GLIN: [dailynews] 23 September 2010

On 9/23/2010 4:32 PM, Daily News wrote:

Great Lakes Daily News: September 23, 2010
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Activists press Ohio to bolster algae war
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Sixteen environmental and conservation groups - several of them national in scope with a Great Lakes presence - Wednesday called on Gov. Ted Strickland and four of Ohio's top legislative leaders to step up their efforts in the war against algae. Source: The Toledo Blade (9/23)


UM, MSU to create center to study climate of Great Lakes
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The University of Michigan and Michigan State University announced today a joint effort to study how climate change is affecting the Great Lakes Source: Crain's Detroit Business (9/23)


The battle for Farr Island
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A fight over the fate of a little artificial island in the northeast corner of Ontario's Hamilton Harbour has landed in federal court. Source: The Hamilton Spectator (9/23)


Attorney General clarifies lakefront suit position
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A lawsuit that pits the rights of private landowners on the Lake Erie shoreline - against the rights of the public - took another turn this week when groups on both sides filed briefs with the Ohio Supreme Court. Source: WPCN - Cleveland, OH (9/23)


Help with beach cleanup
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The 25th annual International Coastal Cleanup is on Saturday. In past years, more than half-a-million volunteers in 100 countries have removed millions of pounds of trash from beaches and waterways. Source: Post-Tribune (9/23)


Expert ties water use to Canada's pocketbook
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A prominent water expert says it's difficult to persuade Canadians to conserve water when most of the population lives near the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River, home to 20 percent of the planet's freshwater. Source: Winnipeg Free Press (9/23)


Turbulence increases over wind turbines
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Between 600 and 1,000 people, some from as far away as Kincardine, Ont., crammed into an equine arena to share concerns about wind farms, a cause that has them on a collision course with Huron-Bruce MPP Carol Mitchell. Source: The London Free Press (9/23)


Rare flowers not necessarily so
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Flowering plants top a list of extremely rare species groups in an analysis of endangered, threatened, extinct and special-concern animal and plant species in Michigan. Source: South Bend Tribune (9/23)

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