Lake Michigan

Just Transition Northwest Indiana and the Illinois Green New Deal Coalition plan to deliver a petition with almost 2,000 signatures to the EPA’s regional office in Chicago on Thursday.

The announcement on Monday, once again, upholds the public’s right to use the beach in front of private property in Indiana.

Workers on the barge were transferring fuel from a cargo tank to another fuel tank. The tank was overfilled and up to 800 gallons of fuel spilled into Burns Harbor.

The Memorandum of Understanding is between Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin. It aims to create what state officials call an “electric Route 66” that covers more than 1,100 drivable miles of Lake Michigan shoreline.

The Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project has been monitoring the green, yellow and red flags used to indicate surf conditions at beaches along Lake Michigan — and says they are often clearly wrong.

A new report said steel walls near the Michigan City coal plant aren’t keeping coal ash waste from getting into Lake Michigan and Trail Creek — and it will likely get worse over time.

There are more dead alewives washing up on Lake Michigan beaches than has been seen in a decade.

Extreme water levels and stronger storms are not only threatening homes and beaches along Lake Michigan — they could also send toxic waste into communities and the lake.

A new report by the Environmental Law and Policy Center lists industrial sites that threaten communities along Lake Michigan shorelines in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan, because of changes in the climate.

It affirmed the Indiana Supreme Court ruling that clarified the public can use the shoreline up to where the high water mark usually hits the beach.