• toledoblade.com -- Info sought on Great Lakes levels' effect Panel wants to hear residents' viewpoints - On Wednesday, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the University of Toledo's Lake Erie Center on Bayshore Road in Oregon, the International Joint Commission wants to hear anecdotes from area residents about how changing water levels have affected their lives. (Nov 18, 08) toledoblade.com --
• Like water for gold "...it's hard to convince Torontonians to use water sparingly when there's a giant lake in our front yard." (Nov 08, 08) http://www.nationalpost.com/
• Officials: Botulism problem for Great Lakes birds -- chicagotribune.com ERIE, Pa. - Officials at Presque Isle State Park in northwestern Pennsylvania say dead gulls and loons are proof that avian botulism continues to be a problem for Great Lakes shore birds.  (Nov 6, 2008) http://www.chicagotribune.com/
• Largest ever tagging program in works for Great Lakes | portclintonnewsherald.com | Port Clinton News Herald The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Region this October received the first of a series of automated fish tagging trailers -- an initial step in the development of a mass marking program that will eventually mark or tag all salmon and trout stocked into U.S. waters of the Great Lakes. Once implemented, this initiative will become the largest coordinated tagging and recovery program ever envisioned for Great Lakes management agencies. (Nov 6, 08) portclintonnewsherald.com | Port Clinton News Herald | Port Clinton news, community, entertainment, yellow pages and classifieds. Serving Port Clinton, OH
• The Canadian Press: NAFTA challenge won't stop Ont. from going ahead with pesticide ban: minister TORONTO — Ontario won't back down from its plan to prohibit the cosmetic use and sale of weed killer 2,4-D despite a NAFTA challenge to Quebec's pesticide ban, Ontario's environment minister said Tuesday. "The NAFTA challenge in and of itself - or potential NAFTA challenge - won't have any effect on whether we think we're doing the right thing," said Environment Minister John Gerretsen. (Oct. 29, 08) The Canadian Press
• Risk of Disease Rises With Water Temperatures - washingtonpost.com When a 1991 cholera outbreak that killed thousands in Peru was traced to plankton blooms fueled by warmer-than-usual coastal waters, linking disease outbreaks to epidemics was a new idea. Now, scientists say, it is a near-certainty that global warming will drive significant increases in waterborne diseases around the world.  (Oct 20, 08) washingtonpost.com - nation, world, technology and Washington area news and headlines
• Plan in works to cool buildings with Lake Ontario water - NewsChannel 9 WSYR Syracuse, New York (WSYR-TV) - If they can pull it off, supporters say it will be one of the greenest projects we've seen. Researchers from SUNY ESF are in the early stages of a project to pipe the waters of Lake Ontario to cool buildings around central New York.  (Oct 17, 08) - NewsChannel 9 WSYR
• toledoblade.com -- Warming likely to affect fishing, shipping industries Walleye and yellow perch - the backbone of the Great Lakes region's multibillion dollar recreation and tourism industry - will likely be harder to catch as the lakes warm. (Oct 13, 08) toledoblade.com --
• University of Michigan researchers find way to help trace origins of mercury pollution - Ann Arbor News - The Ann Arbor News Online - Michigan Newspaper - MLive.com University of Michigan researchers have figured out a way to help trace the origins of environmental mercury. Using molecular "fingerprints," they've found they can potentially identify the sources of mercury pollution in the environment. If policy makers know where the pollution comes from, they might be better able to figure out how to regulate it. (Oct 10, 08) Michigan News, Sports, Business, Entertainment - MLive.com - Everything Michigan
• globeandmail.com: Oil sands will pollute Great Lakes, report warns Massive refinery expansions for processing crude threaten to wipe out clean-up progress around world's largest body of fresh water - The environmental impacts of Alberta's oil sands will not be restricted to Western Canada, researchers say, but will extend thousands of kilometres away to the Great Lakes, threatening water and air quality around the world's largest body of fresh water. In a new report, the University of Toronto's Munk Centre says the massive refinery expansions needed to process tar sands crude, and the new pipeline networks for transporting the fuel, amount to a "pollution delivery system" connecting Alberta to the Great Lakes region of Canada and the U.S. (Oct. 8, 08) democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle | Rochester news, community, entertainment, yellow pages and classifieds. Serving Rochester, New York
• Lakes Conference Talks Protection - Protecting Lake Ontario and all the Great Lakes needs to continue. That's what advocacy groups are saying.  (Oct 4, 08) R News: As It Happens, Where It Happens
• Studies Lift Hopes for Great Lakes Wind Turbine Farms - washingtonpost.com CHICAGO -- Picture 100,000 wind turbines rising from the Great Lakes off Michigan's shores, casting spinning shadows on the water and producing electricity for the entire Upper Midwest. This surreal image is conjured by a study released last Tuesday by the Michigan State University Land Policy Institute. It analyzed wind potential in the Great Lakes and found that 100,000 turbines off Michigan's coasts could produce 321,000 megawatts of energy. (Oct 7, 08) washingtonpost.com - nation, world, technology and Washington area news and headlines
• JS Online: Chicago’s electric carp barrier hits a snag Safety of electrified water for barge operators questioned - It’s supposed to be the last chance to keep the Great Lakes from turning into the Great Carp Ponds, but the federal government’s new electric fish barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal is not doing the job. (Oct. 5, 08) JSOnline.com, Web site of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• Port of Rochester meeting stresses need to protect Great Lakes | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle While there have been improvements in protecting the Great Lakes, a more strident effort in the state Legislature and federal government is needed, say advocates focused on preserving the waterways. They came together for the third annual Great Lakes Conference, held Saturday at the Port of Rochester. (Oct 5, 08) democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle | Rochester news, community, entertainment, yellow pages and classifieds. Serving Rochester, New York
• President Bush Signs Great Lakes Compact - WASHINGTON, D.C. – The future of the Great Lakes is secure, with foresighted plans now locked in place to safeguard their waters and health for generations to come. President George Bush today signed the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, endorsing sweeping protections for the Great Lakes that culminate a decade’s-worth of work by conservationists, government agencies, businesses, the public, as well as countless local, state and federal leaders. (Oct 3, 08) Alliance for the Great Lakes
• Great Lakes ships can keep washing residue overboard Tougher environmental rules may be on the way, though - Great Lakes freight haulers will continue sweeping residues of iron ore, coal, limestone and other cargo overboard under a new federal policy that rejects environmentalists’ pleas to end the practice. (Sept 30, 08) greenbaypressgazette.com Latest News
• Cameco resumes production after 14-month shutdown - Cameco Corp. said yesterday it has resumed production of uranium hexafluoride at its conversion facility in Port Hope.  The company spent more than $50 million to investigate the possibility that uranium, arsenic and fluorides may have seeped into Lake Ontario, rehabilitate the plant and install a system of wells that collect impacted groundwater. (Oct 1, 08) Peterborough Examiner - Ontario, CA
• globeandmail.com: Watershed deal aimed at protecting Great Lakes Compact largely bans massive transfers |The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday approved a historic compact that largely bans major diversions from the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River, protecting the world's largest body of fresh water from massive transfers. The measure had already been passed by Ontario, Quebec, and the eight states along the water system, and goes into effect on Dec. 8. (Sept 24, 08) globeandmail.com: Canada's National Newspaper
• House OKs Great Lakes compact |  Bush to sign measure against water diversion | Congress has made the Great Lakes compact official .| The U.S. House of Representatives approved the eight-state agreement, which protects the lakes from diversion, by a vote of 390-25 shortly after noon Tuesday. President George W. Bush has said he will sign it into law. (Sept 24, 08) Freep.com | Detroit Free Press | Detroit news, community, entertainment, yellow pages and classifieds. Serving Detroit, Michigan
