UPDATE: The Lake Erie Bill of Rights measure passed Tuesday with 61% in favor. Voter turnout was 8.9%, according to election officials in Lucas County, where the city of Toledo is located. (CNN ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The cities of Toledo and Oregon, as well as surrounding Lucas County, want to stop manure from causing harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie. So they’re asking the state to ...

Voters in Toledo, Ohio, will be asked this month to decide whether Lake Erie, which supports the economies of four states, one Canadian province and the cities of Toledo, Cleveland and Buffalo ...

Other beneficiaries of the Healthy Lake Erie Initiative funds include the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, which will spend $1.9 million to upgrade its confined disposal dike, raising its ...

In the 1960s, giant algae blooms spread across the lake, fueled by industrial pollution, sewage and farm runoff. Charles E. Herdendorf researched Lake Erie water quality with the Ohio Department ...

The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C. over bird collision risks at the 21 megawatt (Mw) offshore ...

Voters in Toledo, Ohio, approved the Lake Erie Bill of Rights on Tuesday, granting the body of water the same legal rights as a human being. The measure was approved during a special election and ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (CN) - Lake Erie has in recent years become closely associated with the sheen of toxic green algae that almost crippled the city of Toledo. Now voters will decide in a special election ...