[dailynews] August 16, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: August 16, 2011
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Water risk database backed by big U.S. companies
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A consortium of large U.S. companies including General Electric, Goldman Sachs, Coca-Cola and Dow Chemical is backing a new initiative to help manage water supplies in regions threatened by shortages, reflecting growing concern about the importance of water to businesses. Source: The Globe and Mail (8/16)


Officials must move faster to solve Asian carp threat
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Felicia Kirksey, program manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, said last week that a complete study on the spread of Asian carp to and from the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River will be completed in 2015. Source: Green Bay Press Gazette (8/16)


NY Governor plans to sign law to protect waterways, Great Lakes
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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Monday that he will sign a new law to protect New York's waters and the Great Lakes by requiring a state permit for the withdrawal of large volumes of water from the state's rivers, lakes, streams and groundwater. Source: The Post-Standard (8/15)


Grading Senator Kirk's Lake Michigan report card
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Illinois Senator Mark Kirk released the first of what is promised to be an annual "Report Card for Lake Michigan" this week. Source: The Huffington Post (8/15)


Feds award nearly $1 million in grants for Great Lakes projects
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Public and private interests gathered Monday at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore for an announcement of nearly $1 million in federal grants aimed at protecting the Great Lakes. Source: Northwest Indiana Times (8/15)


Could wind energy develop along Lake Michigan?
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Gov. Pat Quinn signed two new bills last week that hand both Illinois and Cook County more control over renewable energy projects, especially wind turbine research. Source: Wilmett-Kenilworth Patch (8/15)


Great Lakes restoration underway
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A federally backed effort to wipe out the pollution and invasive species threatening the Great Lakes is finally underway, and some of the first grants are going to be spent on Lake Erie. Source: The Miami Herald (8/15)


PCB cleanup on the Milwaukee River to start soon
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Site work is under way for the $20 million cleanup of contaminated sediments in Lincoln Creek and the Milwaukee River. The cleanup is expected to begin by the end of the month, with work being completed by the end of November. Source: Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel (8/15)


Feds say Lake Erie watersnake no longer threatened
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A nonpoisonous snake that slithers among a patchwork of islands in western Lake Erie has been removed from the federal government's list of endangered and threatened species following a successful recovery campaign, officials said Monday. Source: Wall Street Journal (8/15)


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