• Lake is not great | Toronto & GTA | Toronto Sun  | Shoreline cleanup needs help | Police divers put on wet suits and dove deep into Lake Ontario yesterday to recover submerged litter in a bid to help ensure it truly deserves to be called a Great Lake. "I found a toilet, kitchen sink, fire extinguisher, scooter, pop cans ... garbage and lots of it," said Const. Steven Balice, who was at the foot of Bathurst St., near the National Yacht Club yesterday. (Sept 19, 08) Toronto Sun
• The Columbus Dispatch : Growing list of fish threatened in Ohio, across nation Pollution, habitat loss put 39 species in Great Lakes region at risk - The number of fish species threatened by pollution, invasive species and loss of habitat in Ohio and across North America is growing, according to a new report. This week, the U.S. Geological Survey and American Fisheries Society listed 700 fish species in the United States, Canada and Mexico as vulnerable, threatened or endangered. The list includes 61 species considered extinct.(Sept 12, 08) The Columbus Dispatch
• Panel scraps Lake Ontario water-level plans, seeks government input | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle Stringing out an already-lengthy process, the U.S.-Canadian panel that oversees Lake Ontario water levels has pulled the plug on its latest proposal to change the regulations. (Sept 9, 08) democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle | Rochester news, community, entertainment, yellow pages and classifieds. Serving Rochester, New York
• Feedback: International Joint Commission May Drop Plan 2007 : WWNY TV 7 According to a letter from International Joint Commision U.S. Chairwoman Irene Brooks to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, the IJC is looking to drop its proposed Plan 2007. (Sept 5, 08) WWNY TV 7
• Boat tour promotes healthier Great Lakes - The sailboat "Earth Voyager" will conclude its 13-city tour this weekend as it rides off into the sunset from the Port of Rochester. The 60-foot-tall vessel has been used in a summer campaign to bring attention to Great Lakes pollution. (Sept 6, 08) democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle | Rochester news, community, entertainment, yellow pages and classifieds. Serving Rochester, New York
• Michigan Messenger » Great Lakes dead zone a mystery In the wake of a report in Science two weeks ago that concluded that the number of dead zones — areas of low oxygen that choke off life — in the ocean are doubling every 10 years, renewed attention may be focused on a major dead zone in one of the Great Lakes that continues to be a mystery. (Sept 1, 08) Michigan Messenger
• Tiny Invasive Snail Impacts Great Lakes, Alters Ecology MILWAUKEE, WI — Long a problem in the western United States, the New Zealand mud snail currently inhabits four of the five Great Lakes and is spreading into rivers and tributaries, according to a Penn State team of researchers. These tiny creatures out-compete native snails and insects, but are not good fish food replacements for the native species. (Sept 5, 08) GantDaily.com - Local News for Clearfield / State College / Philipsburg / DuBois / And Surrounding Areas
• Will Thirsty States Get Great Lakes Water? | Water | AlterNet | A new compact protecting the Great Lakes is set to pass Congress, but there are a few green critics with serious concerns. | For 25 years, residents around the Great Lakes have worried that thirstier regions (or even countries) would make designs on their water. The lakes' bounty as the single largest freshwater source in the world (holding 18 percent of the Earth's available surface freshwater) has inspired the eight surrounding states to try to formulate a legal shield ensuring their water stays in their own backyards. (Aug. 26, 08)  AlterNet
• Lake Ontario coastal water under siege | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle After the Great Lakes cleanup of the 1970s, pollution levels plummeted, fish began to thrive and algae receded to a minor annoyance. But three decades after that massive, multibillion-dollar cleanup, the waters of four of the five Great Lakes are once again plagued by smelly, slimy algae. (Aug. 24, 08) school, is now considered by the city to be too contaminated to consider buying. (Aug 22, 08)  democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle | Rochester news, community, entertainment, yellow pages and classifieds. Serving Rochester, New York
• CENTRAL LIBRARY PRESENTS "WATER SCARCITY IN THE GREAT LAKES" Wayne Howard will present “Water Scarcity in the Great Lakes--Is the World’s Water Supply a Public Right or a Commodity?” at the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County at Noon on Thursday, August 28. The presentation and discussion will be held in the Kate Gleason Auditorium of the Bausch and Lomb Public Library Building at 115 South Avenue. Wayne Howard is both the Sierra Club Great Lakes Committee Chair of the Rochester Regional Group and of the New York State Atlantic Chapter. His local committee has been active working with the Healing Our Waters (HOW) Coalition to help garner support for meaningful Great Lakes legislation. Their focus is legislative advocacy and education on issues including the Great Lakes, water quality and water privatization. Wayne and his wife, Sally, live in Henrietta and operate their own environmental and computer consulting business, Solara Concepts. (8/20/08) Welcome to the City of Rochester
• JS Online: Action on protective laws ever likelier Congress, president, candidates pledge support for compact - A seven-year push by the region’s governors to build a legal dike around the world’s largest freshwater system almost died in Madison in February. The Great Lakes Compact to protect the region’s water from being pumped away to thirsty states had passed three state legislatures and the Wisconsin Senate. But a handful of Wisconsin Assembly leaders — fretting that the compact might hamper Wisconsin’s ability to pipe Lake Michigan water to Waukesha County and other booming areas — tried to essentially derail the measure by refusing to bring it to a vote before the Legislature adjourned for the year. (Aug 16, 08) http://www.jsonline.com/
• GoErie.com: Lake Drilling Four-dollar-a-gallon gas and the prospects of sky-high winter heating bills made offshore drilling a hot issue in national politics this year. For months, the debate has focused on oil and natural gas reserves under the U.S. continental shelf -- areas off the East and West coasts that have long been off limits to oil and gas exploration. Now that debate is starting to focus on a shoreline closer to home -- Lake Erie's. (Aug 8, 08) GoErie.com
• Fox 44 - Burlington and Plattsburgh News, Weather and Sports - Fox44.net | Sen. Charles Schumer discusses issues plaguing Great Lakes  SODUS BAY, N.Y. (AP) - Senator Charles Schumer was in central New York yesterday to discuss issues affecting the Great Lakes, including invasive species, water quality problems and boating regulations. In Wayne County, Schumer pledged to assist local communities in their fight against invasive species such as the water chestnut. The pesky weed threatens the area's native species and clogs waterways for recreational boaters. (Aug 6, 08) Fox 44 - Burlington and Plattsburgh News, Weather and Sports - Fox44.net | Home
• Researchers say global warming could cost Ohio billions of dollars - Ohio could lose billions of dollars in the shipping, tourism and recreation industries in coming decades if global warming continues unabated, researchers at the University of Maryland contend. (July 25, 08) cleveland.com: Everything Cleveland
• ENVIRONMENT: Great Lakes pact advances - News & Opinion - Rochester City Newspaper The State Senate has passed a multi-state, international compact that restricts the transfer of water from the Great Lakes Basin.  (Aug 1, 08) Rochester City Newspaper
• U.S. and Canada split over Lake Erie drilling Drilling ban for oil, gas likely to remain in effect for portions within U. S. border WASHINGTON — Offshore drilling has become one of the hot political issues in a new era of $4-a-gallon gasoline. But no one is pushing for drilling off the north shore of the United States — except the Canadians. (July 28, 08) Buffalo News
• MAYOR APPLAUDS INTRODUCTION OF GREAT LAKES COMPACT RESOLUTION Mayors of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative (GLSLCI), a coalition of more than 55 U.S. and Canadian cities, commended members of Congress today for introducing a joint resolution providing consent to the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact. "Lake Ontario is an incredibly valuable asset for our region,” said Mayor Robert J. Duffy, a member of the GLSLCI Executive Committee. “As a GLSLCI member City, Rochester can be proud of our support of the Compact and the work being done to protect and restore the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence basin. The joint efforts of the mayors with their respective states is to be commended." (July 25, 08) Welcome to the City of Rochester
• Great Lakes preservation won - ALBANY - Attorney General Andrew Cuomo Wednesday announced a major victory in his efforts to protect New York State’s Great Lakes from environmental damage caused by the dumping of contaminated ballast water by large commercial ships. (July 24, 08) New York State News on the Net!
• ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO ANNOUNCES MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL VICTORY IN PROTECTING NEW YORK’S GREAT LAKES FROM INVASIVE SPECIES New York, other Great Lake border states win case against EPA over ballast water discharge regulations - Cuomo: Decision will Protect NY's Great Lakes from Invasive Fish and Aquatic Species that have devastating affects on environment, economy and human health ALBANY, N.Y. (July 23, 2008) – Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced a major victory today in his efforts to protect New York state’s Great Lakes from environmental damage caused by the dumping of contaminated ballast water by large commercial ships. New York, together with five other Great Lakes states and several environmental groups, won a court decision stipulating that large vessels and other oceangoing freight ships can no longer discharge pollutant-containing ballast water without a permit. (July 23, 08) Office of New York State Attorney General Andrew M Cuomo
• Great Lakes' health gets boost in court | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle A push to prevent invasive species from wreaking more havoc in the Great Lakes received a boost Wednesday. A court decision ordering federal regulators to implement rules barring ocean-going freighters from dumping ballast water in the Great Lakes was upheld by an appeals court in California. (July 24, 08) Democrat and Chronicle | Rochester news, community, entertainment, yellow pages and classifieds. Serving Rochester, New York
• Duluth News Tribune | Congress expected to take action on Great Lakes compact Great Lakes residents have spoken. So have their governor’s and state lawmakers. And now Congress appears poised to make the same claim: Great Lakes water should stay in the Great Lakes region. (July 23, 08) Duluth News Tribune
• Ohio.com - Congress asked to stop Great Lakes diversion The movement to protect Great Lakes water is shifting to Congress. In a letter to the eight Great Lakes governors, 53 members of Congress from Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and New York pledged to support the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact. (July 23, 08) Ohio.com
• Large ship takes pulse of Lake Ontario | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle The biggest single participant in a yearlong program of intensive research in Lake Ontario paid a call to Rochester Tuesday — all 180 feet of her. The research vessel Lake Guardian, operated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, spent the morning at the Port of Rochester terminal to highlight ongoing studies of the lake. Those studies, done jointly by academic and government scientists in the United States and Canada, focus on water quality concerns and the health of both tiny creatures and large fish. (July 23, 08) Democrat and Chronicle | Rochester news, community, entertainment, yellow pages and classifieds. Serving Rochester, New York
• DEC investigating fish and mudpuppy die-offs on lakeshore - Observer Today ALBANY - The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is investigating the deaths of mudpuppies and fish washing up on the shores of Lake Erie. Mudpuppies, an aquatic salamander, along with smallmouth bass, catfish and sheephead are among the species that have been found dead at locations including Point Gratiot, Sunset Bay, Evangola State Park and Sturgeon Point. (July20, 08)Observer Today
• TorontoSun.com - Canada- Mayors given a say on Great Lakes issues Municipalities will now be able to weigh in on any funding issues concerning the Great Lakes after signing a pact yesterday with the Ontario government. At the annual meeting of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, 50 mayors and city officials from Canada and the U.S. signed a memorandum of co-operation with the province to protect waterfront areas. (July 18, 08) TorontoSun.com
• Ageing pipes raise stink The effects of Tuesday's intense storm are still rippling across Toronto, with six of the city's 11 beaches closed today, four days after the Humber River belched a plume of E. Coli-contaminated water into Lake Ontario on Wednesday afternoon. (July 12, 08) National Post | Canadian News, Financial News And Opinion
• toledoblade.com -- New EPA rules to target invasive species Invaders have plagued Great Lakes for years - CLEVELAND - One by one, more than 180 fish, mussels, plants, and other aquatic forms of life that don't belong in the Great Lakes have established a stronghold, messing up the food web for native fish that drive the region's multibillion-dollar tourism industry. The invasive species also have dealt blows to property values - and have helped to increase the cost of treating drinking water for 35 million people who live in the basin. (July 14, 08) http://toledoblade.com/home
• POLITICS: Last states pass Great Lakes pact - News & Opinion - Rochester City Newspaper It's now up to Congress to approve a pact that would keep Great Lakes water in the Great Lakes region. All states bordering at least one of the lakes have passed the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement. It's a pact that sets limits on taking water from the lakes for use outside the region. (July10, 08) Rochester City Newspaper
• Granholm signs water protection pact | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press Lake states unite against diversion demands - With the stroke of Gov. Jennifer Granholm's pen Wednesday at a Saugatuck beach, Michigan, which calls itself the Great Lakes State, became the last of eight states to formally approve a compact to protect the Great Lakes from having their water diverted to other regions. (July 10, 08) Freep.com | Detroit Free Press | Detroit news, community, entertainment, yellow pages and classifieds. Serving Detroit, Michigan
• TheVoiceNews.com: Healthy Lakes bring a healthy economy 07/09/08 Earth Voyager tour brings awareness, support to lakes - There's little doubt that when it comes to the economic and cultural identity of southeastern Michigan, the Great Lakes are essential. However, the health of those lakes is seriously being threatened by problems such as untreated sewage and invasive species. Enter Earth Voyager and the Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives tour, which is traveling the Great Lakes to bring awareness to the environmental and economical issues plaguing the waterways today. (July 09, 08) TheVoiceNews.com
• Avoid Canadian fines; use artificial baits | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press Ontario regulations make it unlawful to import live minnows into Ontario from any state or province. Ontario is trying to stop new diseases such as viral hemorrhagic septicemia, which first showed up in the Great Lakes about three years ago, from spreading to inland lakes. (July 9, 08) Freep.com | Detroit Free Press | Detroit news, community, entertainment, yellow pages and classifieds. Serving Detroit, Michigan
• Invasive Species Threaten Great Lakes : NPR NPR.org, July 7, 2008 · The blue-green waters of the Great Lakes seem cleaner and clearer than ever before — but while cleaner is good, clearer isn't necessarily so. (July 7, 08) NPR : National Public Radio : News & Analysis, World, US, Music & Arts
• Watertown Daily Times | Lots of letters sent to IJC WATER LEVELS: Catch phrases turn up in missives from opposing sides ( July 6. 08) Watertown Daily Times | Local News, Sports, Features, and Community Information for Jefferson County, St. Lawrence County, and Lewis County in Northern New York
• Lake Levels Concern Sodus Point - 13WHAM.com (Sodus Point, N.Y.) -- Concerns over water levels in Lake Ontario are perhaps strongest along Wayne County's shoreline, specifically Sodus Point. (June 28, 08) 13WHAM.com
• Watertown Daily Times | IJC implored to use Plan B+ ALEXANDRIA BAY HEARING: Lawmakers, residents, business owners say environment must be protected  — A flood of more than 200 lawmakers, residents and business owners from Northern New York confronted the International Joint Commission at a public hearing Wednesday night to deliver a unified message: choose Plan B+. The IJC, an independent, binational organization, controls the water levels on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River via the Moses-Saunders hydroelectric dam in Massena. (June 28, 08) Watertown Daily Times | News for today, history for tomorrow!
• Watertown Daily Times | NNY strives to reduce sewage overflows  OLD SYSTEMS OVERWHELMED: Combination of wastewater, rainwater too much to handle - Up to 53 times a year, six north country municipalities dump diluted sewage that ends up in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. And it's all legal. (June 22, 08) Watertown Daily Times | News for today, history for tomorrow!
• Cameco testing for uranium leak in Lake Ontario - The world's largest uranium producer is looking into whether the element, along with arsenic and fluorides, might have leaked into Lake Ontario from its Port Hope processing plant.A spokesman for Cameco Corp. said that computer modelling in recent weeks shows that "small amounts of contaminated groundwater may be entering the harbour," but it's still unknown whether that is actually the case.(May 5, 08)  Latest news from The Globe and Mail in RSS 2.0
• GoErie.com: Group pushes for $20B to restore Great Lakes An environmental group wants the country's next president to fully fund Great Lakes restoration efforts -- a cost of more than $20 billion -- within five years. It hopes the Earth Voyager's summerlong tour of the Great Lakes will spur the presidential candidates to commit to doing just that. (June 13, 08) GoErie.com
• Hundreds crowd Lake Ontario meeting in Greece | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle About 200 people crowded a Greece meeting hall Wednesday night to revisit a hot argument about what should take precedence — safeguarding Lake Ontario shoreline property, or restoring the lake's ecosystem. ( June 12, 08) democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle | Rochester news, community, entertainment, yellow pages and classifieds. Serving Rochester, New York
• Lake Ontario Regulators Want Opinons on Water Level Plan ROCHESTER, NY (2008-06-11) The U.S. and Canadian panel that regulates the Great Lakes is holding a public hearing in the Town of Greece Wednesday night on a new plan for water levels in Lake Ontario and the Saint Lawrence River. Frank Bevacqua of the International Joint Commission says "Plan 2007" would replace the existing regulation plan that dates to 1958. It's taken five years to develop because it has to balance so many conflicting interests. (June 11, 08) WXXI NewsRoom
• 2008 Farm Bill important for the Great Lakes Ann Arbor, Mich. – Passage by Congress of the 2008 Farm Bill (H.R. 2419) means some good news for the Great Lakes. Provisions of the bill will help efforts to control soil erosion in the Great Lakes basin, and support research on a deadly fish virus in the lakes, among other priorities. --from Great Lakes Commission | Commission des Grands Lacs
• Warming seen depleting Great Lakes even more | U.S. | Reuters CHICAGO (Reuters) - Global warming will likely drain more water from the Great Lakes and pose added pollution threats to the region's vulnerable ecosystem, environmental groups said in a report issued on Wednesday. (May 29, 08) World News, Business News, Breaking US & International News | Reuters.com
• Uranium Producer Warns of Lake Ontario Pollution - New York Times OTTAWA — Cameco, the world’s largest uranium producer, has told the Canadian nuclear regulator that its refinery might have leaked uranium, arsenic and fluorides into Lake Ontario. Cameco A section of the Port Hope, Ontario, plant of Cameco, the world’s largest uranium producer. The plant at Port Hope, Ontario, across the lake from Rochester and down the shore from Toronto, first refined uranium for the Manhattan Project during World War II. It has been temporarily closed since July to remove contaminated soil. (May 22, 08) The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia
