| Group Predicts Great Lakes Compact Conflict | The Assembly Mining Bill unveiled late last week would create new standards for permitting high-capacity wells that would... | |
| U.S. could stop planned Great Lakes nuke transport | The U.S. Dept. of Transportation has the authority to block a controversial plan to ship radioactive waste over the Great... | |
| Yachts with champagne showers tempt the world's super-rich to Germany | Fancy an ocean-going super yacht fitted with showers that spray champagne? Or perhaps a giant room-sized freezer so that... | |
| Blood-sucking fish feed on whales | Blood-sucking sea lampreys feed on prey as big as minke whales, according to new research. Scientists studying whales in... | |
| ValvTect Announces Exclusive Partnership with MarineFuel | ValvTect Petroleum, the leading supplier and manufacturer marine grade gasoline and diesel fuel, announced an exclusive... | |
| Ports watching law that could halt foreign ships | A New York ballast law that potentially could block ships from entering the St. Lawrence Seaway System is triggering... | |
| NASA study finds Earth's lakes are warming | The temperatures of Earth's largest lakes have risen in the past 25 years as a result of climate change, according... | |
| Overseas demand helps keep Wisconsin's boat industry afloat | The boating industry is sinking a bit less than it was during the recession, with Fond du Lac-based Mercury Marine Inc.... | |
| Seawind buys Corsair and bolsters global network | Perhaps the biggest news in the marine industry in terms of mergers and acquisitions, Seawind Catamarans has bought Corsair... | |
| Chicago Sailors Compete in China This Weekend | Chicago Yacht Club sailors are competing as one of two U.S. teams represented at the China Cup International Regatta, held... | |
| IJC to expand scope of study on changing water levels in Great Lakes | Great Lakes Seaway News reports that the International Joint Commission (IJC), the binational body set up by the Boundary... | |
| Researchers link rain and illness | Outbreaks of waterborne diseases in the United States and other parts of the world are often linked to water contamination... | |
| Senator believes new alliances could help solve water level woes | Politics makes for strange bedfellows, as the old saying goes, and it's one Senator Bob Runciman feels would be put to... | |
| Know rules for boating in Canadian waters | While sightseeing on Aug. 3 around the Thousand Islands, my girlfriend and I were pulled over by a Canadian patrol boat with... | |
| Federal Science Report Details Fate of Oil from BP Spill | The vast majority of the oil from the BP oil spill has either evaporated or been burned, skimmed, recovered from the... | |
| Transport Canada toughens boating test | Recreational boaters in Ottawa can expect tougher testing to get their pleasure craft operator card later this year. In the... | |
| Recycled-plastic boat completes its journey | Plastiki, a 60-foot sailboat largely constructed from 12,500 recycled plastic bottles, docked in Sydney Harbor today after... | |
| FUSIONSTORM FOUNDATION LAUNCHES THE DREAM SAIL RAFFLE TO BENEFIT OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE’S PROJECT KAISEI | SAN FRANCISCO — The FusionStorm Foundation has launched The Dream Sail Raffle to assist Ocean Voyages Institute’... | |
| Help stop the spread of the spiny water flea | The spiny water flea came to North American waters in the ballast waters of ships from Europe in 1982. Since that time,... | |
| Feds seek input on border security, environment | The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is looking for public input on how efforts to secure the northern border affect the... | |
| Boating without Pleasure Craft Operator Card puts lives at risk this summer: BoaterExam.com | Canadian boaters who take to the waterways without a mandatory Pleasure Craft Operator Card this summer are taking dangerous... | |
| Cruising clubs announce alliance | The Cruising Rally Association and World Cruising Club Ltd. are joining forces, the groups announced. The Cruising Rally... | |
| Reminder to summer travelers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Canada Border Services Agency | This summer travel season,U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) joined efforts... | |
| America’s Cup draft rules released | A draft of the protocol rules for the 34th America's Cup was sent to the challenging teams in a joint initiative by the... | |
| Teen sailor found alive | Teenage sailor Abby Sunderland has been found. A Qantas Airbus A330 sent from Perth to search for the 16-year-old sailor has... | |
| 33rd Cannes International Boat and Yacht Show | A few months before the opening of the 33rd Cannes International Boat and Yacht Show, the big names in international... | |
| Close water export loophole | A federal government plan to strengthen a ban on bulk water exports is good legislation that still needs a big loophole... | |
| 1972 accord on water quality up for changes | Forty million people rely on the Great Lakes for drinking water. All benefit from the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement,... | |
| Canada moves to beef up cross-border water laws | Canada plans to beef up measures to protect its massive stores of fresh water, unveiling legislation on Thursday that would... | |
| Wheatley Harbour de-listed as environmental hotspot | After 25 years as a Great Lakes area of concern, Wheatley Harbour has been given a clean bill of health. The once heavily-... | |
| Great Lakes agreeement extended | Canada and Ontario have extended an important agreement aimed at protecting and enhancing fisheries habitat and water... | |
| Coalition helps boaters navigate border | While Oakland County has more inland bodies of water than any other county in Michigan, many area boaters take the short... | |
| WATER: St. Clair River Bi-national PublicAdvisory Council | Members of the St. Clair River Bi-national Public Advisory Council (BPAC) have formed a working group to develop positions... | |
| Windmills stir up a storm in Cape Vincent | Across the St. Lawrence River from Cape Vincent, 86 windmills — each more than 400 feet high from base to blade tip... | |
| Cold and windy in Valencia for the 33rd America's Cup | Strong winds kept both America's Cup boats in port on Thursday. It also was much colder. BMW ORACLE Racing's... | |
| Big plans for city's old canal | It may not have Parliament buildings in the background, but Cornwall's old canal would still make a great ice skating... | |
| Haiti Needs Used Sails and Donations | Haiti needs your used sails, especially large main sails. Even people who survived the quake and were healthy are now... | |
| America's Cup contenders are back on the water testing technology in Valencia | With fewer than two weeks to go to the start of the 33rd America's cup race, warmer, sunny weather returned to Valencia... | |
| Brewer donates $25,000 to help Haiti | In the wake of the recent earthquake that devastated Haiti, Brewer Yacht Yards has made a $25,000 contribution to Hope for... | |
| Opposition growing to Norwegian company's proposed offshore wind farm | Paul Slotsema’s travels with the United States Merchant Marine Academy have taken him around the world, from the... | |
| Campion Marine selects Ashland’s Envirez bio-based resin for all new boat construction | Canada’s largest fiberglass boat builder, Campion Marine Inc., is bringing improved environmental performance to its... | |
| Ontario supports closing locks to stop Asian carp | Michigan’s neighbors in Canada have filed a motion with the U.S. Supreme Court, supporting Michigan’s efforts to... | |
| Europe Plans Offshore Wind Supergrid | As the United Nations climate meetings in Copenhagen get under way, nine European countries have pledged to create a “... |
