Lake Michigan

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The Value of Water

Henry Henderson | Posted 11.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Asian Carp, Lake Michigan, Nrdc, Invasive Species, Pollution, Chicago River, Chicago River Sewage, Natural Resources Defense Council, Atrazine, Water Pollution, Water, Chicago, Great Lakes, Privatization, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Ballast-Water, Chicago News

The water rich communities of the Great Lakes region do not understand the nature and value of their most precious resource.

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World Toilet Day: A Modest Proposal

Debra Shore | Posted 11.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Sustainable Living, Potable Water, World Toilet Organization, Lake Michigan, Dual-Flush Toilets, Chicago Rain Barrels, Chicago River, Sanitation, Chicago News

In our sanitation system, we pump water miles to our homes then we use that fresh water in catchbasins called toilets to convey our waste to a sewage treatment plant. How smart is that?

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BP Slapdown: EPA Really is Back on the Job!

Henry Henderson | Posted 10.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Lisa Jackson, Bp, Nrdc, Northwest Indiana, Epa, British Petroleum, Bp Whiting Refinery, Indiana, Coal Industry, Lake Michigan, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Environmental Protection Agency, Atrazine, Water Pollution, Asthma, Air Pollution, Chicago News

The EPA is back: it just weighed in on the controversial BP refinery expansion on Lake Michigan and issued an objection to the lax pollution permit that Indiana had lavished on the project.

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City Beaches Closed For Season

Huffington Post | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Lake Michigan, Chicago Beaches, Lake Michigan Beaches, Chicago Lifeguards, Chicago Beaches Swimming, Chicago News

It's swim at your own risk from now until next summer. Labor Day, the traditional end-of-summer holiday, also marked the final day the Chicago Park D...

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Fish Fence is a Shocking Failure: Is it Time to Zip up the Great Lakes?

Henry Henderson | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Invasive Species, Asian Carp, Mississippi River, Lake Michigan, Illinois River, Chicago Diversion, Great Lakes, Cal-Sag Channel, Great Lakes Fish Fence, Chicago News

The only thing protecting Lake Michigan from the menace of a voracious invading predator that all agree will decimate the ecosystem is a quirky Rube Goldberg contraption.

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Body Of Missing Boater Found On Beach

ABC | | Posted 09.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Lake Michigan, Steven Banks, Chicago News

The body of a suburban Chicago dentist missing since he went sailing on Lake Michigan has been found at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. ...

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Boater Disappears On Lake Michigan

CBS Chicago | Posted 09.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Lake Michigan, Steven Banks, Chicago News

Dr. Steven Banks went out sailing two days ago and never came home. But his boat was found empty several miles off shore. ...

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Study Finds Link Between Fish From Lake Michigan And Diabetes

Chicago Public Radio | Gabriel Spitzer | Posted 09.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Lake Michigan Water, Diabetes, Lake Michigan, Lake Michigan Fish, Chicago Fishing, Lake Michigan Fishing, Health, Lake Michigan Fish Diabetes, Chicago News

Scientists have known for a long time that a lot of wild-caught fish have dangerous contaminants. People who eat fish have to weigh the health benefit...

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The Homeless Angel

Robert Koehler | Posted 08.24.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Dread, Lake Michigan, Security, Homelessness, Existentialism, Green Technology, Chicago News

My loneliness is crystal clear. I call it the Big Empty. Awareness and acceptance will have to do as my prayer.

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Some Residents Resist Calls For Completing Burnham's Lakefront Plan

Chicago Public Radio | Shawn Allee | Posted 07.31.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Lakefront, Lakefront Chicago, Lake Michigan, Chicago Beaches, Burnham Plan of Chicago, Daniel Burnham, Friends of the Parks, Chicago News

Chicago's lakefront is having a birthday of sorts. On July 4, 1909, architect Daniel Burnham unveiled a plan for continuous park space up and down the...

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The Audacity of Slope, or How The River Gets Its Groove Back

Debra Shore | Posted 07.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago River Sewage, Chicago River, Chicago Water Supply, Chicago Sanitary District, Lake Michigan, Ecocentrism, Environment, Green Living, Thomas Berry, Chicago News

One hundred and twenty years ago, no one asked, "What do we owe the Chicago River?" Yet today, making amends for past abuses seems to me to be the central biological, physical and moral challenge of our time.

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BP Has a Deal it Hopes we Can't Refuse: Benzene Releases and Refinery Expansion Plans

Henry Henderson | Posted 07.04.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Benzene, Bp, Lake Michigan, Bp Dirty Fuel, British Petroleum, Air Pollution, Pollution, Energy, Bp Whiting Refinery, Chicago News

BP seems to be proposing that to fix the current health-threatening pollution, they need to increase their refinery operations to refine even dirtier petroleum. Does that make any sense?

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Great Lakes Not Losing Billions Of Gallons Of Water: Study

AP | Posted 06.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Lake Huron, St. Clair River, Lake Michigan, Great Lakes Water, Lake Michigan Water Levels, Great Lakes, Chicago News

DETROIT (AP) -- An engineering study says Lake Michigan and Lake Huron aren't losing billions of gallons of extra water daily through an artificially ...

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Lake Michigan Water Level Dropped A Foot: Army Engineers

NBC Chicago | Phil Rogers | Posted 04.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mark Kirk, Lake Michigan, Lake Michigan Climate Change, Lake Michigan Water Levels, Climate Change, Global Warming, Chicago News

Something is happening to our beloved Lake Michigan. Scientists aren't sure what it is, but some experts believe the symptoms point to further evide...

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Scientists: Reverse Age-Old Engineering Or The Great Lakes Suffer

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 12.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Lake Michigan, Chicago River, Reversing the Flow of the Chicago River, Animals, Invasive Species, Environment, Green News

CHICAGO — Connections engineered more than a century ago between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed should be changed to block ...

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Aqua Fina or Aqua Finite?

Karen Dionne | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

Recently, governors and legislatures... approved the Great Lakes Compact, a landmark agreement that bans the sale and diversion of water outside the region.

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No More Free Lakefront Parking

Chicago Sun-Times | Andrew Herrmann | Posted 11.23.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Lakefront, Chicago Lakefront Hours, Chicago Park District, Lake Michigan, Tim Mitchell, Lake Michigan Chicago, Chicago Lakefront Parking, Chicago News

Beachgoers will no longer be able to park for free along the lakefront under the Chicago Park District's proposed budget for 2009, officials said toda...

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Lake Michigan Water Safe After Flood: Officials

Daily Herald | Joseph Ryan | Posted 10.18.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Lake Michigan Water, Chicago Water Supply Safety, Lake Michigan, Chicago Water Supply, Chicago Drinking Water, Chicago Flooding, Chicago News

Nearly 100 billion gallons of flood water was set free into Lake Michigan during the weekend's historic rainfall. But those who rely on Lake Michigan...

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