Plans for bringing wind farms to U.S. waters have grown thanks to a proposal to build one on Lake Erie, just north of Cleveland, [via], similar to plans to build a wind farm just off Cape Cod as well as one in Lake Michigan off the coast of Evanston. The plan, announced earlier this month by Ohio governor Ted Strickland, calls for five turbines on Lake Erie that would generate 20 megawatts of electricity by 2012 with plans to add additional turbines through 2020. An announcement of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between GE Energy and the Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. was made at the annual WindPower conference earlier this year. more ›

Chicagoist loves cheap eats. We can't get enough of pad thai, tacos and hot dogs. But every once in a while, we have an excuse to class it up and head to one of Chicago's many upscale joints. In the case of mk, it was a combination of the deliciously warm weather, a gift certificate we snagged a while back, and a new job to celebrate. The restaurant has a modern yet classy feel... more ›

It's coming. A fish virus so deadly to our aquatic friends that it could have a serious impact on the $4.5 billion commercial and recreational industry in Lake Michigan. The disease is call Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) and luckily poses no risk to humans. The virus has seeped into northern Lake Huron, just 20 miles north of where it merges with Lake Michigan. Based on the articles we are reading, this could be seriously bad... more ›