• Tabled lake-level plan heats debate | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle As public information sessions begin in western New York on a new proposal for regulating Lake Ontario water levels, the point of contention remains a regulatory plan that's officially not even under consideration. A month ago, the international body that oversees regulation of Lake Ontario levels released a new plan offering only modest changes from the current regime, which dates its origins to the 1950s. (April 29, 08) democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle | Rochester news, community, entertainment, yellow pages and classifieds. Serving Rochester, New York
• An inside look: Plan 2007 vs. Plan B+ - JEFFERSON COUNTY, N.Y. -- It's called Plan 2007. The International Joint Commission said it's the best way to regulate water levels on the St. Lawrence Seaway and Lake Ontario. The proposed decision comes after nearly five years and $20 million of work. According to the IJC, the plan combines environmental and recreational benefits, while helping erosion. (April 28) News 10 Now | 24 Hour Local News | Watertown/North Country
• Ontario rejects IJC plan 2007 on water levels - The Ontario government has joined the ranks of environmentalists and New York State officials in rejecting the International Joint Commission's (IJC) Plan 2007 as a viable option for managing the water levels along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. Natural Resources Minister Donna Cansfield announced Wednesday at a Great Lakes Conference in Toronto that the provincial government is backing Plan B-plus, one of the first three options presented to the IJC in 2006. (April 25, 08) The Cornwall Standard Freeholder - Ontario, CA
• Ont. opposes plan for regulating levels of Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence Ontario has joined environmental groups and New York state officials in opposing a plan that would change how the water levels and flow of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River are regulated. It's been 50 years since changes were made to how the water levels and flows are controlled at the Moses-Saunders Dam at Cornwall, Ont., and Massena, N.Y., and the binational International Joint Commission said it had become "increasingly urgent" that a review be done. (April 24, 08) CBCNews.ca - Breaking News, Canada, World, Health, Business, Entertainment
• Government gets green with national initiatives - New initiatives are making it easier to avoid polluting the environment thanks to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Postal Service. The EPA is promoting the Great Lakes Earth Day Challenge this year, which is from April 19th through the 27th, with the goal of collecting one million pounds of electronic waste and one million pills of unwanted medicines to keep them out of the water table and the drinking water of the Great Lakes. E-waste, such as computer hardware, televisions, cell phones and other gadgets, often contain lead and mercury. Cathode ray tube monitors and TVs can contain more than two pounds of lead. (April 11, 08) Medill Reports: Chicago
• TheStar.com | Canada | Protect Canada's water, Ottawa urged Groups fear exploitation of country's supplies in face of freshwater crises in U.S. and elsewhere - Warning that most Americans see Canada as that "great green sponge up north," four organizations plan to issue a plea today to the Conservative government to protect the nation's water before it's too late. A study authored by the Polaris Institute, a public policy group, and obtained by the Star challenges "myths" about Canadian abundance and describes how the country lost control of its water to U.S. interests under the terms of binding trade deals, including the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). (April 2, 08) TheStar.com
• IJC releases new water regulations proposal JEFFERSON COUNTY, N.Y. -- It's taken over 50 years, but the International Joint Commission is now proposing a new plan to regulate water levels. The current plan, Plan 1958-D, stated that the IJC must respect navigation, domestic and industrial use, irrigation, shorelines and the Montreal Harbor. (March 31, 08) News 10 Now | 24 Hour Local News | TOP STORIES
• Sailing far from clear for new lake-level plan | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle An international panel floated a new plan on Friday for regulating water levels in Lake Ontario, but whether the proposal will sink or swim remains very much an open question. The plan, written by the International Joint Commission to replace decades-old rules, would benefit some of the lake's diverse user groups more than others. (March 29, 08) Democrat & Chronicle
• Shoreline property owners look to benefit from new water level proposal | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle As details emerged about a new proposal to regulate Lake Ontario water levels, it appeared that shoreline property owners may be clear winners. Under the plan released this morning by the International Joint Commission, a U.S.-Canada treaty organization, levels would be adjusted to provide some benefit to shoreline wetlands, though not nearly as much as environmental advocates would like. (March 28, 08) Democrat & Chronicle
• Schumer wants fed funding for Great Lakes invasive species, toxic sediment and industrial pollution WASHINGTON – With the Great Lakes increasingly threatened by invasive species, habitat loss, toxic sediment, and other dangerous conditions, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer Monday announced efforts to get the federal government to do more to ensure that “vital funding” is delivered to local governments currently footing the billion-dollar bill for programs to protect and preserve New York’s most precious natural resource. (March 25, 08) New York State News on the Net!
• Plan for lake level raises anxieties - After months of delay and continuing controversy, the international body that oversees the Great Lakes is about to announce a new plan for regulating water levels in Lake Ontario. The announcement will be of intense interest to the thousands of people who live, play or do business along the lake's shoreline, as well as those who boat, fish and use the lake's deep waters for commercial shipping or power generation. ( March 19, 08) Democrat & Chronicle
• The Buffalo News: City & Region: Lake Ontario fishery threatened by invasive species LOCKPORT — Invasive species and fluctuating populations of game fish and their prey will continue to keep the Lake Ontario fishery in a state of flux, state officials said at a meeting here Thursday. The Department of Environmental Conservation’s “State of Lake Ontario” session drew about 50 anglers and charter boaters to Cornell Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Training Center at the Niagara County Fairgrounds. (March 14, 08) The Buffalo News
• New York joins Great Lakes water compact - NewsFlash - mlive.com ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Incoming Governor David Paterson says New York has committed to an interstate treaty designed to keep arid states from pulling water out of the Great Lakes. (March 14, 08) Michigan News, Sports, Business, Entertainment - MLive.com - Everything Michigan
• Health Report Raises Dispute Over Great Lakes Pollution  - WASHINGTON — Top federal health officials said Wednesday that they had asked the Institute of Medicine, the government’s premier medical adviser, to referee a dispute over a report suggesting that pollution in the Great Lakes region may have serious health consequences for people who live there, including infant mortality and breast cancer. “It’s a good way to get a really high-quality and completely objective scientific review,” said Dr. Henry Falk, who oversees environmental health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (March 13, 08) The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia
• The Buffalo News: National: Sen. Clinton supports Great Lakes restoration WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday called on the Senate Budget Committee to reject President Bush’s proposed budget cuts in programs to restore the Great Lakes.( March 09, 08) The Buffalo News
• Congressional panel calls for release of CDC report about the Great Lakes -- chicagotribune.com A congressional committee said Thursday that it was investigating why the Centers for Disease Control has declined to release a report about health problems near contaminated sites around the Great Lakes. A spokesman for the CDC said the report was held over questions about the data it used because it was presented in a way that may be misinterpreted. Though the report lists contaminant sites and illnesses reported nearby, it does not say the illnesses were caused by toxins at the sites. (Feb 29, 08) Chicago news, sports, photos, video, blogs, Chicago weather, business, travel, tourism, entertainment and jobs -- chicagotribune.com
• Great Lakes Officials Seek Aid From U.S. and Canada - New York Times CHICAGO — Regional government agencies around the Great Lakes spend some $15 billion a year to protect the lakes from invasive species, contaminated sediment and sewage overflows, a new study shows. But local officials say that still more protection is needed and that the United States and Canadian governments should pay for it. “They’re saying it’s not a federal problem, but it is,” Mayor Richard M. Daley of Chicago said of the five lakes, which hold 20 percent of the world’s fresh water. Mr. Daley and other regional leaders say they intend to press for more federal money in light of the study, to be released Wednesday, which for the first time estimates what local governments are devoting to the lakes. (Feb 27, 08) The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia
• Living on Earth: Toxic Info Withheld The Centers for Disease Control is postponing the release of a report detailing areas of environmental concern and human health problems in the Great Lakes region. Living on Earth host Steve Curwood talks with Christopher De Rosa, who was director of the Division of Toxicology and Environmental Medicine at the CDC and oversaw the report. De Rosa was demoted when his work on toxins in the Great Lakes, and on formaldehyde in FEMA trailers for Hurricane Katrina survivors, was publicized.Living on Earth: Sound Journalism for the Whole Planet
• Delay Of Report Is Blamed On Politics - washingtonpost.com CHICAGO -- The lead author and peer reviewers of a government report raising the possibility of public health threats from industrial contamination throughout the Great Lakes region are charging that the report is being suppressed because of the questions it raises. The author also alleges that he was demoted because of the report. Chris De Rosa, former director of the division of toxicology and environmental medicine at the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), charges that the report he wrote was a significant factor in his reassignment to a non-supervisory "special assistant" position last year.(Feb 19, 08) washingtonpost.com - nation, world, technology and Washington area news and headlines 
• Leaked Study Says Great Lakes Residents at Greater Health Risk - ROCHESTER, NY (2008-02-19) A study done by the Centers for Disease Control says as many as nine million people living along the U.S. side of the Great Lakes could be at higher risk for health problems because of chemical pollution. More than 300-thousand Rochester-area people fall within that study area. But people living in the Rochester area are better off than most, because the one recognized "Area of Concern" waste site in Monroe County has been cleaned up by the City of Rochester and is no longer leaking pollutants to Lake Ontario. ( Feb 2/19/08) wxxi NewsRoom
• Spitzer to Sign Great Lakes Plan - ALBANY (AP) — Governor Eliot Spitzer is expected to sign a measure to protect the Great Lakes. The compact would implement an effective water management plan, provide protection against water diversions out of the basin and promote water conservation measures. (Feb 12, 08) R News: As It Happens, Where It Happens
• Birds dying on Lake Michigan shoreline - mlive.com When loons started to turn up dead all over the northern Lake Michigan shoreline late last summer, citizens began to wonder if something serious was going on. Scientists, who recognized the problem, caught their breath. It was a problem they had seen before and the problem appeared to be spreading. (Feb 16, 08) MLive.com: Everything Michigan
