GLIN NEWS: 22 April 2008

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> Great Lakes Daily News: 22 April 2008
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> Wind farms generating energy may boost Michigan's economy
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> They stand like giant white pinwheels on the horizon, 32 of them
> towering 40 stories over the flat farmland in this tiny township in
> the Thumb, about 10 miles from the Saginaw Bay. Source: The Detroit
> News (4/22)
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> EDITORIAL: Clear water has real value
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> Experts and politicians can argue about the best way government can
> help Buffalo improve itself. But there's no doubt that a Clean Water
> Act worthy of the name would go a long way toward stemming its tide of
> decline. Source: The Buffalo News (4/22)
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> New Lakeshore plans unveiled
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> The National Park Service has put together four alternative plans to
> guide the future of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Source:
> Leelanau Enterprise (4/22)
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> Mackinaw ends ice season, gears up for buoy duties
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> Home from its second full season of icebreaking, the U.S. Coast Guard
> cutter Mackinaw and crew are in the midst of a brief maintenance
> period to prepare for the upcoming spring buoy commissioning season.
> Source: Cheboygan Daily Tribune (4/22)
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> Great Lakes virus may be culprit for local fish kill
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> A fish kill discovered on the shores of Irondequoit Bay could have
> been caused by a viral disease first noticed in New York two years
> ago, an official from the state Department of Environmental
> Conservation said Monday. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (4/22)
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> The greening of the presidency
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> If you vote for a Democratic president this fall, be prepared to buy
> new light bulbs. Source: The Northwest Indiana Times (4/22)
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> Miller votes for reauthorization of BEACH Act
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> U.S. Rep. Candice Miller, MI-10, voted Wednesday in support of the
> BEACH Protection Act. The legislation - HR 2537 - would reauthorize
> the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act
> that was enacted in 2000. Source: Huron Daily Tribune (4/21)
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> COMMENTARY: Let's make this Earth Day a day when action begins
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> This year, let's go back to the idea of Earth Day's founders: Let's
> take action to leave a cleaner, healthier world for the generations
> who follow us. Source: Star Tribune (4/21)
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> EDITORIAL: Keep cleanup funds coming
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> Continuing to fund the cleaning up and redeveloping of contaminated
> industrial sites is a necessary investment in Michigan's cities and
> economy. Source: Detroit Free Press (4/21)
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> Canada's water crisis 'escalating'
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> Canada is crisscrossed by innumerable rivers, some of which flow into
> three oceans. Yet Canada's fresh water isn't as abundant as you may
> think. Source: Canwest News Service (4/21)
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> Divers discover shipwreck in Lake Michigan
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> A nonprofit shipwreck group based in Holland says it has located the
> Hamilton, a two-masted schooner that sank in Lake Michigan in 1873.
> Source: WTVG-Toledo (4/21)
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> COMMENTARY: Water's not a never-ending resource
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> Walkerton's tainted-water crisis taught us the importance of having a
> secure, clean and safe water supply. But, when it comes to wasting
> water, Canadians are second only to our southerly American neighbours.
> Source: The Hamilton Spectator (4/17)
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