GLIN NEWS: 26 March 2008

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> Out to force ships to treat ballast water
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> Fearful of a deadly fish disease and other invasive pests, Minnesota
> lawmakers and state pollution officials are trying to force ships to
> stop dumping untreated ballast water in Lake Superior. Source: Star
> Tribune (3/26)
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> Windmills that kill birds, bats get a pass
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> Building turbines in some of the best places to harvest wind in Ohio
> could put millions of birds and bats -- some protected by state and
> federal law -- at risk. Source: The Columbus Dispatch (3/26)
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> Minnesota is preparing to do battle with deadly fish virus
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> A deadly fish virus that is spreading through the Great Lakes and
> already has infected Wisconsin inland waters hasn't arrived in
> Minnesota -- yet. Source: Star Tribune (3/26)
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> EDITORIAL: New EPA standard fails to target smog's origin
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> Ultimately, cleaner air benefits everyone, but we think the EPA should
> adopt policies that place a greater burden on the major sources of
> pollution to reduce their emissions rather than areas that do not
> generate large amounts of ozone but whose geographic locations make
> them vulnerable to polluted air. Source: Battle Creek Enquirer (3/26)
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> Diving for dollars
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>> From the local to federal levels, officials who tend to the vital
>> Lake St.
> Clair watershed say they're making progress. They're restoring natural
> habitat, installing an innovative monitoring system, developing a
> management plan. Source: Detroit Metro Times (3/26)
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> Hunting bloody red shrimp in the St. Lawrence
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> The bloody red shrimp, one of Canada's newest invasive species, has
> already been found in Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, and Lake Erie.
> Source: Cornwall Standard Freeholder (3/26)
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> COMMENTARY: Straight talk needed in ballast water debate
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> The shipping industry and the governments of the United States and
> Canada are working effectively to prevent the introduction of
> organisms that might harm the Great Lakes. From the rhetoric
> surrounding this issue, one might never know it. Source: Green Bay
> Press Gazette (3/26)
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> Landmark on lakefront falls
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> Though no doubt many lives were saved by the rescue missions launched
> from its docks, repeated efforts could not save Milwaukee's historic
> U.S. Coast Guard station, which finally fell victim to a wrecking crew
> Tuesday after standing watch over Lake Michigan for almost 100 years.
> Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (3/26)
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> Senate debate could stall water deal
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> A debate in the Ohio Senate could put an agreement to keep Great Lakes
> water from being diverted to drier areas in jeopardy, environmental
> officials said Tuesday. Source: Port Clinton News Herald (3/26)
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> Environmentalists: Questions unanswered on draft BP air permit
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> Environmental activists who've spent weeks trying to decipher a
> proposed air permit for BP's planned Whiting refinery expansion said
> Tuesday they still have many unanswered questions about how the permit
> would affect northwest Indiana's air quality. Source: WSBT-South Bend
> (3/25)
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