The Great Lakes hold 20 percent of the world's available surface freshwater -- enough to cover the continental United States with 10 feet of water if you turned them upside down. It's difficult to remember that you're looking at an inland lake instead of an ocean. The vast lakes seem limitless, but are they?

Past the cliff comes what, the abyss? Wherever the metaphors and rhetoric are headed as the stalemate in Congress continues, here in the real world the stakes are high for our health and the quality of our land, air and water.

Once you hose away the smog emitted by attack ads, partisan operatives, cable bloviators, and talk radio gas bags, you can find elected Republicans who value a clean environment and take the initiative to further the cause.

From Douglas Main, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer: You can't normally see water currents or the wind. Now you can: A computer code used to visualize...

After weeks of consideration, the Romney campaign ultimately made the call: blow it off the Great Lakes.

As Mitt Romney boated freely in the fresh water lake, several Midwestern states reached drought conditions. This seems the perfect moment to address one of the more wasteful American pastimes -- burning gasoline in fresh water.

This seems the perfect moment to address one of the more wasteful American pastimes --burning gasoline in fresh water.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is creating a board to advise federal agencies carrying out two wide-ranging pr...

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Republican legislators in Ohio are taking a second shot at setting rules on how much water factories and farms in the state can ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Obama administration and five states announced an agreement Friday to speed up consideration of plans for offshore w...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Federal regulators said Tuesday that safety violations at the Palisades nuclear power plant in southwestern Michigan had led t...

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