Trump's policies have cause severe financial problems for farmers. Iowa is especially vulnerable.

Since May, the Coast Guard has deployed six surveillance drones across the Great Lakes to stop the flow of drugs and illegal border crossings from Canada. But there is little illegal activity on the n...

From flax that can be used in clothing and cars to robotic skimmers to stricter laws, determined researchers, activists and volunteers fight an industry intent on making more plastic.

A fish carcass that might otherwise be disposed of may instead help fisheries biologists with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources better understand Lake Superior’s ecosystem and dynamic food...

Fish kills are not uncommon in the Great Lakes region, recently more than 24,000 fish were killed on Ohio’s Maumee River.

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As data center proposals proliferate across the country, neighbors are asking lots of questions about the industry’s approach to water. We went to one of America's data center hot spots for answers.

“Back in November, I signed up to be a sacrificial lamb,” Chris Jones, the Democratic candidate for Secretary of Agriculture, told the overflow crowd at Captain Roy’s bar and restaurant in Des Moines ...

For decades, Canada and the U.S. have had an agreement to clean up the most polluted sites on the Great Lakes. Nipigon Bay is one of the success stories

The writer has been on a 30-year murder spree—imaginative and imaginary, but oh so successful. Better get up to speed with his work now, because it’s all going Hollywood soon.

Locals are raising alarms over rare bacteria, forever chemicals, and other environmental concerns.

Experts say the blue-green algae is an early warning sign that the health of Lake Superior could be declining.

The order had halted construction on a state-federal project in Joliet, Illinois, meant to block invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes.

Good news on Lake Erie water quality shows modest but important improvement thanks to Gov. Mike DeWine’s H2Ohio program. However, big and important ...

August 26, 2026—The Alliance for the Great Lakes, the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition, and other Great Lakes organizations are urgently calling for construction to resume on the Brandon Road ...

University of Michigan and Toledo scientists are studying how exposure to airborne toxins from Lake Erie's algae blooms could affect people.

Make your own executive order! The United States of Ontario is now live.

There are sophomore slumps, and then there's whatever the hell happened to these, the 20 most disappointing sophomore albums in history.

A stop work order on the Brandon Road project leaves the Great Lakes vulnerable to invasive carp.

Politics--alas--is what we need

A stop work order on the Brandon Road project leaves the Great Lakes vulnerable to invasive carp.

.....and, a hat tip to Dale Maffitt

Data center hyperscalers promise the same fat pitch of jobs and revenue CAFOs once did. They’ve also learned about how to destroy local resistance.

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There’s a silver lining to the so-called big, beautiful bill for Democrats.

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New research by a Bowling Green State University scientist found that harmful algal blooms – the primary issue facing Lake Erie – release toxins into the ...

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