[dailynews] August 23, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: August 23, 2011
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3 million in metro Detroit served by water system that could close by end of year
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The clock is ticking to find money or other means to keep the drinking water monitoring system in Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair and Detroit rivers operational before a lack of funding shuts down the system by the end of the year. Source: Detroit Free Press (8/23)


Drillers' water needs raise concerns about supplies
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The Marcellus Shale natural gas industry has a huge thirst for water. To hydraulically fracture a single gas well requires upward of a thousand tanker-trucks of water. Source: Buffalo News (8/23)


COMMENTARY: Life finally goes swimmingly for Lake Erie water snake
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After slithering through government bureaucracy for 12 years, the Lake Erie water snake came off the federal list of endangered and threatened wildlife last week. That should be a source of pride for all of us in the Great Lakes region. Source: Toledo Blade (8/23)


Green Bay's port busier after construction of a new dock
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Earlier this year the oil company U.S. Venture used a federal grant to improve a petroleum shipment dock at the Port of Green Bay. From the port the petroleum is put onto ships bound for Cheboygan, Michigan and on to Canadian refineries. Source: Superior Telegram (8/23)


Invasive species ballast battle gets bigger
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Researchers working with the American Steamship Co. tested a new system Sunday to kill invasive species in the ballast water of a 1,000-foot Great Lakes freighter. Source: Duluth News Tribune (8/23)


Niagara-on-the-Lake beach gets kudos for least garbage
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The "beach at Firelane 14" on the Lake Ontario shoreline was recently named one of the least garbage-strewn stretches in Canada by World Wildlife Fund Canada. Source: St. Catharines Standard (8/23)


Michigan State University study makes a case for converting coal-fired plants to natural gas
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Converting some of Michigan's coal-fired, electricity-generating plants to natural gas would result in a net increase in jobs and tax revenue, according to an analysis by a Michigan State University economist released Monday. Source: Detroit Free Press (8/22)


Detroit-Windsor ferry feasibility study completed by fall
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There has been some recent interest in restoring the service as a tourist attraction and for commuter use, but there has never been a feasibility study until now. Source: Windsor Star (8/18)


UW Oshkosh receives a more than $1 million grant to improve Great Lakes beaches
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The new funding will help build a collaboration between UW Oshkosh and the City of Racine Health Department. Source: UW Oshkosh Today (8/18)


Dempsey gives Michigan high marks for its leadership in protecting the Great Lakes
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Despite the on-going challenges that confront our Great Lakes and the need for constant public vigilance, Dempsey gives Michigan an overall B+ grade for its efforts to date. Source: MLive.com (8/18)


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