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A rising tide of infrastructure funding floats new hope for Great Lakes shipping

Trains and trucks move the bulk of goods across the U.S. Some sailors say the Great Lakes waterways are underused shipping options and hope $17 billion of federal investment can help revitalize them.

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Warmer winters mean less ice on Lake Michigan – hurting lake trout and whitefish

All of the Great Lakes are experiencing declining ice coverage in the winter, which could affect recreation and shorelines.

Chicago Sun-Times

Winter Woes: Great Lakes Experience Record-Low Ice Cover

Discover the surprising effects of dwindling ice cover on the Great Lakes. From commerce to winter festivals, the impacts are far-reaching and call for a s...

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Climate change letting more invasive plants make their way to Illinois, Great Lakes region

The Great Lakes region is one of three hot spots for the spread of nuisance plants, new research finds.

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60 Indigenous nations oppose pipeline

The 70 year-old pipeline, which just won a key permit, poses “an unacceptable risk of an oil spill"

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Peninsula of potential? The Brandon Road Interbasin Project

Once the Brandon Road Interbasin Project starts will it turn the peninsula below the Brandon Road Lock and Dam into the ultimate stopping point for invasive species, especially invasive carp?

Chicago Sun-Times

Do snitches net fishes? Scientists turn invasive carp into traitors to slow their Great Lakes push

State and federal wildlife agencies have developed a new weapon to slow down invasive carp across the Great Lakes region: traitor fish

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Canadian workers reach deal to end strike that shut down Great Lakes shipping artery

A deal was reached Sunday to end a week-long strike that had shut down a major shipping artery in the Great Lakes, halting the flow of grain and other goods from the U.S. and Canada.

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Agreement reached to end strike that shut down a vital Great Lakes shipping artery for a week

A deal has been reached to end a week-long strike that had shut down a major shipping artery in the Great Lakes, halting the flow of grain and other goods from the U.S. and Canada

The Independent UK

Strikers have shut down a vital Great Lakes shipping artery for days, and negotiations are looming

A strike has shut down all shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway, interrupting exports of grain and other goods from Canada and the United States via the Great Lakes to the rest the world

The Independent UK

‘We can’t drink oil’: how a 70-year-old pipeline imperils the Great Lakes

Tribes say Line 5 is a ‘ticking time bomb’ for the Great Lakes, which contain a fifth of the Earth’s surface fresh water, and risks destroying their relationship with land and water

The Guardian - US

Nat-Gas Prices Higher on Weather

October Nymex natural gas (NGV23 ) on Monday closed +0.084 (+3.18%). Nat-gas prices on Monday closed higher on pipeline maintenance and forecasts for above-normal temps in the Great Lakes and Texas. The Commodity Weather Group sees mostly normal temps in the East Coast and West, but above-normal temps in the...

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Record high temperatures recorded as sweltering heat spans from Gulf of Mexico almost to the Great Lakes

Sweltering temperatures are lingering in a large swath of the central U.S., causing misery from the Gulf of Mexico almost to the Great Lakes

The Independent UK

Sweltering temperatures bring misery to large portion of central U.S., setting some heat records

Sweltering temperatures are lingering in a large swath of the central U.S., causing misery from the Gulf of Mexico almost to the Great Lakes

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Haze over Great Lakes region reminds US residents that Canadian wildfires persist

The haze of unhealthy air that settled over the Great Lakes region Tuesday reminded U.S. residents from the Midwest to the Northeast and as far south as Kentucky to brace for more depending on which way the wind blows as Canadian wildfires rage on

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A $1.2 billion fish barricade

The Army Corps of Engineers aims to block invasive carp from the Great Lakes. But the fish could get there first

Chicago Sun-Times

Warming, drying climate puts many of the world’s biggest lakes in peril

A new global study of lakes shows water levels falling and finds a global warming fingerprint. The research didn’t find a climate warming fingerprint affecting the Great Lakes, but that doesn’t mean it’s not there.

The Independent UK

Canada pledges Great Lakes funding after Trudeau-Biden talks

Canada has pledged to step up spending to improve water quality in the Great Lakes

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Surge Of Arctic Air To Bring Threat Of Snow Squalls To Northeast

The lake-effect snow machine will start up again due to a burst of Arctic air.

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An Outbreak Of Arctic Air Will Mark The Final Days Of Winter Across Central, Eastern US

An outbreak of cold air will spread from the central United States to much of the East as the winter season draws to a close.

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