GLIN NEWS: 13 May 2008

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> Great Lakes Daily News: 13 May 2008
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> Protecting Michigan's water wonderland
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> Michigan lawmakers are carefully maneuvering Michigan toward joining a
> historic international compact reserving Great Lakes water for the
> states and Canadian provinces around them. Source: The Detroit News
> (5/13)
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> Invasion of the spiny water fleas: Drying anchor lines can help
> contain spread
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> Reducing the spread of some invasive species into our lakes could be
> as simple as asking boaters and fishers to dry out their equipment,
> says Queen's Biology professor Shelley Arnott. Source: Science Daily
> (5/13)
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> MNR discovers new fish virus in local waters
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> A fish virus new to Ontario has been identified as one cause of the
> carp die-off that littered area lakes with 12,000 to 24,000 fish last
> summer. Source: The Lindsay Post (5/13)
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> EDITORIAL: Scrutiny needed for energy plant
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> State environmental officials reported last week that results of Erie
> Renewable Energy's air-quality permit application for the proposed
> tires-to-energy plant will be delayed. Source: Erie Times-News (5/13)
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> New ship has balance without ballast
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> Cargo ships move sea life around the world. Moving aquatic life from
> one port to another can cause environmental havoc. Lester Graham
> reports there's a new idea that could nearly eliminate the problem of
> transporting sea life to foreign ports. Source: The Environment Report
> (5/12)
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> EDITORIAL: Invaders that swim in also must be checked
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> Not every aquatic foreigner has arrived in ballast water. Some get
> placed here intentionally, including the coho and chinook salmon. Some
> also swim in on their own, through canals and other connections that
> seemed like brilliant engineering feats at the time. Source: Detroit
> Free Press (5/12)
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> Great Lakes monitoring groups announce new rules to stop invasive species
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> The Canadian and United States corporations that oversee the St.
> Lawrence Seaway this week announced new regulations that enforce the
> flushing of all ballast tanks with salt water. Source: Canwest News
> Service (5/12)
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> New hints for Duluth's harbor rust mystery
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> Lake Superior's low water last year revealed something disturbing --
> gaping rusted holes in much of the underwater steel in the
> Duluth-Superior harbor. Source: Minnesota Public Radio (5/12)
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> Midwest states among leaders in redevelopment
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> The creative approaches by Midwestern states to completing successful
> brownfield redevelopment projects have made them models for the rest
> of the country, according to brownfield redevelopment leaders. Source:
> Crain's Detroit Business (5/5)
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