• Change sought in lakes pact An eight-state compact designed to protect Great Lakes water from diversions could be delayed and potentially scuttled because of changes proposed in the Ohio and Wisconsin legislatures Thursday. Governors from the eight states signed the Great Lakes Basin Water Resource Compact in 2005, and lawmakers have been working for approval from each state's legislature. The agreement has been ratified in Minnesota and Illinois, is close in Indiana and New York, and is working its way through the legislatures of Michigan and Pennsylvania. (Feb 15, 08) Detroit News Online | Saturday, February 16, 2008
• Leaked report on the Great Lakes is a wake-up call High levels of pollution pose a health threat. U.S., Canadian decision-makers keep public in the dark for fear of lawsuits, expensive cleanups, scientist says WILLIAM MARSDEN, The Gazette Published: 12 hours ago At least 9 million people living on the United States side of the Great Lakes basin may be in danger from high levels of chemical pollution, according to a secret study that has been withheld from the public. The study was kept secret from the public for seven months until this week when it was leaked to the Centre for Public Integrity in Washington, D.C. (Feb 14, 08) Montreal Gazette
• New York poised to join agreement to protect Great Lakes - News from The Post-Standard on syracuse.com New Yorkers moved one step closer Monday to having our greatest water resource permanently protected. The state Legislature passed the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, a comprehensive plan for managing and protecting Lake Ontario and the other Great Lakes. (Feb 11, 08) News, Sports, Entertainment, Video, and Life in Central New York - Syracuse.com
• Great Lakes health report withheld by agency Document has 'alarming evidence' of toxic pollutants, group says, but fed agency says it needs some fixes. Gordon Trowbridge / Detroit News Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Federal officials are refusing to release a scientific study that contains "alarming evidence" that toxic pollutants threaten the health of residents in Detroit and other Great Lakes cities, a watchdog group alleged Thursday. The Center for Public Integrity released on its Web site excerpts of the report, which includes information on elevated cancer levels in Wayne and Macomb counties and a Detroit landfill site that contains up to 17 tons of toxic PCBs. (February 11, 08) Detroit News Online | Monday, February 11, 2008
• The Journal Register (Medina, NY) - ENVIRONMENT: DEC to announce funding for Lake Ontario For years, dangerous chemicals from Occidental Chemical Corp.’s Buffalo Avenue facility were discharged into the Niagara River, causing pollution to the river and Lake Ontario. Among the affected parties were recreational fishermen, who had to deal with advisories because of contaminants in fish in the Lake Ontario system. In June 2006, Oxy agreed to pay the state $12 million over four years as a result of those damages, according to a release from the state Department of Environmental Conservation. The money will fund projects to improve recreational fishing along Lake Ontario and its tributaries. (Jan 25, 08) The Journal Register (Medina, NY)
• Advocate: Great Lakes are in peril / nwi.com VALPARAISO | Members of the League of Women Voters listened to a guest speaker on a freezing Saturday morning talk about the variety of threats Lake Michigan faces. Jeanette Neagu, co-president of the Lake Michigan Interleague Organization, which is part of the league, presented slides and facts about legislation, economics and the health of the Great Lakes Basin.(Jan 22, 08) nwi.com - The Northwest Indiana and Illinois Times Newspaper
• Bills seeking to regulate diversion of Great Lakes water advance Bills seeking to restrict the diversion of Great Lakes water to other regions are moving forward quickly with bi-partisan support in the Indiana Legislature. Last week, the Senate Committee on Energy and Environmental Affairs passed S.B. 45 on a 10-0 vote. The bill now awaits passage by the full Indiana Senate. (Jan 14, 07) Chesterton Tribune: Daily Newspaper for Porter County and Duneland
• Botulism takes fatal toll on thousands of Great Lakes birds -- chicagotribune.com The bird die-off was obvious as soon as Gary Rentrop and his English setter turned onto the Lake Michigan shore. The sugar-white sand, long buried in the crushed gray shells of invasive mussels and mats of rotting algae was now, suddenly, littered with dead birds. "It was almost like a war zone of birds," said Rentrop, a Michigan lawyer who recalled his November stroll along a Michigan beach. (Jan 15, 07) Chicago news, sports, photos, video, blogs, Chicago weather, business, travel, tourism, entertainment and jobs -- chicagotribune.com
• States eye stricter curbs on Great Lakes water | csmonitor.com Lake levels reached record lows last year, and the region worries that fast-growing states and communities will try to grab its water. (Jan 07, 07) The Christian Science Monitor | csmonitor.com
• Duluth News Tribune | Bill would set aside billions for conservation Legislation requiring cuts in global warming greenhouse gases passed a U.S. Senate committee this week with a little-known provision earmarking billions of dollars to conservation and wildlife projects. The new money, more than $175 billion over two decades, would go toward research, buying and managing sensitive habitat and taking additional action to help wildlife survive climate change. (Dec 07, 07) http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
• Great Lakes face trouble on 2 fronts - Global warming and droughts in the U.S. could put a drain on both Erie and Ontario WASHINGTON — If you’re thinking that global warming might make Western New York a more comfortable place to live, think again. Sure, the temperatures would be warmer, but in a mere 23 years, Buffalo could be bordered by a lake that is nearly two feet more shallow, thereby wreaking havoc on the shoreline, recreation and shipping. (Nov 28, 07) The Buffalo News
• THE WARNING TO CONGRESS: Legislators: Hands off our water Two House members from Michigan demand no diversion of the Great Lakes to other states (NOV.09,07) Detroit Free Press - www.freep.com - Your local Detroit news source.
• Senate overrides Bush's water bill veto - CNN.com The U.S. Senate today handed President Bush his first veto override -- authorizing $23 billion in new water projects that will benefit the Great Lakes, Gulf Coast, Everglades and other areas. (Nov. 8, 07) CNN.com - Breaking News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News
• Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter - Climate change, VHS stress fishery MANITOWOC - Global climate change and a recent influx of a deadly fish virus are stressing the Great Lakes fisheries, said two experts at a lecture on Monday. Climate change, which is caused by too much carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, is turning up the heat on Great Lakes waters, lowering water levels and reducing ice coverage in the winter, said Brian Shuter, research scientist at the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. (September 25, 07) The Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter - Latest Headlines
• globeandmail.com: The Great Lakes disappearing act As all five shrink at an alarming pace, some people have begun to fear global warming is the culprit - The Great Lakes, so named because of their immense size and prodigious water content, aren't as great as they used to be. Government forecasters are projecting that Lake Superior, the largest of the five, will fall to its lowest level for September since modern recordkeeping began nearly a century ago. The amount flowing out of the lake at its outlet, the St. Mary's River, has plunged too, and would have to rise by a staggering 50 per cent to reach the average of the past century. (September 24, 07) globeandmail.com: Canada's National Newspaper
• STUDY: RESTORING GREAT LAKES WORTH THE COST - A new study says investing in Great Lakes restoration will bring big economic benefits - including increased tourism. (Photo by Andy Brush) A new study released this week (September 5th) says spending money on the Great Lakes will have major economic benefits. (August 7, 07) Environment Report
• CTV.ca | Radioactive waste cleanup behind schedule: report PORT HOPE, Ont. -- A planned cleanup of low-level radioactive waste near the shores of Lake Ontario -- the largest project of its kind in North America -- remains years behind schedule and millions of dollars over budget, leaving some residents of a picturesque southeastern Ontario town both frightened and angry. The federal government committed in 2001 to remove more than 2 million cubic metres of uranium-and radium-contaminated soil from beneath neighbourhood houses, roads, schoolyards, farm fields and the bottom of the local harbour. (August 19, 2007) CTV.ca | CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
• EPA boss, Walsh: Lake cleanup — WEBSTER — Rep. James Walsh and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson stood along Lake Ontario at Webster Park on Wednesday to promote efforts to protect the Great Lakes. "Our lake, Lake Ontario, is the most stressed of all lakes in the system," said Walsh, R-Onondaga, Onondaga County. Because Lake Ontario is at the lowest elevation, pollution from the other lakes flows into it, harming wildlife and water quality. (August 16, 2007) Democrat & Chronicle
• Study: Dredging causing 'leaks' in Great Lakes — TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Erosion caused by dredging and other human activities on the St. Clair River is causing Lakes Huron and Michigan to lose 2.5 billion gallons of water daily, a private Canadian study found. Like a bathtub drain, the artificially deepened river is funneling vast amounts of water into Lake Erie, where it flows east to Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River before eventually being lost to the Atlantic Ocean, the study released Tuesday said. (August 16, 2007) Democrat & Chronicle
• GREAT LAKES LOWER LEVELS - Scientific data indicate lower Great Lakes water levels might be because of global warming. But, Lester Graham reports many people believe the lower levels are because of water withdrawals: --from The Environment Report from GLRC
• Dirty water... should you eat the fish? - Lake pollutants have dipped, but risks exist - A recent draft report, "State of the Great Lakes 2007," says contaminants of longstanding concern have been markedly reduced but remain a problem. A prime example are PCBs, chemicals once widely used as insulators in transformers until banned from new products in 1977. They continue to be found in offshore Lake Ontario water at levels as much as 140 times higher than the state's strictest guidelines. PCBs have been linked to memory loss, learning and reproductive problems and possibly cancer. (August 12, 07) Democrat & Chronicle
• Lake Erie is getting warmer and smaller The lake is in far better shape than it was 20 years ago, but scientists worry it might not stay that way as it deals with new environmental threats - Lake Erie is hot. OK, just slowly warming -- and drawing increasingly heated interest among beaker-bearing scientists, criss-crossing our lake this summer looking for answers to questions about temperature and related matters. Among them: Will Lake Erie continue its 30-year drop in depth and area? Will damaging invasive aquatic species like zebra mussels keep gaining in strength and numbers? Will the harmful algae blooms and no-oxygen "dead zones" keep growing each year? (July 26, 07) cleveland.com: Everything Cleveland
• Senate panel approves $600,000 to protect the Great Lakes from soil erosion - Washington -- The full Senate Appropriations Committee has approved the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies FY08 Appropriations Bill, which includes $600,000 for Great Lakes Basin Soil and Erosion Control. (July 24, 07) New York State News on the Net!
