Ballast

There's been a lot of regulatory hoopla recently on Great Lakes ships. WCMU's Teresa Homsi explains what some of the new American and Canadian rules mean.

A bill passed by the Senate opens doors for new federal ballast regulations to protect lakes against invasive species. The United States Senate passed a…

A recent report from the Great Waters Research Collaborative shows that ships don’t have to leave the Great Lakes to contribute to the spread of invasive…