[dailynews] May 18, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: May 18, 2011
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EDITORIAL: Time to stop fouling a Chicago waterway
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The federal Environmental Protection Agency has ordered a cleanup that will 
make the Chicago River safe even for swimming. If the state refuses, the EPA 
will take over the job. It's about time. Source: Chicago Tribune (5/18)


DNR to hold meetings on Phragmites spraying along shores of Lake Michigan
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The DNR will begin spraying 3,600 acres along 118 miles of shoreline 
properties in Brown, Door, Manitowoc, Marinette, Oconto and Sheboygan 
counties in August but needs permission from property owners no later than 
June 1. Source: Green Bay Press Gazette (5/18)


EDITORIAL: Improving the DNR
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Gov. Scott Walker's plan to streamline the state Department of Natural 
Resources is a good idea - as long as it doesn't weaken environmental 
protections. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (5/18)


Bruce Power pulls U.S. application as plan to ship generators on the Great 
Lakes put on hold
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Bruce Power has withdrawn its application to the United States Department of 
Transportation for approval to ship 16 radioactive steam generators through 
the Great Lakes. Source: Totonto Sun (5/18)


Waukesha's filtered deep well pumps not in service
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Waukesha is seeking approval from Wisconsin and the other seven Great Lakes 
states to switch to a Lake Michigan water source. The city would abandon all 
deep wells in sandstone if the request is approved. Source: Milwaukee 
Journal Sentinel (5/18)


COMMENTARY: Great Lakes Shoreline Right of Passage Act
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If passed, the bill will restore your right to walk freely on the shoreline 
of the Great Lakes in this province. Source: Northumberland View (5/18)


COMMENTARY: Godzilla and the Great Lakes
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Just as the world is now wondering how the Japanese could ever have been 
foolhardy enough to build something as inherently dangerous as nuclear power 
plants above earthquake fault lines, future generations will one day look 
back with bewilderment and dismay at the craziness of locating nukes in the 
heart of the Great Lakes. Source: Metro Times (5/18)


QC marchers to trek 600 km to protest shale gas
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About 20 people left Rimouski Monday morning on a 600-km trek to Montreal to 
protest shale gas and other fossil fuel drilling in Quebec. Source: Montreal 
Gazette (5/18)


Port Huron Float Down lacks leader
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The U.S. Coast Guard tried to shut down the event last year, but nearly 
3,000 people showed up at Conger-Lighthouse Beach on Aug. 15. Source: Port 
Huron Times Herald (5/18)


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