Leaders in Mendota Heights are concerned about the state of Lake Augusta, which has become an unsightly problem due to a significant population of cormorants. These aquatic birds drop about 14,000 ...

Minnesota residents fume after 14,500 pounds of bird droppings fall in local lake - Lake Augusta, located in the city of Mendota Heights, becomes a haven for the cormorants each fall due to the dead t ...

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has issued an Air Pollution Action Day in the counties of Lake and McHenry counties on Thursday due to elevated particle pollution.

Great Lakes have long faced pollution threats. The latest might be the most insidious. What happens to the different types of plastic in the environment? Does it sink or float, become more or less ...

Lake County failed in all three categories: ozone pollution, 24-hour particle pollution and annual particle pollution. Porter County only received a passing grade for annual particle pollution.

Great Lakes have long faced pollution threats. The latest might be the most insidious. What happens to the different types of plastic in the environment? Does it sink or float, become more or less ...

Great Lakes have long faced pollution threats. The latest might be the most insidious. What happens to the different types of plastic in the environment? Does it sink or float, become more or less ...

A history of lake pollution The Great Lakes have a long history of pollution and efforts to combat it.