International Joint Commission

A new report says more needs to be done to protect the Great Lakes

Steve Carmody

A new report finds governments are not making “sufficient progress” toward insuring the “drinkability, swimmability and fishability of the Great…

Environment & Climate Change

Report finds coal burning in Asia leading to increased mercury in some Great Lakes fish

Michigan Radio Newsroom

Although domestic clean energy efforts are leading to decreases in mercury pollution in the Great Lakes, a new International Joint Commission report says…

A cyanobacterial bloom on Lake Erie in 2013.

Environment & Climate Change

Report details ways to prevent, reduce cyanobacteria blooms in Lake Erie

Rebecca Williams

A toxin produced by a kind of cyanobacteria contaminated Toledo's water supply over the weekend. It left 400,000 people without drinking water.Blooms of…

Environment & Climate Change

Making the Great Lakes safer for swimming, fishing and drinking the water

Rebecca Williams

Just in case the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement isn’t on your summer reading list, here’s the gist of it:It’s an agreement between the U.S. and…