LANSING, Michigan, April 4 -- The Alliance for the Great Lakes issued the following news release: Nutrient pollution is a severe threat to water quality across the Great Lakes region and is particularly important in the Western Basin of Lake Erie. Understanding, tracking, and predicting where this pollution comes from is difficult due to weather and cropping complexities and a lack of data. This makes it difficult to properly target where conservation funding should be spent. Through a new $4.  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following news release: Forty-five community, environmental, and animal welfare organizations -- together representing tens of millions of people across the United States -- filed public comments (https://earthjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024.03.25-slaughterhouse-comments-draft-final.pdf) yesterday with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, pressing for strong protections against water pollution from slaughterhouses and   more

WASHINGTON, April 2 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: In The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, The Senators Secured An Unprecedented $1 Billion For the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Now Those $$$ Are Flowing To Buffalo-Niagara Waterkeeper To Help Protect WNY's Great Lakes Communities Funding Is A Part Of A $35 Million Investment For Environmental Justice Projects Across the Great Lakes Announced Yesterday By The Biden Adminis  more

BUFFALO, New York, April 2 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: As millions gaze up in awe at next week's total solar eclipse, University at Buffalo scientists will be capturing rare images that could help answer longstanding questions about our nearest star. The team, led by Beata Csatho, PhD, associate chair and professor in the UB Department of Geology, will be at Lake Erie State Park in Brocton, New York, on April 8 to make polariz  more