• Anderson delivers sobering report; Great Lakes mayors told it will soon be too late to reverse environmental decline - Canadians have just over 12 years left to reverse the damage to our environment if we are to save it, says the mayor of The Blue Mountains. Ellen Anderson made that pessimistic prediction to council Monday night while reporting on the annual meeting of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Cities Initiative. (July 19, 07) Osprey Media. - Owen Sound Sun Times - Ontario, CA
• State acts to shield water -- Page 1 -- Times Union - Albany NY Protection of Great Lakes supply from sale elsewhere is goal of new compact - ALBANY -- New York is poised to join seven states and two Canadian provinces that border the Great Lakes to lock up the world's largest source of fresh water from outsiders. The plan, called the Great Lakes St. Lawrence River Basin Water Compact, was approved Monday by the state Senate, about two months after the Assembly adopted it as part of an Earth Day environmental package. (July 19, 07) Albany NY News - Times Union - Serving Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady, Troy
• GREAT LAKES AND ST. LAWRENCE CITIES INITIATIVE Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy, the Lower Lakes Regional Director of GLSLCI, said, "We have all worked very hard over the past 30 years to protect and restore the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence, and we cannot allow that progress to be reversed with pollution increases like the ones allowed in this permit." (July 18, 07) Welcome to the City of Rochester
• On eating fish from the Great Lakes: From Canada, there increasing concern that the sport fish in the Great Lakes may be uneatable in the near future from manmade toxins.  Read the report "Up To the Gills" -- "The report examines pollution in Great Lakes fish"  by Environmental Defence - Defense Environment
• London Free Press - National News - Researchers urge Great Lakes help - Researchers urge Great Lakes help - Ships carrying invasive fish and other species in from the ocean need tougher rules, study says. U.S. and Canadian researchers yesterday urged tougher rules for ships plying the Great Lakes in an effort to reduce the invasion of damaging foreign species. (July 13, 07) London Free Press
• The Epoch Times | Pollution Making Great Lakes Fish Inedible Levels of toxic chemicals alarmingly high, states report - Could eating fish from the Great Lakes become a thing of the past? Environmentalists say it's very likely, given the levels of toxins dangerous to both fish and people present in the lakes. A report by the Canadian environmental watchdog group, Environmental Defence, says pollution from industrial, municipal, and agricultural sources poses a serious threat to the ecological health of the Great Lakes. (July 12, 07) The Epoch Times
• Botulism blamed in bird die-off - Syracuse.com DEC reports appearance of dozens of dead birds along Lake Ontario shoreline. Water birds, once again, are dying by the hundreds on Lake Ontario. Several hundred dead birds - including numerous Caspian terns, a species of special concern in New York state - have washed up in recent weeks along Little Galloo Island and the eastern coast of Lake Ontario, the state Department of Environmental Conservation said Monday. The culprit: Type E avian botulism, a deadly toxin. (July 10, 07) Syracuse.com
• Invasive species threaten Great Lakes: report The Great Lakes are home to more than 300 invasive or non-native species, and many threaten the health of the aquatic ecosystem, a new report says. Many of these plants and animals are destructive and parasitic, according to the report issued Monday by Environment Canada and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (June 12, 07) CBC.CA - Canada's News, Money, Sports, Health, Technology & Science, Consumer Life, Arts, and Kids Information Source
• toledoblade.com -- Great Lakes restoration effort receives mixed review CHICAGO - Efforts to restore the Great Lakes got mixed reviews in a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report released here yesterday. The agency said in its biennial Great Lakes Highlights Report that there is less air pollution and a decline in the lakes' overall abundance of toxins. But smog remains a public health issue in several metropolitan areas, the agency said, and medical waste and harsh chemicals from fire retardants and personal health-care products are being detected more often. (June 8, 07) http://toledoblade.com/home
• Scientists see trouble ahead for big lakes - mlive.com STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- The Great Lakes have made a dramatic recovery since the 1950s but face new, vexing problems that are fundamentally changing the world's largest source of fresh surface water. That was the message delivered Monday by longtime researchers meeting at Penn State University for the International Association for Great Lakes Research Conference. (May 31, 07) http://www.mlive.com/
• Great Lakes under siege Lawsuit opens new front in battle against invasive species. - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Shipping companies, scientists and environmentalists have long debated how to stop the onslaught of exotic species such as zebra mussels in the Great Lakes. Now, lawyers are getting involved. Many of the 183 invasive species known to inhabit the lakes arrived in ballast water dumped by oceangoing ships. A Michigan law that took effect this year requires freighters to sterilize ballast before discharging it into the state's waters. (April 25, 2007) South Bend Tribune
• Warming study sees problems for Great Lakes Drop in water quality tied to lower levels - WASHINGTON — Global warming is likely to dramatically alter the Great Lakes region in the coming decades, making the world’s largest body of fresh water shallower and dirtier while hurting the region’s ability to capitalize on its greatest natural resource. That’s the conclusion the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change delivered Monday as it released the North America chapter of its much publicized report on the worldwide impact of higher temperatures. “In the Great Lakes and major river systems, lower levels are likely to exacerbate challenges relating to water quality, navigation, recreation, hydropower generation, water transfers and bi-national relationships,” the report said. (April 23, 07) The Buffalo News
• Global warming could pummel Lake Erie economy Lake Erie could suffer the ravages of global warming in the next century, while also buffering Northeast Ohio from the worst effects. That's the opinion of some in response to dire warnings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which released its fourth report in Brussels last week. In short, the IPCC report claims that if world temperatures rise even slightly, as projected, there will be increased mortality from heat waves, floods and droughts and 30 percent of the world's species will be at risk of extinction. (April 8, 07) cleveland.com: Everything Cleveland
• Warming saps Great Lakes Water levels could take big drop as Earth gets hotter WASHINGTON -- Data from a new United Nations report on climate change make it more likely that an increasingly arid American southwest will seek access to Great Lakes water, Michigan's top climate official said Friday. The report also strengthens scientific opinion that Michigan will see other dramatic effects in the coming decades: lower Great Lakes water levels, a dramatically receding Lake St. Clair, and summers by the end of the century that feel more like northern Mississippi than to what Michiganians are now accustomed. And the findings are likely to increase political pressure on the embattled U.S. automakers to increase fuel efficiency, something Detroit's automakers have said will cost money and jobs. (April 10, 07) Detroit News Online
• globeandmail.com: Joint pledge to accelerate cleanup of Great Lakes hot spots The Ontario and federal governments say they hope to clean up four of the 15 most polluted sites on the Canadian side of the Great Lakes by 2010. Under a proposed agreement between the two governments, details of which were published in the Canada Gazette on Saturday, Ontario and Ottawa say they intend to remediate Jackfish Bay and Nipigon Bay in Lake Superior, along with Wheatley Harbour on Lake Erie and the St. Lawrence River near Cornwall -- sites that have been polluted by decades of abuses, such as the dumping of industrial waste, poorly treated municipal sewage, and agricultural run off. (March, 19 2007) globeandmail.com: National
• 02/22/07 - In two parts, here’s an excellent set of article about how Global Warming is and will be affecting our Great Lakes.  Global warming—first of two parts: Lack of lake ice a harbinger of things to come & Part two of two: Climate change could alter life in and life of lakes  -from Sussex Sun
• 'Fish Ebola virus' threatens lakes A resurgent Lake Michigan salmon fishery that survived a devastating bacterial disease in the 1980s and '90s might soon face its greatest threat: an imported disease that biologists call "Ebola virus for fish." Viral hemorrhagic septicemia, or VHS, is sweeping across the Great Lakes, leaving thousands of dead fish in its wake. Like the Ebola virus in humans that has killed thousands in Africa, VHS makes fish bleed to death from their eyes and other orifices. VHS does not affect humans. (Feb 11, 07) MLive.com: Everything Michigan
• IJC's 13th Biennial Report Calls for Strong Great Lakes Accountability Framework by the two National Governments - CHICAGO. In its Thirteenth Biennial Report on Great Lakes Water Quality, released today, the International Joint Commission recommends that the governments of Canada and the United States create and apply an uncommonly strong Accountability Framework for Great Lakes restoration and protection under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. (Feb 10, 07)  IJC-CMI
• Joyous swan song - Centuries of overhunting bled the Atlantic and Midwestern trumpeter swan populations to the point that they were thought extinct in the United States by the 1940s. But since that time, environmentalists and wildlife workers have imported trumpeters back to the eastern United States from areas where they were discovered to still thrive, such as Alaska and the hot springs of Yellowstone Park. Bean has set out to amend a problem that arose from the trumpeters' displacement. The swans now residing in the area outlying Lake Ontario - between 300 and 500, he estimates - do not know to migrate eastward because the instinct was not inherited from their forbears in the western states. The climate does not threaten the swans themselves. (Jan 05, 07) http://www.auburnpub.com/
