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High-speed Lake Michigan ferry's first season deemed success
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After an early end to its inaugural season, the Lake Express high-speed ferry that crossed Lake Michigan in 2 1/2 hours is getting a rave review from Michigan tourism officials. Source: Detroit Free Press (11/4)
Residents still waiting for County JAWA decision
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About 500 families, currently on the Countryside Manor system, sought to get Lake Michigan water after learning their well system contained levels of radium and contaminants that exceed water quality standards established by the Environmental Protection Agency. Source: Libertyville Review (11/4)
New director named at Dunes State Park
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Todd Webb, a 7-year veteran of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, which runs the state parks, will take over the post of Indiana Dunes State Park property manager for Ted Bohman later this month. Source: The Northwest Indiana Times (11/4)
Milwaukee port sees scads of steel shipments
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Imports of steel products at the Port of Milwaukee are up more than 200% from last year as European steel pours into the Midwest for factories making everything from appliances to automobiles. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (11/3)
DEQ, Dow promise to go public over dioxin this week
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The outcome of closed-door negotiations between the state Department of Environmental Quality and Dow Chemical Co. over dioxin cleanup will become public this week. Source: The Saginaw News (11/2)
Snakehead scare over for now
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After a northern snakehead was caught in Chicago's Burnham Harbor, Michigan officials began planning to counter a potential invasion of the voracious fish. Source: South Bend Tribune (11/2)
Groups sue Bush administration over wildlife rule
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Environmentalists are suing the Bush administration for repealing rules that protect wildlife in national forests. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (11/1)
Ash tree pests are getting closer
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More than 21,000 trees were destroyed in St. Joseph and St. Joseph Township in Berrien County this spring, and the state of Indiana will destroy nearly 24,000 ash trees in LaGrange and Steuben counties in Indiana early next year. Source: South Bend Tribune (11/1)
Waterfront agency wants powers to act on borrowing, land deals, reinvestment
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The agency that oversees Toronto's waterfront redevelopment, kept on a short leash by its political masters, is asking to be set free to get the job done. Source: The Globe and Mail (10/29)
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Lakefront in Illinois gets federal money after 32 years
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After decades of turning down millions in federal money, Illinois will become the last eligible state to join a program that funds improved coastlines -- in this case, Lake Michigan's shoreline. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (11/5)
The legend lives on
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Cleveland's Mather Museum has closed for the season, but it opens Saturday for "Remembering the Fitz," a day of free tours commemorating the anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald's loss. Source: The Plain Dealer (11/5)
Freighter makes Great Lakes debut
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One of a new breed of compact ocean freighters designed specifically for easy handling in the Great Lakes arrived in the Twin Ports this week to take on a load of grain. Source: Duluth News Tribune (11/5)
County offered hold on lawsuits by paper mills
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Paper companies are offering Brown County and other governmental and tribal bodies a deal that would keep either side from suing the other while talks on Fox River cleanup continue. Source: The Green Bay News-Chronicle (11/5)
Project to reintroduce wild rice faces challenged by mute swans
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Reestablishing stands of wild rice in shallow areas of Muskegon Lake has met a formidable foe in the appetites of mute swans. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (11/4)
COMMENTARY: Rebranding Environment Canada
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Stéphane Dion, the federal environment minister has mused publicly about changing the name of Environment Canada to the Department of Sustainable Economy. Source: The Toronto Star (11/4)
Ontario interested in slightly enriched uranium blending proposal
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From the standpoint of emergency preparedness, Ontario is interested inCameco's bid to produce slightly enriched uranium at its Port Hope facility. Source: Northumberland News (11/4)
Canada's environment ministers commit to cutting mercury emissions from power plants
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Canada's environment ministers are pressing ahead with plans for major cuts in power-plant emissions of mercury - a toxin that is building up in fish and wildlife and endangering the health of some aboriginal populations. Source: Canadian Press (11/2)
