GLIN NEWS: 11 May 2009

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Great Lakes Daily News: 11 May 2009

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Michigan wetlands at risk in budget crisis

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Environmentalists fear that as many as a million acres of wetlands will fall victim to a confusing patchwork of local rules that will leave them vulnerable to destruction if money for Michigan's protection program dries up. Source: The Detroit News (5/11)





Two-month project to dredge Rochester Harbor begins

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has started a dredging project at the Rochester Harbor, according to the Monroe County Department of Transportation. The dredging project is expected to take approximately two months. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (5/11)





Making waste water green

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Many of Ohio's cities have what's called combined sewer systems. On a rainy day, storm water can flush raw sewage into Lake Erie or Cuyahoga River. But what if the rain can be used for irrigation? Andrew Watterson says he has a plan for it to happen. Source: 90.3 WCPN (5/11)





COMMENTARY: What's the real dope with pesticide laws?

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I believe in a ban on poisons, but what a joke when it is announced that pesticides are out, and then they start telling us of the exemptions. A few months back, I tried to get a handle on what the pesticide ban was to entail. Source: The Sault Star (5/11)





Budget money for big lakes

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The EPA and other agencies want to spend $475 million on the Great Lakes. The Environmental Protection Agency's budget has a lot of money for green energy projects, dealing with climate change and creating green jobs. Source: The Environment Report (5/11)





Ill winds blow no good to Great Lakes, experts say

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As contaminated sediment is cleaned up in the Great Lakes, persistent pollutants continue to blow in, threatening again to poison soil and harm human health, experts say. Source: South Bend Tribune (5/10)





EDITORIAL: Clean Water Act needs restoration

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Landmark legislation known today as the Clean Water Act passed with broad support during the Nixon administration. Unfortunately, two U.S. Supreme Court decisions have narrowed the scope of the 1972 law. A bill called the Clean Water Restoration Act would restore the law's protections. Source: Star Tribune (5/10)





Groups working to get Cuyahoga River off pollution list

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In what would be a first along the Cuyahoga River, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Cuyahoga River Remedial Action Plan (RAP) want the river's status upgraded to eliminate four cited impairments or problems. Source: Akron Beacon Journal (5/9)





COMMENTARY: Silver linings for environment in Legislature

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This legislative session, Indiana came astonishingly close to fostering a new era of green energy technology development for our state. Despite setbacks in this effort, legislators did make progress in other areas, showing that thoughtful, effective advocacy yields results. Source: The Northwest Indiana Times (5/9)





Plant's twin smokestacks to spew fewer pollutants

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The City of Monroe's easternmost horizon and Monroe County's Lake Erie shoreline will have a slightly different appearance this summer. Next month, DTE Energy plans to start up the first of two scrubbers, or flue-gas desulfurization (FGD) systems, at the giant coal-burning plant. Source: The Monroe Evening News (5/9)

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