GLIN: [dailynews] 27 September 2010

On 9/27/2010 12:36 PM, GLIN Daily News wrote:

Great Lakes Daily News: September 27, 2010
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New York Power Authority mum on wind farm plans
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Public officials in Irondequoit and Niagara County have added their voices to the growing call for more information about bids to the New York Power Authority regarding an offshore wind farm. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (9/27)


Waukesha water - what next?
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There might be a pinprick of light at the end of Waukesha's acute need of sustainable, safe water. Last week, the DNR sent word that it will "begin the initial process" of reviewing Waukesha's application to purchase Lake Michigan water. Source: Milwaukee Public Radio (9/27)


Loans available for farm conservation
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Renewable energy and water quality all have made headlines this year - and each could get a boost from a loan program promoted by a federal agriculture official last week during a visit to central Ohio. Source: The Columbus Dispatch (9/27)


Changes in Canada revive hopes for Cleveland-to-Port Stanley, Ontario, ferry service
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For the nearly 50 years since the Michigan Ohio Navigation Co. shut down the luxury ferry that ran between Cleveland and Detroit across Lake Erie, transportation planners and business visionaries have been trying to resurrect the idea of a cross-lake ferry to Canada, without success. Source: The Plain Dealer (9/27)


Spills raise fears about inspection of pipelines
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With more than 67,000 miles of oil and natural gas pipelines in the state, Michigan ranks sixth in the nation in the number of pipeline miles, yet some of its pipelines never get inspected at all. Source: Detroit Free Press (9/26)


US, private groups join to turn field to wetlands
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A stretch of Detroit River shoreline is going back to nature, with the re-flooding of a tract of land drained for farming a century ago. Officials held a dedication ceremony Saturday for the 67-acre wetland restoration project. Source: The Associated Press (9/26)


Indiana conservation leaders laud the success of Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area
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State conservation leaders say the Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area is one of the premier conservation success stories in Indiana. Sunday afternoon the Goose Pond FWA was formally dedicated in a ceremony hosted by Ducks Unlimited at Triple H Gun Club. Source: Greene County Daily World (9/26)


EDITORIAL: Try small changes in fishing flap
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Commercial and sport fishers agree on very little in their long-running dispute over their respective rights on Lake Michigan.  Battle lines have been drawn since Sheboygan and Manitowoc-Two Rivers were opened to full-time trap netting in May 2003 by the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board. Source: Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter (9/26)


Beacons beckon on Lake Huron
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Tales of shipwrecks and the isolated lives of lighthouse keepers are retold over campfires, on porches of inns and often in a car as families head to nearby Michigan for a long weekend. Touched by four Great Lakes, Michigan is home to 115 lighthouses, more than any other state. Source: Post-Bulletin (9/25)


The cost of wind: power when we don't need it
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Not only does wind sometimes produce when it's least needed - in hot summer weather it often fails to produce when it is needed. Despite wind's patchy performance, Ontario is on track to quadruple wind capacity by 2015. Source: The Toronto Star (9/25)


Michigan to pursue appeal over bad septic tanks
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A fight over failed septic tanks near Lake Huron is headed to the Michigan Supreme Court. The state appeals court in August said Worth Township could not be forced to install a sewer system, despite the environmental mess. Source: The Associated Press (9/24)


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