GLIN NEWS: 17 April 2008

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> Great Lakes Daily News: 17 April 2008
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> Army Corps may change plans to dredge Saginaw River
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> Millions of dollars and more than 100 jobs could be leaving the
> Saginaw River area, and silt that's choking the river channel would
> remain for years to come. Source: The Bay City Times (4/17)
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> EDITORIAL: A bottom-line argument for cleaning up the Great Lakes
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> Swimmers, sunrise watchers and even fish can agree that a cleaned-up
> and healthy Lake Superior would be good for the environment. But how
> many of them - or others - realize the boon a pristine lake could have
> on the bottom line? Source: Duluth News Tribune (4/17)
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> Lac du Flambeau given more control over water quality
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> The Environmental Protection Agency has given another Wisconsin
> American Indian tribe more control over protecting surface water on
> their reservation. Source: WKBT-La Crosse (4/17)
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> River makes at-risk listing
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> The St. Lawrence River was named as one of America's 10 most
> endangered rivers Wednesday by American Rivers, a national river
> advocacy group. Source: Watertown Daily Times (4/17)
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> Great Lakes water level hearing is Friday
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> Friday's Congressional subcommittee's hearing on two of the biggest
> threats to the Great Lakes should be an environmental wake-up call for
> both the public and legislators, says U.S. Rep. Steve Kagen,
> D-Appleton. Source: Green Bay Press Gazette (4/17)
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> Preserve ships' shapes, group urges
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> A provincial group dedicated to preserving underwater shipwrecks hopes
> to launch an education program to keep the wrecks from falling apart.
> Source: The Kingston Whig-Standard (4/17)
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> Officials hopeful, skeptical about hovercraft service
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> Financial issues are the primary issues concerning leaders on both
> sides of Lake Ontario about a proposed hovercraft service between
> Rochester and Toronto. Source: WHAM-Rochester (4/17)
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> Entrepreneur sees coal gas plant rising in Alma
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> When energy entrepreneur Mike Sawruk thinks of coal,
> pollution-belching smokestacks and gritty black dust don't come to
> mind. Source: Tri-Cities Business Review (4/17)
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> DEQ: Dow-Lafarge partnership has positive environmental impact
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> Two Michigan industries are forging a partnership that pledges to
> recycle waste from one company while cutting emissions and saving
> energy at another. Source: The Bay City Times (4/17)
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> Minnesota pressing toward ballast regulation
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> Minnesota's top environmental official today said the state will move
> forward to regulate ballast water discharges from Great Lakes ships
> even if the industry says it can't be done and even if the federal
> government fails to act. Source: Duluth News Tribune (4/16)
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