Lake commission awards project grants
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The Ohio Lake Erie Commission has awarded more than $249,000 to five organizations conducting long-term research projects on the lake, and nearly $27,000 more went to three other organizations for short-term research projects. Source: Port Clinton News Herald (11/1)
Center will preserve Great Lakes' treasures
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Ground has been broken for a visitors center at the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve that will preserve and highlight the maritime heritage of the Great Lakes, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. Source: The Detroit News (10/31)
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Invader takes root in Michigan
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Phragmites, a tall, invasive grass from Europe, is overtaking the native reeds of St. Clair Flats and threatening to drive out the wide variety of flora and fauna located there. Source: The Detroit News (11/8)
EDITORIAL: Greenbelt key planning tool
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Ontario's proposed 720,000-hectare greenbelt around the west end of Lake Ontario is a laudable attempt to curb urban sprawl, but by starting late in the game, it's playing catch-up. Source: The London Free Press (11/8)
Invasive fish rears ugly head in Great Lakes
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The northern snakehead caught by a Chicago fisherman in Lake Michigan a few weeks ago may have been a released pet, pointing to what is often an overlooked source of potential invasive species. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (11/8)
Mapping a lakefront makeover
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It's one of Cleveland's big bets - a master plan to transform eight miles of unfriendly lakefront into a vibrant coast of recreation, housing and commerce. Source: The Plain Dealer (11/7)
Restored Lake Huron light to open for tours
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A mile offshore in northern Lake Huron, the newly restored DeTour Reef Light - fresh from a two-year, $1 million restoration project - will be open for tours in 2005. Source: The Marquette Mining Journal (11/7)
NFTA harbors hopes for Buffalo waterfront
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From a new urbanist model to a traditional mixed-use development, officialsare considering a smorgasbord of options from groups competing for development rights to 120 acres of prime Lake Erie waterfront. Source: Buffalo Business First (11/7)
New electric 'wall' to keep giant fish out of Lake Michigan
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Construction of a permanent electric barrier to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes began last week on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Source: The Grand Rapids Press (11/6)
Spirit of Ontario to hibernate all winter
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Don't expect the Spirit of Ontario to resume sailing this fall or winter--the ferry sits idle in the Genesee River at the Port of Rochester. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (11/6)
Three Door County islands envisioned as tourist, wildlife havens
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Plans are moving ahead to convert three Door County lighthouse properties into permanent tourist attractions and wildlife refuges. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (11/6)
Ohio businesses may not need air permits
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Thousands of environmentally regulated businesses in Ohio could soon be allowed to operate without state permits to discharge air pollution. Source: The Toledo Blade (11/6)
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Radium filtering doesn't get rid of it
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Dozens of northeastern Illinois communities are stripping their drinking water of cancer-causing radium, only to dump the radioactive element back into the environment in sludge spread on farm fields and wastewater pumped into rivers and streams. Source: Chicago Tribune (11/9)
Cleveland to launch final lakefront plan
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Planners say Cleveland's blue-collar, isolated lakefront would turn green and welcoming under a 50-year master plan that calls for new parks, new neighborhoods and an expanded Convention Center that links with a harborfront hub of activity. Source: The Plain Dealer (11/9)
Attack on bridge would ruin trade
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Canada could face a recession worse than the Great Depression if terrorists were to blow up the Ambassador Bridge -- the country's busiest border crossing -- the chairman of the Canadian Senate committee on national security and defence has warned. Source: The Windsor Star (11/9)
Wisconsin residents want better roads, fast trains
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Wisconsin residents' transportation priorities include improving roads, adding high-speed train service and building separate freeway lanes for trucks, according to a new survey by the state Department of Transportation. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (11/9)
Holy Grail of Great Lakes shipwrecks found?
