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Great Lakes Daily News: 30 January 2008
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and The
Environment Report.
For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/
Michigan Gov. Granholm pushes job-creating programs
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Alternative energy was one of the keystones of Gov. Jennifer Granholm's sixth annual State of the State speech, as she envisioned a future where Michigan's lost manufacturing jobs are replaced by companies providing power from water, wind and wood. Source: The Detroit News (1/30)
Powerful winds raise lake level at Buffalo
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The powerful winds hitting the Midwest overnight caused Lake Erie's water level to rise more than 10 feet in just a couple of hours at Buffalo, N.Y., and drop more than 5 feet at Toledo, Ohio. Source: WCAX-TV (Burlington, VT) (1/30)
Duluth councilors, lawmakers set strategy for legislative session
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Duluth is request $12.7 million for wastewater containment basins, which are needed to eliminate sanitary sewer overflows into Lake Superior, at the top of the list. Source: Duluth News Tribune (1/30)
Niagara Artists' Center exhibit reveals dangers of tourism on nature
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Artist Rob Elliott's latest exhibit, Hatchery, reveals many of the unknown environmental harms of the sport-fishing world. This theme hits home particularly well in southern Ontario, where the state of the Great Lakes have been deteriorating gradually overtime, even in the face of perceived restoration. Source: The Brock Press (1/29)
The preservation predicament
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Conservation organizations that work to preserve biologically rich landscapes are confronting a painful realization: In an era of climate change, many of their efforts may be insufficient or beside the point. Source: The New York Times (1/29)
COMMENTARY:Water is nice, Part II
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While Great Lakes Compact backers say the deal will guarantee that counties on the border of the Great Lakes basin could use water if they return it, skeptics have their doubts. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1/29)
Kennecott approval on way
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Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials are again recommending approval of a surface use lease and mining and reclamation plan for a controversial nickel and copper mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Environmental groups and local interests have filed a lawsuit against the DEQ, trying to block the mine. Source: The Marquette Mining Journal (1/29)
Offshore wind power project will make Ontario a global leader
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The Ontario provincial government has lifted a 14-month moratorium on offshore development of wind development after studying the potential environmental impacts on wildlife, aquatic species and bird migration routes. Source: Daily Commercial News and Construction Record (1/28)
Hatchery and marina overhauls highlight Lake Ontario settlement
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Thanks to a damages settlement with Occidental Chemical Corp., New York state will renovate boat launches and marinas, repair critical fish-spawning habitat, and rebuild the Cape Vincent fish hatchery as part of a $12 million restoration of Lake Ontario fisheries and its tributaries. Source: Newsday (1/24)
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Great Lakes Daily News: 30 January 2008
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Environment Report.
For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/
Michigan Gov. Granholm pushes job-creating programs
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Alternative energy was one of the keystones of Gov. Jennifer Granholm's sixth annual State of the State speech, as she envisioned a future where Michigan's lost manufacturing jobs are replaced by companies providing power from water, wind and wood. Source: The Detroit News (1/30)
Powerful winds raise lake level at Buffalo
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The powerful winds hitting the Midwest overnight caused Lake Erie's water level to rise more than 10 feet in just a couple of hours at Buffalo, N.Y., and drop more than 5 feet at Toledo, Ohio. Source: WCAX-TV (Burlington, VT) (1/30)
Duluth councilors, lawmakers set strategy for legislative session
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Duluth is request $12.7 million for wastewater containment basins, which are needed to eliminate sanitary sewer overflows into Lake Superior, at the top of the list. Source: Duluth News Tribune (1/30)
Niagara Artists' Center exhibit reveals dangers of tourism on nature
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Artist Rob Elliott's latest exhibit, Hatchery, reveals many of the unknown environmental harms of the sport-fishing world. This theme hits home particularly well in southern Ontario, where the state of the Great Lakes have been deteriorating gradually overtime, even in the face of perceived restoration. Source: The Brock Press (1/29)
The preservation predicament
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Conservation organizations that work to preserve biologically rich landscapes are confronting a painful realization: In an era of climate change, many of their efforts may be insufficient or beside the point. Source: The New York Times (1/29)
COMMENTARY:Water is nice, Part II
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While Great Lakes Compact backers say the deal will guarantee that counties on the border of the Great Lakes basin could use water if they return it, skeptics have their doubts. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1/29)
Kennecott approval on way
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Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials are again recommending approval of a surface use lease and mining and reclamation plan for a controversial nickel and copper mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Environmental groups and local interests have filed a lawsuit against the DEQ, trying to block the mine. Source: The Marquette Mining Journal (1/29)
Offshore wind power project will make Ontario a global leader
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The Ontario provincial government has lifted a 14-month moratorium on offshore development of wind development after studying the potential environmental impacts on wildlife, aquatic species and bird migration routes. Source: Daily Commercial News and Construction Record (1/28)
Hatchery and marina overhauls highlight Lake Ontario settlement
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Thanks to a damages settlement with Occidental Chemical Corp., New York state will renovate boat launches and marinas, repair critical fish-spawning habitat, and rebuild the Cape Vincent fish hatchery as part of a $12 million restoration of Lake Ontario fisheries and its tributaries. Source: Newsday (1/24)
Did you miss a day of Daily News? Remember to use our searchable story
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