GLIN: [dailynews] 20 January 2010

Great Lakes Daily News: 20 January 2010

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Obama adviser calls carp summit
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Nancy Sutley, chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, says she will convene a meeting with Great Lakes governors on the threat of Asian carp. Source: Detroit Free Press (1/20)


Feds: Don't panic over carp -- DNA found in lakes
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The Army Corps of Engineers announced new DNA tests show the presence of carp at the breakwater of Calumet Harbor in Illinois, beyond the nearest lock. The breakwater leads to the open waters of Lake Michigan. Source: Detroit Free Press (1/20)


Asian carp offer opportunity for entrepreneurs
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Entrepreneurs advocate aggressive fishing of Asian carp as a way to make money and save the Great Lakes, where environmentalists fear the voracious fish would starve native species by consuming their food. Source: The Washington Post (1/20)


Interview: Asian Carp
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An interview with Dr. David Jude, a research scientist and fish biologist at the University of Michigan. Source: The Environment Report (1/20)


Ontario must update rules to stop pollution of Great Lakes: environmentalists
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Environmental groups say some 140 major industries that were supposed to be regulated are still dumping wastewater into municipal sewers, and allowing toxic pollution to enter Ontario's sewage treatment facilities. Source: Winnipeg Free Press (1/20)


Windsor cleans up act as Detroit spews sewage into river
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While Windsor builds a $60 million riverfront basin to stop raw sewage overflows, the City of Detroit is dumping billions of gallons of untreated waste into the Detroit River. Source: The Windsor Star (1/20)


Harbor Shores golf course opponents to fight on
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Since the $500 million Harbor Shores development was announced in 2007 near Benton Harbor, Mich., a handful of residents has been fighting plans to use the public, city-owned Jean Klock Park for part of a golf course construction. Source: South Bend Tribune (1/20)


Sault Locks closed for the season
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The Great Lakes carrier Blough was the last vessel through the locks, marking the official closing to vessel traffic until spring. Source: SooNews.ca (1/20)


COMMENTARY: Wisconsin DNR borrows money from the future to buy land
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In 2005, with outraged lawmakers and local timber producers crying foul, the Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources hooked up with The Nature Conservancy to execute one of the largest land deals in state history. Source: The Lakeland Times (1/20)


Michigan DNR, DEQ together again for cost savings, efficiency
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The Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources and Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality have been merged into the new Dept. of Natural Resources and Environment, or DNRE. The new agency is headed by Rebecca Humphries, previous DNR director. Source: Gaylord Herald Times (1/19)


EDITORIAL: After seven years of delay, work may begin on U.P. nickel mine
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Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co. finally has won state approval for a nickel and copper mine in the Upper Peninsula. But environmental groups have vowed to continue fighting the decision, further holding up the jobs and local business revenue the mine will provide. Source: The Detroit News (1/19)


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