GLIN: [dailynews] 19 January 2010

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> Supreme Court turns down Asian carp remedy
> ---------------------------------------- The U.S. Supreme Court has
> denied a request by Michigan to slam shut two navigation locks that
> are the last physical barrier between the invading Asian carp and
> Lake Michigan. The court issued its announcement Tuesday with no
> explanation. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1/19)
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> Aging sewage systems breed record bacteria in our waters
> ---------------------------------------- Metro Detroit's outdated
> sewage systems regularly violate the law by dumping raw and partially
> treated human waste into rivers, streams and lakes that provide
> recreation and drinking water to more than 3 million people, a Free
> Press analysis of state records found. Source: Detroit Free Press
> (1/19)
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> Ontario's wind power snags lamented
> ---------------------------------------- Wind turbines offshore in
> the Great Lakes have the potential to generate a huge chunk of
> Ontario's power, but a more streamlined approval process is needed if
> the offshore industry's potential is to be achieved. Source: The
> Globe and Mail (1/19)
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> Ripples of recession reach Port of Green Bay
> ---------------------------------------- The Port of Green Bay saw an
> 18 percent decrease in cargo last year, while the Great Lakes
> shipping industry as a whole saw tonnages fall off about 34 percent
> from 2008. Both the port and Lake Carriers Association released
> year-end figures last week showing declines. Source: Green Bay
> Press-Gazette (1/19)
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> Utility seeks exemption for mercury
> ---------------------------------------- A battle is brewing between
> Akron's FirstEnergy Corp. and environmentalists over the utility's
> discharges of mercury into Lake Erie. The company is seeking an
> exemption from the Ohio EPA to continue discharging mercury from its
> coal-burning Lake Shore Power Plant in Cleveland into the lake.
> Source: Akron Beacon Journal (1/19)
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> Hundreds turn out for meeting on proposed Lake Michigan wind farm
> ---------------------------------------- Hundreds of lakeshore
> residents asked questions and voiced concerns Monday night about a
> proposal to build an offshore wind farm between Silver Lake and
> Ludington. Source: WZZM 13 Grand Rapids (1/19)
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> EDITORIAL: Too late for the lakes?
> ---------------------------------------- The U.S. Supreme Court met
> behind closed doors last week to consider an emergency lawsuit filed
> in a last-ditch attempt to keep Asian carp from getting into the
> Great Lakes. But it may already be too late. In the fall, DNA from
> the fish was detected eight miles from Lake Michigan. Source: The
> Toledo Blade (1/19)
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> Mercyhurst professor to expand testing of Presque Isle water
> ---------------------------------------- The swimming advisories
> issued each summer at Presque Isle State Park are triggered in part
> by storms, which bring more surface water -- and more E. coli
> bacteria -- into Lake Erie. Other chemicals wash in with it. Source:
> Erie Times-News (1/18)
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> Asian carp update ---------------------------------------- A big
> monster of a fish is at the center of a US Supreme Court case. Asian
> Carp are making their way up the Mississippi towards the Great Lakes.
> Michigan's Attorney General filed a lawsuit asking the Court to close
> a canal in order to keep the carp out. The shipping industry says,
> 'no can do.' Source: The Environment Report (1/18)
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>
> Another developer pitches Cleveland aquarium plan
> ---------------------------------------- Add another player to the
> already-crowded field of developers dreaming of bringing a
> world-class aquarium to Cleveland. The latest entry, Great Lakes
> Aquarium of Cleveland Inc., wants to build a $70 million aquarium as
> part of a lakefront development project planned for land occupied by
> the Port of Cleveland. Source: The Toledo Blade (1/18)
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