GLIN: [dailynews] 06 November 2009

Great Lakes Daily News: 06 November 2009

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Carp barrier maintenance not just Corps' problem, official says
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Lack of funds for carp barrier maintenance has the people who are fighting to keep the fish from invading the Great Lakes at wits' end. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (11/6)


Push for Lake Michigan water in Lake County nears
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Details of a plan to extend Lake Michigan water to eight communities in Illinois will hit the road next week. Source: Daily Herald (11/6)


Exhibit explores wonder of water
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Estuaries like the St. Lawrence are just one of five types of aquatic places - others are lakes, rivers, oceans and wetlands - explored in Canada's Waterscapes, a new exhibit opening at the Canadian Museum of Nature today. Source: metronews.ca (11/6)


COMMENTARY: Will ocean task force benefit Lake Erie and Northeast Ohio? Maybe
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The Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force public meeting held in Cleveland last week focused on the need for an ecosystem-based management policy. Source: The Plain Dealer (11/6)


Dow agrees to address pollution at Midwest site
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After three decades of promises by federal and state officials to force Dow to clean up their mess in mid-Michigan, the Obama administration is stepping in with a new plan intended to scour away decades of contamination that turned this area into one of the nation's most polluted sites. Source: Los Angeles Times (11/6)


There can be no Pure Michigan without pure water
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'Pure Michigan' is the catch phrase for a successful advertising campaign for attracting millions of visitors and dollars to Michigan. But as you read this, exploration and permit applications are being processed for a new and different sort of mining at the head-waters of the Great Lakes. Source: Marquette Monthly (11/6)


COMMENTARY: Retooling transportation is our 21st century challenge
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In the 20th century, the development of new infrastructure helped turn the U.S. into the greatest superpower the world has ever seen. Source: Duluth News Tribune (11/5)


Could water scarcity cause international conflict?
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Many argue that water must be viewed as a human right, not solely as a market commodity. Source: The Christian Science Monitor (10/26)


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