commercial fisher captured the silver carp beyond the barriers built to keep the invasive species out of the Great Lakes. The incident is raising alarms from local lawmakers.
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President Trump's budget proposal eliminates a Great Lakes cleanup program. Ohio's two U.S. Senators oppose that move. Ohio Public Radio's Andy Chow…
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The Trump administration wants state and local governments to pay for programs that cleanup polluted waterways such as the Great Lakes. But supporters of…
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President Trump's federal budget proposal includes a 31 percent cut to the U.S. EPA. The Chicago Sun-Times has reported the cuts would include eliminating…
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The International Joint Commission is calling on the U.S. and Canada to take action against micro-plastics in the Great Lakes. The commission recommends…
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Plastics account for approximately 80 percent of the litter on the shorelines of the Great Lakes, according to a new study by the Rochester Institute of…
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For the third consecutive year, President Obama's federal budget proposal cuts funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The budget released…
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The U.S. EPA says nearly 80 billion dollars in infrastructure improvements are needed over the next 20 years to reduce sewage overflows and protect…
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A new Illinois State University report says temperatures in the world's lakes are rising more than in the oceans or the atmosphere - which could worsen…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects Great Lakes water levels will rise by more than eight inches this summer for the first time in more than a…