[dailynews] April 27, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: April 27, 2011
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Waukesha delivers papers to support request for Lake Michigan water
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Waukesha officials expect to revive their dormant request for Lake Michigan 
water with Wednesday's delivery of 1,000 pages of documents to the Wisconsin 
Department of Natural Resources in Madison. Source: Milwaukee Journal 
Sentinel (4/27)


EDITORIAL: Why Michigan shouldn't prohibit off-shore wind farms
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Wind energy holds great promise in Michigan - promise to generate clean 
electricity and promise to breathe new life into idled factories that would 
manufacture wind turbine components. Source: The Grand Rapids Press (4/27)


Port expansion discussed
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A multiyear study of the feasibility of developing an intermodal shipping 
facility in the Port of Green Bay, Wis., is expected to be completed in 
June. Source: Appleton Post Crescent (4/27)


U.S. neighbours oppose underground storage at Bruce plant
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A proposed storage site for low- and mid-level radioactive waste near 
Kincardine, Ont., on the eastern shores of Lake Huron, is getting attention 
across the water in the United States. Source: The Toronto Star (4/27)


Lakeshore areas look to McBain as they decide on large wind proposals
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Proposals to build large scale wind turbines along the coast of Lake 
Michigan have generated controversy in northern Michigan in recent months. 
To get first-hand experience many officials and citizens have traveled to 
McBain, Mich., where 19 windmills have gone up in the past two years. 
Source: Interlochen Public Radio (4/27)


State parks more popular than ever
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According to the New York Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic 
Preservation, the state park system played host to nearly 57 million 
visitors in 2010, a jump of 1 million visits over the previous year. Source: 
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (4/27)


'Schooner Coast' wrecks seen in DCMM exhibit
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The photography exhibit "Ghost Ships of the Wisconsin Schooner Coast" opens 
Saturday in the Reddin Bridge Room at the Door County Maritime Museum. The 
exhibit is described as a 'virtual dive experience.' Source: Green Bay Press 
Gazette (4/27)


Lost document prompts city to seek dismissal of sewage-spill charges
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The City of Toronto is seeking to have charges it improperly allowed sewage 
to spill into Lake Ontario thrown out more than four years after the alleged 
incident because the document that listed the original offences has been 
lost. Source: The Globe and Mail (4/26)

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