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Rainwater to be collected in Illinois for non-potable uses? Yesterday, Illinois Senate Bill 2549 was approved in the Illinois Senate unanimously. This bill now makes its way to the IL...
How to Catch Big Game Fish—From a Kayak Sitting sideways in a kayak, I cast a plug into the inky-black dark of a south Louisiana salt marsh. It’s a half-hour...
Solar-powered 102-foot boat debuts What is being touted as the world's largest solar boat was unveiled recently at a shipyard in Kiel, Germany. Called...
Sex hormones tested in fight against sea lamprey The next phase of the decades-long fight against destructive sea lamprey in the Great Lakes was expected to begin Monday...
Diving the deep wrecks During the winter months, Bay View resident Jitka Hanakova works as a business analyst. But from April to October, she takes...
Underwater robot hunts in Great Lakes One of the Environmental Protection Agency's newest members uses side-scan sonar to look at the watery depths of Lake...
San Diego Firm Builds Oceangoing Electric Vessel Visitors to the San Diego Sunroad Boat Show may have caught a glimpse of the future when they saw Electro-Mariner’s...
Fish Egg Disinfectant Shown to Prevent Transmission of Devastating Fish Disease: A disinfection solution presently used for salmon eggs also prevents transmission of the virus that causes viral hemorrhagic...
Buoy technology reveals workings of Great Lakes The map is a Battleship board without grid lines. Red, yellow and blue squares on online maps mark where research scientists...
Managed Wolf Populations Could Restore Ecosystems Researchers writing in the February issue of BioScience propose reintroducing small, managed populations of wolves into...
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...
New crops to boost biofuel Corn is about to get some competition in the biofuel industry. A team of professors from MSU’s Department of...
NOAA, Google partner on data visualization project The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Google have agreed to jointly develop technology that will...
St. Lawrence Ice: Earth Image of the Week Eddies and swirls of ice that collected at the mouth of Canada’s St. Lawrence River in mid-January created hazards to...
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...
Boat ‘Bond’ing Tim Neuens recalls watching Glastron GT 150s darting about on the Fox River with other sporty little speedboats near...
Europe Plans Offshore Wind Supergrid As the United Nations climate meetings in Copenhagen get under way, nine European countries have pledged to create a “...
An easier way to see what lies beneath A Kingston diving company will be exploring the many wrecks in the Kingston area in a custom-made submersible next year....
Yamaha unveils ‘next generation’ four strokes In the largest and broadest product introduction in its history, Yamaha Motor Corp. presented nine new outboard engines...
Underwater Cameras Are Not Just For Ice Fishing Leave the fishing pole at home, you won't have time for it!  Grab your underwater camera and your hand held gps...
Saving barrels for a rainy day Janice Littlefield said it takes one good rain for residents to have a "rain water revelation." The Port Huron...
The Backwater DIY Electric Boat Marathon At the 8 ½-mile mark, Jim Campbell is at the head of the pack, in control of the race. The two-time defending...
Wasatch Wind Completes Transaction for Largest Offshore Wind Project in the World Wasatch Wind in Park City, Utah, recently signed a transaction to sell the rights to a 4,400MW offshore wind project in Lake...
River surfing on the Saint Lawrence, no wetsuit provided Surfer dudes, bikini babes, and killer waves are not images that usually come to mind when you think of autumn in Montreal...
UMD Launches Unmanned Submarine An unmanned watercraft is lurking in the depths of Lake Superior. The submarine, launched last week by UMD, is being used to...
Connell: Port Huron joins the revolution The transformation of the modern world is taking place quietly, but inexorably, in the most unexpected places. As just one...
NOAA develops Great Lakes algal bloom forecasts An experimental system that uses satellite data and computer modeling will help forecast the direction and intensity of ugly...
Scientists create high-capacity batteries from algae Swedish scientists have created lightweight, flexible batteries from a type of algae that’s problematic in the Great Lakes...
Deal done to run sea fleet on biofuel Two companies have shaken hands on a multimillion-dollar deal over the commercial supply of biofuel. The agreement in which...
Turning an Old Freighter Into a Cottage The several-ton chunk of freighter first arrived in Detour on a barge four years ago. And you can still hear the sounds of...
We Energies announces $250 million biomass plant near Wausau In a move to meet the state's mandate for more green energy, We Energies on Tuesday said it plans to build a $250 million...
Lake Superior State Turns Grass Into Fuel Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie is the site of a new research project for alternative fuel sources. The...
‘Solar UFO’ water cleaners afloat in Osaka canals As part of the upcoming Aqua Metropolis festival in Osaka, engineering firm NTT Facilities has developed a pair of solar-...
Giant Free-Roving Robotic Cages Could Be the Healthy Future of Fish Farming With over 70 percent of the world's natural fisheries taxed beyond the point of replenishment, the demand for farmed fish...
Yachtworld Launches Global Charter Portal YachtWorld.com, the world's leading Internet yacht brokerage portal and a division of Dominion Enterprises, today announced...
Endangered eel moving on up At the Saunders Generating Station in Cornwall a 300-metre extension has been added to the pre-existing eel ladder. During...
Lake Erie trips inspired nautical garden Jack Bernstein installed a pond behind his Columbus home 15 years ago so he wouldn't have to mow the backyard anymore. But...
New Mackinaw City harbor features 'green' marina The Department of Natural Resources is celebrating the opening of Michigan’s newest and most energy-efficient harbor,...
Scientists on brink of developing fish contraceptive Scientists in the US may have developed a contraceptive which can be used on invasive fish. A team of researchers from the...
At Fort Worth 'cable park,' no boat is necessary for wakeboarding thrills Turns out you don’t need a boat to go wakeboarding. After last year’s $4-a-gallon gas, Jimmy Harvell decided he could cut...

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