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Washington, D.C. - The first details of a renegotiated Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between the United States and Canada emerged this week in Washington at a meeting of the Great Lakes Commission. Cameron Davis, senior advisor for the Great Lakes at the U.S....

Chicago - Strategies for restoring the natural divide between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes – and, in the process, modernizing the Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS) – are identified in a report released today...

Ann Arbor, Mich. - As plentiful as water is in the Great Lakes region, the cost to deliver it to consumers is creeping up and should be reflected more accurately in bills to encourage conservation, according to recommendations made in a new Great Lakes Commission...

Ann Arbor, Mich. – Can and should impacts on water sources used to generate electricity help drive future energy production policy in the Great Lakes basin? Approximately 90 percent of the electrical power in the basin is produced by thermoelectric plants, which use...

Detroit, Mich. - Regulation of ballast water to prevent the introduction of invasive species and reduction of nutrients associated with algal blooms were among measures endorsed by the Great Lakes Commission at its annual meeting, which concluded today in Detroit.The...