• Foreign Zebra mussels likely harming Canadian drinking water: study - Yahoo! News MONTREAL (AFP) - A European mussel introduced accidentally to North America in the 1980s could be tainting Great Lakes drinking water quality, affecting its taste and causing an explosion of toxic blooms, Canadian researchers said. In tests, zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) changed basin water chemistry, creating favorable conditions for masses of cyanobacteria (also called blue-green algae) or blooms to grow, researchers at Ryerson University in Toronto said in a statement. (Jan 23, 07) Yahoo! News - Top Stories
• Buffalo News - Shrimp may upset life in lake SYRACUSE - Another invasive species - a half-inch long ravenous shrimp from Eurasia - has been found in Lake Ontario, raising concerns among scientists that the tiny crustacean could mean dire consequences for the lake's food chain. The discovery of bloody red mysid - whose scientific name is Hemimysis anomala - was made in a lake sample taken last spring near Oswego, said Chuck O'Neill Jr., an invasive species specialist with New York Sea Grant. Its only other confirmed appearance in the Great Lakes region was last November in a channel of Muskegon Lake, which empties into Lake Michigan. (January 18, 2007) The Buffalo News
• Officials to discuss VHS virus - With all the phenomenal fishing in nearby Great Lakes waters, the biggest fishing story for 2007 begins with a public informational session on Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) to start the new year. The Department of Environmental Conservation has arranged a series of informational meetings statewide, with Western New York sessions to be held for Region 8 in the Holiday Inn at Waterloo on Wednesday and Region 9 at Woodlawn Beach State Park in Hamburg on Jan. 8. Both meetings are set for 7-9 p.m. The Buffalo News
• Live-fire plans withdrawn - Coast Guard to review its plans for ammunition training on lakes - — The U.S. Coast Guard has scuttled plans to establish 34 zones in the Great Lakes for live-ammunition training. One of those zones would have sat about six miles north of Irondequoit Bay. The Coast Guard announced Monday that it had decided to withdraw plans it made public in August to establish these training zones. All of the zones would have been at least five miles offshore and periodically closed to private boat traffic, allowing crews to train and get certified in the use of boat-mounted M240 machine guns. The plan generated criticism from a number of boaters, environmentalists and politicians. The Coast Guard hosted a series of public hearings in the Great Lakes region this fall, including one Oct. 30 in Rochester. (December 19, 2006) Democrat & Chronicle:
• Big Prices for Small Fish New regulations force minnow costs to rise  - ishermen in New York and the rest of the Great Lakes region might want to budget a few extra dollars for bait in 2007. Minnow prices - now as low as $1 a dozen in some Central New York bait shops - are likely to increase as a result of emergency regulations issued by state and federal strictures to slow the spread of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia, a disease implicated in recent die-offs of fish in the St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario and Conesus Lake. Just how much the cost of bait will go up, and when, isn't yet known. (December 15, 2006) Latest News and More From Syracuse.com
• Durand beach fails its health test - As alarming data emerge, second season becomes unlikely — Durand-Eastman beach is unlikely to reopen for a second season in 2007, county health officials said Friday, citing water sampling data they say showed alarming contamination levels after heavy rains. "We've never seen anything like this at Lake Ontario Beach, or in the river," said Dr. Andrew Doniger, the county's public health director. "We were sort of blown away when we saw this. That is why we've been so gun-shy." (December 9, 2006) Democrat & Chronicle:
• Great Lakes Groups Take Aim at Coast Guard "Live Fire" Proposal  the Coast Guard proposes to establish 34 "live fire" practice zones on the Great Lakes. More than a dozen environmental organizations have joined the Allliance for the Great Lakes in calling on the U.S. Coast Guard to postpone implementation of its live firing plan over the Great Lakes until more research is done. In a Nov. 13 letter to Coast Guard Cmdr. Gustav Wulfkuhle, the organizations also call for substantial changes to the Coast Guard's controversial proposal to establish 34 live fire practice zones on the Great Lakes. --FROM Alliance For The Great Lakes
• New Water Diversion Would Derail Great Lakes Protection - More than a dozen lake advocates have joined the Alliance for the Great Lakes in urging the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to reject a Lake Michigan diversion request until adoption of a critical interstate compact that would protect Great Lakes water. New Berlin, a Milwaukee suburb straddling the western boundary of the Great Lakes basin, seeks DNR approval to pump Lake Michigan water to its residents living outside the watershed. --FROM Alliance For The Great Lakes
• Grants to protect Lake Ontario — Eight area communities have been awarded grants that may help improve the water quality in and around Lake Ontario. The grants are part of the federal Lake Ontario Coastal Initiative, a 15-year program to help the restoration, conservation and sustainable use of Lake Ontario's coastal region. - (October 12, 2006) Democrat and Chronicle
• Research grant creating models for air pollution movement in state - Computer models that simulate what happens in real life have become important tools in managing ecological problems and discovering ways to avoid worst-case scenarios. Sherri Mason, chemistry professor at SUNY Fredonia, has funding from the Great Lakes Commission to create a workable atmospheric model that will predict how air pollutants move into New York State from cars, industry, and even Great Lakes evaporation. With a research grant of $80,000 through the Great Lakes Air Deposition (GLAD) program, she is collaborating with the State Department of Environmental Conservation to model the locations of chemicals in the air that are known to be carcinogenic or hazardous to humans. The OBSERVER, Dunkirk, New York
• Stresses flood Great Lakes - U.S. weighs massive restoration plan; scientists say the time to act is now - WASHINGTON — The Great Lakes restoration plan before Congress addresses myriad problems that scientists say are threatening the Great Lakes. The lakes, environmentalists say, are showing signs of extreme stress from toxic contaminants, invasive species and development that has destroyed more than half of the wetlands that normally buffer the lakes from pollution.   (September 15, 2006)  Democrat and Chronicle
• Great Lakes protection stalling in Congress - (September 15, 2006) — A massive grass-roots plan to safeguard the ecological future of the Great Lakes may be endangered on Capitol Hill. -  (September 15, 2006)  Democrat and Chronicle
• Invasive species are lakes' worst enemy — Excerpts of an interview with Donald Scavia, a University of Michigan natural resources professor, on the Great Lakes: (September 15, 2006)  Democrat and Chronicle
• No new money for Great Lakes cleanup WASHINGTON -- Despite calls for federal financial assistance from scientists and state officials, the Bush administration says it won't be investing billions of dollars in new funding for cleaning up the Great Lakes. The admission came Wednesday during a U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee hearing as members of Congress, including Michigan's Rep. Vern Ehlers, quizzed Bush officials about the administration's financial commitment to Great Lakes restoration. (September 14, 2006) MLive.com - Everything Michigan
• Pending federal rule may threaten bodies of water - Easing transfer process sparks contamination fears — A pending federal rule could open Lake Ontario to the risk of new invasive species, the nutrient pollution that feeds seasonal algae blooms and the bacteria that can make swimmers sick, according to environmentalists and state attorneys general who have formally opposed the change. "We think it opens up doors for all kinds of mischief," said Jim Tierney, an assistant New York attorney general. Known as the water transfer rule, the change would give businesses and communities the right to shift water from one body to another without taking the cleanliness of the water into account by applying for federal pollution permits. (September 5, 2006) Democrat and Chronicle
• DEC: Don't transfer fish from lake to lake— State biologists reminded fishermen this week that moving fish and other organisms from one water to another can have serious consequences. Historically, the Adirondacks offered fishermen tens of thousands of acres of lakes and ponds containing native brook trout. Today, just a fraction of these populations remain, driven out by nonnative species like bass and perch. (July 30, 2006) Democrat and Chronicle
• globeandmail.com : What is killing the fish of the Great Lakes? Researchers at the University of Guelph are processing infected fish tissues and developing diagnostic tests to look at a deadly virus suspected in the deaths of thousands of fish in the Great Lakes basin. It's believed the virus could be spreading from one species to another, even infecting fish farms and hatcheries. (July 28, 2006) globeandmail.com
• Progress made in lakes cleanup - Oswego River off problem list, but Genesee remains— The Oswego River was officially removed from a binational list of the Great Lakes' most polluted tributaries Tuesday — the first American site to mark such a milestone. Meanwhile, the Genesee River, which appears on the same list of 43 polluted sites, needs several more years of effort before it can be considered healthy. (July 26, 2006) Democrat and Chronicle
• Newsday.com: New take on protecting waters Gov. George Pataki is expected to sign a bill today that could shift the state's approach to protecting its bays, harbors, Great Lakes and ocean waters -- as well as the plants, animals and fish that live there. Under the New York Ocean and Great Lakes Ecosystem Conservation Act, the state would embrace an environmental approach known as ecosystem-based management. It would emphasize the overall health of coastal habitats instead of simply focusing on individual stretches of beach or a specific species of fish. (July 26, 2006) Newsday.com: News, Entertainment and Sports
