GLIN: [dailynews] 22 September 2010

On 9/22/2010 5:58 PM, Daily News wrote:

Great Lakes Daily News: September 22, 2010
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Great Lakes getting dirtier, watchdog warns
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Great Lakes pollution is getting worse because sewage systems are outdated and Ontario's north is turning into a Wild West for miners and forestry companies, warns Ontario's environmental commissioner. Source: The Toronto Star (9/22)


Cleansing the Kalamazoo: Stephen Hamilton explains oil spill's impact on river
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In one of the worst oil spills in Midwest history, over 800,000 gallons of oil were dumped into the Kalamazoo River.  The president of the Kalamazoo River Watershed Council says the response from  the owner of the leaking pipeline and government agencies at all levels has been exemplary. Source: MLive.com (9/22)


Michigan anglers fight federal lead sinker ban
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For many anglers, nothing embodies the Michigan out-of-doors experience more than casting out into the Great Lakes in hopes of reeling in that prize-winning fish. But with a pending request to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban lead in fishing tackle, there may be a snag in some of those lines. Source: The Holland Sentinel (9/22)


Port leaders feeling nervious
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The commercial shipping industry on the Great Lakes is at a crossroads, and marine industry executives, local politicians, and business leaders gathered Tuesday in Thunder Bay for the Ontario Marine Transportation Forum to discuss matters that could have negative consequences for the Port of Thunder Bay. Source: The Chronicle Journal (9/22)


Landmark Lockport canal building to get rehabilitation
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Local Illinois officials and members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers broke ground during a ceremony this month at the Lockport Stage II Controlling Works, beginning a $7.2 million rehabilitation. Source: Chicago Tribune (9/22)


Seaway water levels divide boaters and home owners
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With lower than normal water levels throughout the seaway except in Lake St. Lawrence, few boaters and homeowners along the river are happy. Source: The Cornwall Standard Freeholder (9/22)


COMMENTARY: Ontario on front line of climate change
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Due to the degree of latitude, global warming is occurring faster in Ontario than the global average. This threatens to dramatically alter the landscape of the province, wiping out familiar plant and animal species, and introducing alien species that have never been seen here before. Source: The Toronto Star (9/22)


Waukesha's water bid restarted
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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on Tuesday restarted its review of Waukesha's historic application for a Great Lakes water source, a process that stalled in June after Waukesha's newly elected mayor raised questions about the city's proposal. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (9/21)


Nuclear advocate blows against wind farm
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Just a week after word of who will lead construction of a $100 million wind farm in Lake Erie, a proponent of Nuclear Energy calls the project a waste of resources. Source: WCPN - Cleveland, OH (9/21)

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