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A shipwreck hunter believes he might have found what's been described as the Holy Grail of Great Lakes wrecks, triggering a new debate over who can lay claim to historic shipwrecks and what should happen to them. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (11/8)
Rare whooping crane shows up in southwest Michigan
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A member of a bird species that was nearly wiped out in the 1930s has been seen in Kalamazoo County for the first time in scores of years. Source: Kalamazoo Gazette (11/8)
Late season rescues, seawall crashes offer life-saving messages
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Several recent life-saving rescues around Lake Michigan revealed important safety messages for late-season boaters, including duck hunters, snowmobilers, and others who operate recreational vehicles near water. Source: The Bay City Times (11/8)
Federal tests find harmful mercury in Michigan waterways
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An environmental group's analysis of government fish sampling data ranks 170 of 218 Michigan lakes and rivers as having fish containing mercury levels high enough to raise safety concerns. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (11/8)
EDITORIAL: Job One for state legislators is Water Legacy Act
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Water rules are needed in Michigan, despite complaints from farmers who don't want their irrigation pipes regulated and business groups that claim such regulation would drive away jobs. Source: The Bay City Times (11/7)
Lake Erie resort ditches rowdy reputation
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The bikers still come to Geneva-On-The-Lake, but now they are often professional people looking for a nostalgic getaway to a quaint village that has shed its rowdy reputation. Source: The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (11/7)
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Conference considers Ohio's potential for wind power
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Ohio's only commercial wind farm is celebrating its one-year anniversary by increasing output, and a new wind resources map for the state shows potential for development. Source: The Akron Beacon Journal (11/10)
Fitzgerald sinking commemorated at lighthouse
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The 29th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald will be commemorated today with a ceremonial beacon lighting at Split Rock Lighthouse. Source: Duluth News Tribune (11/10)
Explosions, fire at Ontario propane company force evacuation
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Explosions at a Port Darlington propane company sent debris shooting into the sky "like rockets," including pieces of propane tanks that landed near Lake Ontario. Source: National Post (11/10)
Pest expanding its reach in Ohio
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The voracious green beetle burrowing through ash trees in northwest Ohio has struck the Toledo area again. Source: The Toledo Blade (11/10)
Proposed Ontario greenbelt takes some knocks
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Land developers and farmers led opposition to the province's proposed greenbelt at a public meeting this week. Source: The Toronto Star (11/9)
Public hearings on Gentilly nuclear plant open
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The fate of Quebec's only nuclear power plant now rests in the hands of the people, who will decide whether to expand the facilities at the Gentilly-2 plant near the St. Lawrence River, and extend the life of the aging reactor. Source: The Montreal Gazette (11/9)
Michigan accuses tribal fishermen of illegal catch
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Michigan's authority to regulate tribal commercial fishing operations in the Great Lakes will be tested by the seizure of nearly two tons of fish caught in Lake Michigan. Source: Booth Newspapers (11/9)
EPA acts to make beaches cleaner and safer
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To further protect beach goers at their favorite recreational spots, EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt signed a final regulation that helps improve the health of the nation's beaches on coastal and Great Lakes waters. Source: Kansas City InfoZine (11/9)
Cleveland lakefront plan will come with huge price tag
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The price tag for Cleveland's proposal to revamp its lakeshore could be as monumental as the vision -- hundreds of millions of dollars over 50 years. Source: WEWS-TV Cleveland (11/9)
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Michigan deer herd makes big moves
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Michigan has seen its deer population shift from north to south, partly because of changing logging and farming practices, partly due to efforts by the DNR to expand the herd in some areas and shrink it in others. Source: Detroit Free Press (11/11)
New funds could stem beach closings
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Last week Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich put in motion what local politicians and grass roots movements have been pushing for years, a request for federal funds to repair, protect and provide greater public access to 63 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline. Source: Northbrook Star (11/11)
Founder discusses ferry's future
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For the first time since the Spirit of Ontario abruptly stopped running in early September, the founder and co-owner of the high-speed ferry business met Tuesday with the Democrat and Chronicle to discuss what happened. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (11/10)
EDITORIAL: Protect our Great Lakes from misuse
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Several candidates for political office, during interviews with the News-Review editorial board, pointed to trouble brewing for the Great Lakes under a revised agreement between lake basin states and Canadian provinces. Source: Petoskey News-Review (11/10)
Forest service fights ash borer
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To prevent the spread of the emerald ash borer, the U.S. Forest Service has banned ash trees and tree parts and all firewood that comes from regulated and quarantined areas in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana from being transported or used on national forests in Michigan. Source: Ironwood Daily Globe (11/9)
EPA takes heat on new chemical exposure study
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The Environmental Protection Agency is drawing fire from some environmental groups for accepting money from the chemical industry for a study on children's exposure to pesticides. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (11/8)
COMMENTARY: Early winter finch migration indicates seed-cone shortage
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No telling how the winter up North will go, but the summer must not have been much to talk about, at least if you are a winter finch. Source: The Toledo Blade (11/7)
Bigger signs aim for better safety
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Four larger signs will go up this spring to let swimmers know when the waters off Lake Superior are too dangerous. Source: Duluth News Tribune (11/6)
No more deadlines for dioxin talks
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A week after the agency missed its Oct. 31 deadline and five months after Dow and DEQ brass first convened talks, state officials remain mum about their discussions with Dow and now have dismissed the disclosure deadlines they consistently broke. Source: The Saginaw News (11/5)
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Screenwriter floats plans for Edmund Fitzgerald project
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Michigan native Christian Chabot is the screenwriter for "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," a project that is shopping for investors. Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press (11/12)
EDITORIAL: Indiana's power plant dilemma
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The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission needs to carefully consider the environmental and economic ramifications before approving new coal-burning power plants in Indiana. Source: The Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette (11/12)
Audubon names 7 Minnesota bird sites
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The National Audubon Society has recognized seven Minnesota areas as part of an international effort to focus attention on critical places for birds, which are suffering from habitat loss and fragmentation. Source: Duluth News Tribune (11/12)
Activists struggle to protect rural land
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The rolling landscape and proximity to Lake Michigan that make northwestern Michigan ideal for growing apples, cherries, grapes and pears also attracts builders. Source: Booth Newspapers (11/12)
The delicate aroma of Toronto's composter awes Michigan recyclers
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This week's visit by 20 Michigan recycling officials to Toronto smelled a lot like trash tourism. Source: The Globe and Mail (11/12)
Cold, wind swamp duck hunters on Lake Erie
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Hunters aiming to bag a duck had their hopes and their boats swamped off yesterday by a storm-tossed Lake Erie. Source: The Toledo Blade (11/12)
Gray wolf trapped, killed in the Lower Peninsula
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Speculations about the presence of gray wolves in the northern Lower Peninsula were confirmed on Oct. 23, when a local trapper found what turned out to be a 70-pound female wolf in one of his coyote traps. Source: Michigan Outdoor News (11/12)
Can the ferry weather Rochester's winter?