• Scientists use oranges to track blue-green algae - Newsday.com SWANTON, Vt.(AP) _ Scientists studying toxic blue-green algae blooms on lakes Champlain, Erie and Ontario are using a low-tech tool to track the blooms' movements: oranges. Lake researcher Greg Boyer joined two assistants for a boat ride out onto Lake Champlain's Missisquoi Bay on Monday to dump two crates of 25 oranges each overboard. "Oranges are biodegradable and they float right on the surface just like algae, so they are good markers for how the algae travel," Boyer said. (July 25, 2006) Newsday.com: News, Entertainment and Sports
• Lake control creates winners, losers - Comments still being taken on three options to manipulate Lake Ontario's water levels — Craig Goodrich looks out the door of his Hamlin home at six feet of fragile Lake Ontario beach that could erode with the floodwaters from just one monstrous storm. About 200 miles to the east, in the Thousands Islands region, Rochesterian Al Fink gazes through the window of his cabin at rocky ledges that would keep his boat out of the lake from August to October if lake levels drop at all. (July 25, 2006) Democrat and Chronicle
• Deadly fish virus spreads in Northeast - LiveScience - MSNBC.com A deadly virus found in two fish species in the northeastern United States last month appears to have spread to two more species, scientists said today. (July 21, 2006) Today's News from MSNBC - MSNBC.com
• DEC urges caution after botulism found in birds - Newsday.com ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The state Department of Environmental Conservation reported Thursday that Type E Botulism was found in gulls and terns collected from Little Galloo Island earlier this month, warning hunters and fishermen to take only waterfowl and fish that appear healthy from along the Lake Ontario shores and St. Lawrence River. The strain of botulism most commonly affects fish-eating birds, causing paralysis and often killing them. If ingested, a toxin produced by the bacteria can harm people. Newsday.com: News, Entertainment and Sports
• State Investigates Dead Fish - The state is trying to figure out what is killing thousands of fish washing up on Lake Ontario’s eastern shore. (July 19, 2006) R News: As It Happens, Where It Happens
• Thousands of fish wash up on shore of Lake Ontario - Newsday.com LYME, N.Y. -- With thousands of fish washing up on Lake Ontario's eastern shore, state officials are investigating whether the cause is the virus detected this spring in some species, a botulism outbreak or some other factor. "We're conducting tests to see what the larger die-off occurring in that waterway could be the result of," Department of Environmental Conservation spokeswoman Maureen Wren said Thursday. "We sent samples of the species that have been affected to Cornell." July 13, 2006 Newsday.com: News, Entertainment and Sports
• Trickles of pollution: A path to a clean lake? SUNY effort to locate sources may lead to solutions - — GREECE — Northrup Creek flows wide and lazy along suburban back yards, carrying ducks and fish and the occasional canoe. It's also a conduit for the pollution that sullies Lake Ontario. Every time it rains, water flows across the surface of the land, picking up pesticides, loose soil, motor oil drippings and fertilizers in its path. The little rivulets collect in ditches and small streams, then in creeks like Northrup, eventually making their way into the lake. (August 30, 2006) Democrat and Chronicle
• Shoreline cleanup coming - Volunteers sought to scour water's edge Sept. 16 New York had been coordinating an annual coastal cleanup for 15 years before the ICC started, an effort that has grown from a handful of volunteers to tens of thousands statewide, said state coordinator Barbara Cohen of the American Littoral Society, a group concerned with the ecology of coastal areas. (August 29, 2006) Democrat and Chronicle
• WXXI: Area Reps Back Great Lakes Bill (2006-08-24) ROCHESTER, NY (2006-08-24) Congressman James Walsh was in Irondequoit Wednesday to announce his support for a bipartisan bill intended to promote cleanup and preservation of the Geat Lakes. Walsh was joined near the mouth of the Genessee River by representatives of a number of environmental groups to promote the Great Lakes Collaboration Implementaiton Act. (August 24, 2006) Public NewsRoom
• Grants to fund water cleanup -$800,000 to cut pollution, restore habitat - — The streams of gray-brown soil and pollution that streak through the Genesee River and its tributaries with every heavy rain keep Rochester from taking full advantage of one of its greatest resources — a river at the heart of the city that could support a substantial ecotourism industry. However, local leaders believe that nearly $800,000 in local water quality preservation grants, announced Tuesday alongside the river at Genesee Valley Park, can make a big difference. (August 16, 2006) Democrat and Chronicle
• Sierra Club speakers urge change - Fears of global warming prompts call to live within limits — Antarctic ice is melting at an alarming rate, high ocean temperatures are spawning monster storms, and average global temperatures in 2005 were the warmest on record. Climate change is here, said speakers at the eighth annual Sierra Club Environmental Forum. It would be easy to become overwhelmed with hopelessness, facing a challenge with the potential to transform daily life for everyone on Earth — but emerging technology offers hope for the future if we can change our mindset, they said Thursday. (April 22, 2006) Democrat and Chronicle
•   'Gold rush' for biofuel plants beginning upstate - Quest for clean energy gains momentum - If every day is a learning experience, then Jason Masters knows how to pay attention to the lessons that matter most. The native of Livonia, Livingston County, was a greenhouse gas scientist working in the Middle East in the 1990s when he had several chances to speak to Arab sheiks — people whose lives revolve around oil. Not surprisingly, the conversation frequently would turn to energy. But the sheiks didn't want to talk about the commodity that had made them rich and powerful. Instead, they were most interested in alternatives to petroleum. That was enough to get Masters thinking like an entrepreneur. Largely because of the sheiks' interest, the 36-year-old has joined a "gold rush" of entrepreneurs in greater Rochester and across the nation seeking opportunity from the field of alternative energy.  (March 26, 2006) Democrat and Chronicle
•  WXXI: U.S. Energy Secretary Tours Fuel Cell Center (2006-02-23) HONEOYE FALLS, NY (2006-02-23) The U.S. Secretary of Energy stood in front of a fuel-cell powered minivan in Honeoye Falls Thursday afternoon and said children born this year should be able to take their drivers' tests in a hydrogen powered car. wxxi NewsRoom
•  Hybrid vehicles' appeal still growing New tax credits mean that buying a hybrid vehicle this year could save you more than $5,000. And putting that car on the road could keep thousands of pounds of greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. Tax credits With the start of 2006, buyers of hybrids became eligible for up to $3,400 in federal tax credits, depending upon the vehicle's emissions and fuel efficiency. However, only 60,000 buyers of each model will receive the credit, so industry analysts predict that the benefit could run out on popular models by midsummer. Gov. George Pataki has also proposed continuing a state tax credit of $2,000 for hybrid owners and offering discounts on tolls and other incentives to drivers of particularly efficient vehicles.- (January 19, 2006) — Democrat and Chronicle
•  13WHAM-TV || Rochester - Fuel Cell Technology – The Next Big Energy Alternative? Using fuel cells and renewable energy technology, Rochester Institute of Technology researchers are already working on ways to give cars thousands more miles of life. It’s part of their effort to find ways to make fuel cells affordable and make them practical for everyday life. (January 23, 2006) 13WHAM-TV || Rochester
•  Few attend hearings on nuclear plants The Nuclear Regulatory Commission should consider the environmental impact of Nine Mile Point's nuclear plants on zebra mussels, said one speaker at a meeting Thursday night at Scriba Town Hall. The comment was one of several made by five people who attended public meetings held by the federal nuclear agency to review the environmental impact of renewing Constellation Energy's licenses for its two nuclear plants in Oswego County. (November 18, 2005) Syracuse.com
•  Is Ethanol New York's Future? - Could ethanol be New York's future cash cow? New York State Agriculture Commissioner Nathan Rudgers said there are about two million acres of former farmland in New York that could be used to grow crops to make ethanol. http://www.rnews.com
•  WXXI: Groups Want Dirty Power Plants Cleaned Up (2005-07-26) ALBANY, NEW YORK (2005-07-26) Environmental groups say six of the top ten dirtiest power plants in the Northeast are located in New York State. They are urging Governors of Northeastern states, who are working on a pollution reduction pact, to come up with strict new rules to curb emissions. A report, using data from the US Department of Energy, found a small number of dirty power plants in the northeastern United States are responsible for producing over half of the pollution in the region that is associated with global warming. Those plants include Dunkirk and Huntley in Western New York, Northport, on Long Island, and Roseton, in Newburgh, in the Hudson Valley. All of the plants are decades old and were grand fathered in under the federal clean air act. It was assumed at the time that the plants would eventually close, and newer, cleaner plants would take their place. Melinda Sobin, of the New York Public Interest Research Group, says that hasn't happened. She says the result is dirtier air, and inefficient power plants. wxxi NewsRoom
•  EPA Orders Ethanol Use in Gasoline - Gas prices in New York State could go up as much as eight cents per gallon soon. The federal government ordered New York and two other states to continue using ethanol as a gasoline additive. The additive is made with corn and is designed to reduce air pollution. 06/03/05 R News: As It Happens, Where It Happens
•  ER Schools Wants to Use Fuel Cell -East Rochester residents learned more about the school district's proposal to use alternative power. The district wants to install a hydrogen fuel cell to produce electricity. (May 10, 2005) R News: As It Happens, Where It Happens
•  Renewable Energy Could Bring Jobs - A new report from New York State's comptroller says thousands of