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Release: Coast Guard Issues Ballast Water Discharge Standards: Misses Mark to Protect Nation from Invasive Species
March 22, 2012 - 12:35pm

For Immediate Release

Coast Guard Issues Ballast Water Discharge Standards: Misses Mark to Protect Nation from Invasive Species  

Conservation groups look to states and Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen standards, shortening timeline, and address loopholes

Great Lakes Groups Call on Canadian and United States Federal Legislators to Ensure Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Will Protect Lakes
February 27, 2012 - 4:34pm
For Immediate Release
Great Lakes–Mississippi River Separation is Possible, Practical and Preventive
January 31, 2012 - 11:42am

Great Lakes–Mississippi River Separation is Possible, Practical 

EPA Releases Vessel General Permit to Improve Regulations on Ballast Discharges
December 1, 2011 - 1:49pm

December 1, 2011

Conservation groups call for stronger federal regulations to protect the Great Lakes from aquatic invasive species

House Bill Undermines Progress on Great Lakes Invasive Species Protection
October 18, 2011 - 2:59pm
Friday, Oct. 14, 2011
 
 
House Bill Undermines Progress on Great Lakes Invasive Species Protection
 
Great Lakes Leaders Urge Diplomats to Include Essentials in New Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
September 7, 2011 - 9:05pm

September 7, 2011—On the eve of the first of the final public forums on the renegotiation of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between the United States and Canada, Great Lakes United, a binational citizens’ coalition, is calling on the leaders of the negotiating teams to craft a bold and visionary agreement capable of guiding strategies to protect and restore the Great Lakes in the face of today’s complex environmental challenges. In a letter to the negotiating teams for each nation, the group impressed upon the negotiating teams: “the Great Lakes and St.

Ontario first among Great Lakes states and provinces to propose a Great Lakes Protection Act
September 6, 2011 - 1:33pm

Ontario first among Great Lakes states and provinces to propose a Great Lakes Protection Act

Victory for Great Lakes, as U.S. Army Corps Officially Drops Controversial Plan to Expand Shipping
September 1, 2011 - 11:14am

Conservation groups support study of environmental impacts, urge agency to take climate change impacts into account

Economics Study Shows Risk Assessment of Potentially Invasive Animal Species Pays Off
August 16, 2011 - 2:10am

Findings demonstrate substantial returns on screening program relative to current costs of open-door policy

Coalition Opposes Funding Bill that Guts Great Lakes Programs
July 20, 2011 - 1:14pm

American Rivers - Great Lakes United - Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition - Izaak Walton League of America

July 20, 2011

Coalition Opposes Funding Bill that Guts Great Lakes Programs

Bill slashes funding; undermines restoration and clean water protections; threatens EPA funding to states for taking action on invasive species

Interior spending bill could come to full House vote as early as this weekend