GLIN: [dailynews] 20 September 2010

On 9/20/2010 12:26 PM, GLIN Daily News wrote:

Great Lakes Daily News: September 20, 2010
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Tap runs dry
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Residents living along the Great Lakes can be forgiven for feeling complacent about their water supply. However, a new study by Statistics Canada suggests there's cause for concern for the world's largest body of fresh water. Source: The Windsor Star (9/20)


Some fear carp worse than spill
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Great Lakes officials seem to be running out of patience with the federal government on the Asian carp issue. Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland told Obama Administration officials that Asian carp could cause more permanent ecological damage to the Great Lakes than BP's oil spill did to the Gulf of Mexico. Source: The Toledo Blade (9/20)


Purdue University North Central professor to study whether ferries can relieve traffic
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The Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute has awarded a $20,000 grant to a Purdue University North Central industrial engineering professor to study the feasibility of using ferries to get tractor-trailers across Lake Michigan. Source: The Republic (9/20)


Sewage rates may go up in Superior
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While new proposed sewage rates for Superior would be higher than nine comparable communities in Wisconsin, some inland from the Great Lakes, the proposed increases still would have Superior residents paying less than Duluth, which is under a consent decree to resolve its sanitary sewer overflows into Lake Superior. Source: Duluth News Tribune (9/20)


Southeast Michigan projects get $2M in Great Lakes grants
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Three projects in southeast Michigan are getting more than $2 million in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants. Source: The Detroit News (9/20)


'MET' tower goes up in Cape Vincent
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A new meteorological tower put up in Cape Vincent last week will share real-time wind-speed data online. St. Lawrence River Public Power Association, which is behind an effort for a community-owned wind-power project, put the tower up in a field on founder Hester M. Chase's farm. Source: Watertown Daily Times (9/20)


Point Pelee migration area must remain safe for birds
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The proposal to build a wind farm at Pigeon Bay in Lake Erie off Point Pelee National Park raises obvious questions that must be resolved before any responsible government would approve such a plan. And local birders need to be vigilant to ensure that the province acts responsibly. Source: Ottawa Citizen (9/19)


Red Lake Tribal Council declares lands 'wolf sanctuary'
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Regardless of what happens with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's proposal to remove gray wolves from the endangered species list in the western Great Lakes region, the Red Lake Band of Chippewa will continue to preserve and protect the species on tribal lands. Source: Duluth News Tribune (9/19)


Great Lakes nuke shipment plan stirs accident fear
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Environmentalists and some local government officials are protesting a Canadian power company's proposal to haul 16 scrapped generators with radioactive components across three of the Great Lakes on their way to a recycling plant in Sweden. Source: The Associated Press (9/18)


Asian carp: multiple efforts afoot to find a Great Lakes solution
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Five Great Lakes states are suing Illinois to force it to close two shipping locks. But US officials are pursuing other ways to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes, and even the Chicago mayor has a proposal. Source: The Christian Science Monitor (9/17)


State accused of greenwashing over environmental award for Lake Erie coal plant
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Environmental groups say that a state award given routinely to some of the most highly polluting companies in Michigan is an example of "greenwashing." Source: The Michigan Messenger (9/17)


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