[dailynews] May 4, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: May 4, 2011
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Shipyards to open for annual tours
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The Rotary Club of Sturgeon Bay will present the 19th annual Sturgeon Bay 
Shipyard Tours from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Source: Door County Advocate 
(5/4)


EDITORIAL: Why clear water in Lake Michigan isn't necessarily a good thing
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Anyone not convinced about the effects of messing with the Great Lakes 
ecosystem need only consider one little bivalve mollusk: the quagga mussel. 
Source: The Grand Rapids Press (5/4)


EDITORIAL: All aboard LaTourette's ferry bill
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We may be singing "Ferry 'Cross Lake Erie" if a smartly fitted-out bill 
launched by Rep. Steve LaTourette sails through Congress. Source: The Plain 
Dealer (5/4)


Setting sail under cloud of uncertainty
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New mandated bid process puts Maid of the Mist at risk in Canada. Source: 
Buffalo News (5/4)


Environmental groups sue to stop Chicago's chronic sewage dumping
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With no end in sight to Chicago's chronic water pollution problems, 
environmental groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to stop the routine 
dumping of human and industrial waste into the Chicago River and Lake 
Michigan. Source: Chicago Tribune (5/3)


Thanks for the smog
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Only about 8,000 people live in Schoolcraft County on the northern shores of 
Lake Michigan. But the bucolic character of this Upper Peninsula county, 
like nearby Door County in Wisconsin, belies a big-city smog problem. 
Source: Milwaukee Magazine (5/3)


Hooked on `thoughtfully selected seafood'
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Leslieville chef-turned-fishmonger Dan Donovan wants you to pick pickerel 
instead of tilapia and farmed lake trout instead of farmed salmon. Source: 
The Toronto Star (5/3)


Point Beach nuclear plant wins OK to expand power
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The Point Beach nuclear plant will be allowed to expand its power output by 
17% this year, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced Tuesday. Source: 
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (5/3)


Huron River Watershed Council hopes 100-mile water trail will boost river 
tourism
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The Huron River Watershed Council is in the throes of planning a 100-mile 
Huron River water trail that would start at Proud Lake in Oakland County and 
end at the mouth of Lake Erie. Source: AnnArbor.com (5/2)


Flood insurance bringing a deluge of complaints in Michigan
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With the Great Lakes at low levels, many Michiganders -- including U.S. Rep. 
Candice Miller -- are up in arms, saying they believe they're paying for 
billions of losses on the gulf coast and demanding an end to the National 
Flood Insurance Program. Source: Detroit Free Press (5/1)


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