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Environment News tagged with Great Lakes

Protect America's Oceans and Great Lakes ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, oceans, Great Lakes, habitat, protection, nature, water )

Cher
- 61 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Our oceans, coasts and Great Lakes are places of wonder and beauty, and they are also economic engines that provide valuable jobs, food, recreation, energy resources and tourism. But these essential resources are currently managed by more than 140
20 comments
Report: Great Lakes Toxic Cleanups Lagging
Environment  (tags: environment, Great Lakes, clean up, habitat, nature, protection, pollution )

Cher
- 70 days ago - mnn.com
At the rate it's going, it will take another 77 years to complete cleanup of the 43 sites identified in the late 1980s.
2 comments
Keep the Great Lakes Safe ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, water, Great Lakes, protection, nature, habitat, pollution )

Cher
- 72 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Each year, more than 24 billion gallons of untreated sewage and stormwater are dumped into the Great Lakes along with massive amounts of polluted runoff. Last summer alone, 84 beaches were unfit for swimming for at least 14 days because of dirty water
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Great Lakes Water Loss ! Save The Great Lakes ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: water, environment, Great Lakes, habitat, nature, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 183 days ago - rallycongress.com
In 1962, the Army Corps of engineers dredged the St. Clair channel connecting Lake Huron and Lake Erie . They knew the water levels would drop, but it was estimated it would only be a 12 inch drop in overall lake levels.
10 comments
Great Lakes Conservation Initiatives
Environment  (tags: Great Lakes, conservation, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, habitat, wildlife, nature )

Cher
- 569 days ago - on.ec.gc.ca
Conservation initiatives are underway at many wetlands throughout the Great Lakes. As the agency responsible for the protection and management of migratory birds and nationally significant wildlife habitat, the Canadian Wildlife Service of Environment
6 comments
Protecting a Vital Resource
Environment  (tags: ClimateChange, water, environment, protection, habitat, Great Lakes )

Cher
- 728 days ago - news.cincypost.com
Water is one of the most basic of natural resources - one, as this summer's drought demonstrated, that we ought not take for granted. Happily, the Ohio River and its tributaries provide Greater Cincinnati with an abundant supply of freshwater
2 comments
Fish-Killing Virus Spreading in the Great Lakes
Environment  (tags: Ecosystems, Fish, Great Lakes )

Eaglefeat
- 951 days ago - nytimes.com
A virus that has already killed tens of thousands of fish in the eastern Great Lakes is spreading, scientists said, and now threatens almost two dozen aquatic species over a wide swath of the lakes and nearby waterways.
3 comments
   

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