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With the boat docked until spring, the Coast Guard is concerned whether the Breeze can weather the season. Source: WOKR-TV 13 (11/11)
Pennsylvania program targets mercury pollution
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Pennsylvania has launched a program to remove electronic switches from vehicles that contain mercury, the second-leading cause of mercury pollution in the state. Source: The Harrisburg Patriot-News (11/10)
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Wisconsin tests people for mercury
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One-quarter of the Wisconsin men who volunteered for an ongoing study by the state health department have been found to have high levels of mercury in their bodies. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (11/15)
Preservationists unlikely to get all land they want in Saugatuck
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Preservationists say they no longer expect to acquire the entire 413 acres of shoreline and dune land they had their eye on as part of an effort to curb development along the Lake Michigan banks of Saugatuck, Mich. Source: Detroit Free Press (11/15)
Chemicals linger in the environment
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A complex brew of everyday compounds -- from products as ubiquitous as shampoo, bug spray and even that morning cup of coffee -- lingers in Minnesota waters after they've gone down the drain. Source: Duluth News Tribune (11/15)
Ohio EPA plan to revise clean-air rules criticized
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Some environmentalists say Ohio is backsliding on requirements for modernizing coal-fired power plants and other major air pollution sources by following the lead of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Source: The Toledo Blade (11/15)
Poor planning for Lake Ontario ferry project
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Critics point to many examples of poor planning for the Lake Ontario ferry connecting Rochester and Toronto, beginning with an unrealistic business proposal. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (11/14)
Regional steel mills stare down challenges
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Though the huge steel mills along Lake Michigan's shoreline may be industry fossils, their extinction seems unlikely as they bellow steel, snarl at their competition and roar their profits. Source: The Northwest Indiana Times (11/14)
Scientists eager to study area wolf population
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A confirmed sighting of a wolf in northern Michigan last month - the first such documented find in nearly a century - has biologists, researchers and environmentalists excited to learn how many of the predators roam the wooded expanses south of the Mackinac Bridge. Source: Traverse City Record-Eagle (11/14)
Port officials to discuss Lake Erie ferry idea
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Cleveland port officials have turned their attention to Canadian requirements for a proposed Lake Erie ferry service linking Cleveland and Port Stanley, Ontario. Source: The Plain Dealer (11/13)
Group wants more walleye to help control goby population in Muskegon Lake
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A west Michigan Eagles Club wants to help control an exploding goby population by stocking Muskegon Lake with more walleye, which eat the invasive exotic fish. Source: Detroit Free Press (11/13)
Plan to limit water exports from Great Lakes debated
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The only consensus that seems to have emerged about a proposed set of agreements written to keep Great Lakes water from leaving the region is that the status quo is unacceptable. Source: The Toledo Blade (11/13)
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Won't sign Great Lakes water deal, Ontario says
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The Ontario government has refused to sign draft agreements that seek to limit diversions of Great Lakes water, insisting the proposed deals are not strong enough to prevent water from being siphoned out. Source: The Globe and Mail (11/16)
Enwave puts a chill on towering costs
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The company that is using Lake Ontario water to cool downtown Toronto now hopes to use the steam it generates for heating to create electricity as well. Source: The Globe and Mail (11/16)
Frank Lloyd Wright home demolished
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Fallingwater it was not. But preservationists are decrying the destruction last week of a deteriorating Frank Lloyd Wright beach house south of New Buffalo, Mich. Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press (11/16)
Michigan gets terror fight technology
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Port Huron is one of three U.S. border crossings that are testing a new high-tech system designed to make the border more secure, though critics say the $700 million program is too expensive and will only create long lines. Source: The Detroit News (11/16)
Mining vs. old-growth forests
