[dailynews] March 10, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: March 10, 2011
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IJC report on Great Lakes: 'Threats to water quality'
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Canada and the United States are backsliding in their efforts to clean up 
the Great Lakes, according the the International Joint Commission's 15th 
Biennial Report on Great Lakes Water Quality. Source: The Windsor Star 
(3/10)


Support of Randle Reef cleanup in Burlington's best interest: MP
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It is in the best interest of the residents of Burlington, Ontario, that the 
city council find the money to contribute to the clean-up of long lingering 
toxins in Lake Ontario's Hamilton Harbour. Source: InsideHalton.com (3/10)


Michigan scientists urge congress to protect EPA oversight
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Michigan scientists studying the effects of global climate change say a 
budget bill passed by the U.S. House threatens the long-term health of the 
region. It would strip the federal Environmental Protection Agency of its 
ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Source: Interlochen Public 
Radio (3/10)


Millions at stake in fight against Great Lakes carp invasion
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Glass tanks were drained of water, but there was no mistaking that the Asian 
carp were very much alive when government officials inspected suspicious 
cargo at two Ontario border crossings recently. Source: The Globe and Mail 
(3/10)


Suit filed over waste
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The Canadian Environmental Law Association and Sierra Club Canada have 
launched legal action against a plan to ship radioactive waste through the 
Great Lakes. Source: The Windsor Star (3/10)


Sales of live Asian carp threaten Great Lakes, bring record fines
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The threat of Asian carp slipping into the Great Lakes and Lake Erie is a 
major worry for fisheries experts and sport fishermen. There are commercial 
fish companies that couldn't care less, buying and selling live Asian carp 
that could easily end up being released in those waters. Source: The Plain 
Dealer (3/10)


Group to raise money for upgrades to fishpond facility
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When 15,000 brown trout were discovered dead at the Lincoln Park Zoo rearing 
pond on Feb. 18, the Northeastern Wisconsin Great Lakes Sport Fishermen 
group knew it had to upgrade its facility. Source: HTRNews.com (3/10)


Advocates reach invasive species deal with EPA
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Environmental groups and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have 
reached a deal requiring tougher federal regulations for ships that dump 
ballast water in U.S. harbors, a leading way in which invasive species are 
spread. Source: BusinessWeek (3/9)


Milwaukee's inner harbor filled with promise
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Lined with piles of coal, scrap yards, long forsaken buildings, decaying 
smoke stacks and acres of contaminated earth, it takes a lot of vision to 
imagine Milwaukee's inner harbor as an ecological showplace. Source: 
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (3/9)


Great Lakes phosphorus levels worrisome
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Levels of phosphorus in the Great Lakes are rising and endangering the 
aquatic food chain and human health, a U.S.-Canadian agency says. Source: 
UPI.com (3/9)

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