GLIN: [dailynews] 4 October 2010

On 10/4/2010 12:35 PM, GLIN Daily News wrote:

Great Lakes Daily News: October 4, 2010
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Lake Erie license plates aid watershed's quality
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The Ohio Lake Erie Commission approved two new Lake Erie Protection Fund grant awards, which will help improve water quality and provide a direct benefit to Lake Erie and its tributary watersheds in Ohio. Source: The News-Messenger (10/4)


An open front door to invaders in Great Lakes
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For thousands of years, the Great Lakes were protected by Niagara Falls on the east and a subcontinental divide on the west, but those barriers to our grandest freshwater system were obliterated over the past century so that oceanic freighters could float in and Chicago sewage could float out. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (10/3)


Hearings into energy 'game changer' begin in Quebec
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Environmental hearings begin in Quebec on Monday into the risks of tapping a 5,000-square-kilometre energy source one federal document calls an energy "game changer." Source: CTV News (10/3)


Seaway fell far short of expectations
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Undersized, underused and under fire for unleashing an onslaught of devastating biological pollution into the Great Lakes, the Seaway could reverse its declining relevance if it were to reposition itself as a modern nautical highway to move goods regionally. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (10/3)


Marquette working to restore beach dunes
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The city of Marquette and the Superior Watershed Partnership are working together to restore and preserve sand dunes along the city's nearly 10 miles of shoreline. Source: The Mining Journal (10/2)


Canadian shipping industry hails end of duty
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The federal government finally removed the 25-per-cent import duty on foreign-built cargo ships, regarded as a major barrier standing in the way of Great Lakes shipowners renewing their fleets. Source: The Montreal Gazette (10/2)


Supreme Court to decide Lake Erie boundaries
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After more than 200 years of statehood, Ohio is hammering out Lake Erie's official boundary in the wake of an already 6-year-old lawsuit filed in the name of all lakefront property owners. Source: Cleveland.com (10/1)


Pellets source still a mystery
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Millions of tiny plastic pellets have been washing up on the Lake Huron shoreline in recent days, prompting concern for wildlife and raising questions about their source. Source: The London Free Press (10/1)


Brownfields summit to explore potential
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From the Steel Winds wind turbines site in Lackawanna to the BlueCross

BlueShield of Western New York complex in downtown Buffalo, the region has found ways to make productive properties out of its brownfields. Source: The Buffalo News (10/1)


St. Lawrence spill cleanup continues
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The cleanup continued Thursday at the site of a spill that sent 5,500 litres of a mixture of diesel and water into the St. Lawrence River Tuesday. Source: The Montreal Gazette (9/30)


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