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Environmentalists say an old-growth forest in Ohio is threatened by a proposed coal mine that would cause the land to sink above it. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (11/15)
Landscaped roofs have Chicago mayor seeing green
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Europe's green roofs have long provided environmental, aesthetic, and economic benefits. Now Chicago Mayor Richard Daley has begun a green roof initiative here. Source: National Geographic (11/15)
Ferry's triumphs lighten up the gloom
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Supporters of the Lake Ontario high-speed ferry are focusing on the venture's successful aspects that they say prove a Rochester-to-Toronto ferry is a viable business that will prosper one day. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (11/14)
Tugboat auction draws no bidders
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Officials are pondering their options after no bidders emerged for the tugboat Lake Superior, a floating tourist attraction in Duluth since 1996, which went on the auction block last week. Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press (11/14)
COMMENTARY: Power plant's a win for economy, ecology
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Score a double win for the Wisconsin economy and environment in the groundbreaking for a new high-efficiency coal-fired power plant in Weston. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (11/14)
Lakefront proposal gets mixed reaction
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Cleveland Mayor Jane Campbell's lakefront plan, while drawing praise, has also sparked small fires of contention regarding the overlay of development that might alter the shore and inland neighborhoods over the next 50 years. Source: The Plain Dealer (11/13)
EDITORIAL: Wind power could help to energize Ohio's economy
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Anyone who has ever walked across campus at Bowling Green State University, stood on a Lake Erie beach on a windy day in Ottawa County, or watched farm equipment create clouds of dust knows the power of wind in northwest Ohio. Source: Port Clinton News Herald (11/12)
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Waukegan Harbor cleanup to clear way for renewal
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A $27 million cleanup is scheduled to start this week near Waukegan Harbor,
where 36 acres are contaminated with dangerous chemical waste. Source:
Chicago Tribune (11/17)
Settlement salvages taxes for Iron Range
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Minnesota and the creditors of bankrupt National Steel Corp. reached a
settlement that salvages about $10 million in past-due taxes for economic
development and property-tax relief on the Iron Range. Source: St. Paul
Pioneer Press (11/17)
Expansion of bird sanctuary draws opposition
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Some environmentalists and bird-watchers are worried that plans to expand
trails at the Hammond Bird Sanctuary on Lake Michigan's shoreline will
disturb resident and migratory birds. Source: Merrillville Post-Tribune
(11/17)
EDITORIAL: Public should attend meeting on St. Clair's River spills
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The St. Clair River is an integral part of the Great Lakes system, and its
well-being is critical to the Blue Water Area and to the entire region.
Source: The Port Huron Times-Herald (11/17)
2 more turbines sprout at Ohio wind farm
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Two of the four new wind turbines near Bowling Green, expected to generate
7.2 megawatts of electricity when all are online, will be dedicated at 10
a.m. Friday at the Ohio wind farm. Source: The Toledo Blade (11/17)
EDITORIAL: Great Lakes are facing gravest challenges ever
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A strong case can now be made for increased efforts to rescue the Great
Lakes -- perhaps the nation's greatest natural resource as well as a source
of clean water for tens of millions -- which is literally under assault by a
host of foreign invaders. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (11/16)
EPA to take lead roll in Bay Harbor cleanup
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Believing that seepage of caustic waste along the Little Traverse Bay
shoreline at Bay Harbor poses threats to human health and aquatic life, the
U.S. EPA plans to lead the response to the situation. Source: Petoskey
News-Review (11/16)
Coast Guard moorings overhaul set for Cheboygan River
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A major overhaul of the Coast Guard moorings on the Cheboygan River will
begin this spring in preparation for the arrival of the new U.S. Coast Guard
cutter Mackinaw, due to homeport in Cheboygan in October. Source: Cheboygan
Daily Tribune (11/16)
EDITORIAL: A practical pollution solution
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The new St. Catharines Hydro Generation facility in Port Weller uses
methane, a byproduct of water treatment, to heat water for electricity
generation. Source: The St. Catharines Standard (11/16)
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