Great Lakes News

December 2007

Pollution Permit Threatens Lake Michigan The EPA has refused a permit for U.S. Steel to pollute Lake Michigan, but the decision risks being overturned without your support. [read more]

Lawsuit Will Expose Toxic Mining Releases Great Lakes United, MiningWatch Canada and Ecojustice have launched legal action against Canada's Minister of Environment to guarantee toxic mining releases are publicly reported. [read more]

Lake Superior Now Home to World's Largest Freshwater Marine Park The Canadian government recently announced the creation of a new Marine Park in Lake Superior. [read more]

Congress Powers Up Carp Barrier The Water Resources Development Act overcomes a presidential veto, bringing closure to years of uncertainty over who’s in charge of (and paying for) the electric barrier across the Chicago Diversion. [read more]

IJC Releases Preliminary Report, Suggests There is no 'Drainhole' After calls to speed up a report on the St. Clair River, the IJC is finding evidence to suggest that botched dredging has not increased the flow of the St. Clair River. [read more]

Green Greeting Cards for the Holidays You can support Great Lakes United by purchasing seasonal greeting cards through Green Earth Greetings. [read more]

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Winter 2007 (.pdf)

06.03.2008
Citizens’ Groups Outline Toxic Hotspots Cleanup - Attention to Ontario’s worst sites of toxic pollution have steadily fallen from the public and government radar over the past several decades. On the heels of a report by the Environment Commissioner... [read more]

22.01.2008
Seaway Study Misses Opportunity to Foster Sustainable Shipping - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has backed away from Seaway expansion, but missed an enormous opportunity to develop a blueprint for a sustainable shipping system ... [read more]

15.01.2008
Report Calls for Improved Great Lakes Governance - Great Lakes United released a report today describing how governance structures have stalled progress on protecting and restoring the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River ecosystem... [read more]

11.01.2008
Great Lakes United Applauds Effort to Prevent the Import of Invasive Species - Great Lakes United signed onto a letter in support of U.S. efforts to craft legislation to pre-screen non-native species to ensure they are not invasive... [read more]

07.11.2007
Lawsuit Exposes Canada’s Toxic Tailings Secret Litigation was launched today against Canada’s Minister of Environment to ensure that the hundreds of millions of kilograms of toxic mining waste being kept secret from the Canadian public are reported.... [read more]

10.22.2007
Great Lakes United Offers Limited Endorsement of Green Marine In a letter, Great Lakes United expressed its support of the initiative and offered to advance objectives that aim to improve the environmental performance of the industry... [read more]

10.10.2007
Ontarians Expect Aggressive Action to Protect the Great Lakes: New Poll A recent poll released by Great Lakes United shows that Ontarians see the Lakes as vital to our economy and way of life, with nine out of ten saying they are concerned with sewage and toxic pollution contaminating the food chain... [read more]

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