[dailynews] July 29, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: July 29, 2011
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Veto of Great Lakes bill may face override vote
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According to Ohio House Speaker Bill Batchelder (R., Medina), an override of Gov. John Kasich's veto of a business-backed bill dealing with water withdrawals from Lake Erie remains a possibility. Source: The Toledo Blade (7/29)


Roundtable includes plea for S.S. Badger
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An update Thursday at the Manitowoc, WI "Mayor's Business Roundtable" touched on everything from seagulls to the 2012 budget to the old Mirro plant to the S.S. Badger. Source: Herald Times Reporter (7/29)


LaTourette adds $50M to Great Lakes restoration funding
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U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) has announced that the House of Representatives has approved an amendment he offered to add $50 million to Great Lakes funding in the spending bill that funds the Environmental Protection Agency. Source: WKYC - Cleveland (7/28)


Life on the river (Part 3): suing & settling with Enbridge
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A year ago, a ruptured pipeline spewed more than 840,000 gallons of crude oil into the Kalamazoo River, causing major environmental impacts. It also affected the lives of thousands of people living in the spill zone, and the pipeline's owners have spent the past year reimbursing many of them for their losses. Source: The Environment Report (7/28)


DNR makes haste to save lake ecology
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Now behind schedule, Minnesota DNR aquatic invasive species specialists are scrambling to make up lost time and implement a new and much improved aquatic invasive species prevention and control program to be launched this summer. Source: Star Tribune (7/28)


Hamilton: Ontario should reconsider offshore wind
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Although a moratorium was established in February, Ontario could still regain the momentum it once had by taking a more measured approach to offshore wind development. Source: The Toronto Star (7/28)


Beach in Lighthouse Park closed indefinitely
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The beach in Lighthouse County Park, MI has been closed indefinitely because of high E. coli levels, health officials announced Thursday. Source: Huron Daily Tribune (7/28)


EDITORIAL: Asian carp -- stop the beasts
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For those still doubting that the Asian carp is a serious threat to the Great Lakes, consider this recent news: tests have found seven different instances of Asian carp DNA beyond the electric barriers meant to keep the fish out of Lake Michigan. Source: The Grand Rapids Press (7/28)


ANALYSIS: Great Lakes offshore wind projects move at different speeds
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Winds are shifting over the Great Lakes, with offshore wind development in Ohio's lake waters moving forward while projects in New York languish. Source: Offshore Wind Wire (7/28)


Honor for Sea Grant educator
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Cindy Hagley, Minnesota Sea Grant's Environmental Quality Extension Educator, received the Outstanding Educational Programming for Youth and Teachers Award at the Lake Superior Binational Forum's annual Environmental Stewardship Awards Program in July. Source: WDIO - Duluth, MN (7/28)


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