[dailynews] September 19, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: September 19, 2011
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Synchronized swimming: patrolling for pollution with robotic fish
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A team of scientists are developing underwater robots that swim to monitor water quality. Source: Scientific American (9/19)


Divers pull tons of debris from St. Lawrence
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his weekend marked the 10th annual Underwater Cleanup in the Thousand Islands. Divers pull tons of debris from St. Lawrence Source: Walkerton Daily Times (9/19)


Wind Turbine Meeting Monday Night
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Monday night, a group called the Great Lakes Concerned Citizens will talk about the economic and environmental issues of wind farms. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. at Roger Robach Community Center at Ontario Beach Park. Source: News 10 NBC (9/19)


Lake Michigan Research Platform Ready To Be Shipped To Muskegon
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The Lake Michigan research buoy to be shipped at the end of this month from Vancouver, Canada, to Muskegon will provide information for wind turbine developments and also will conduct bat and bird studies and test for water quality. Source: MLive.com (9/18)


EDITORIAL: A Hazy, Healthy Erie Shoreline Ruling By The Ohio Supreme Court
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The Ohio Supreme Court last week dealt a well-deserved 7-0 rebuke to two lower courts that let peevishness crowd out common sense and legal precedent in deciding where to draw private property lines along Lake Erie. Source: cleveland.com (9/18)


COMMENTARY: NY wind farm project runs out of air
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In the end, the head winds were just too strong for the huge Great Lakes offshore wind farm. The project, likely to cost upward of $1 billion, was too expensive in an economy still struggling to rebound from the recession. Source: Buffalo News (9/18)


Liberals Pledge $52 Million For Great Lakes Cleanup
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Speaking at a windy rooftop patio on Toronto's waterfront, Laurel Broten, the Liberal incumbent in the Etobicoke-Lakeshore riding, announced a $52 million plan to clean up the Great Lakes. Source: The Toronto Star (9/17)


Walker speaks out against Great Lakes regulations
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Gov. Scott Walker and several other governors are joining the federal government and Canada in demanding New York reconsider shipping regulations that protect waters from invasive species but could damage Wisconsin's economy. Source: The Badger Herald (9/14)


Editorial: The Temporary Carp Barriers Get Tougher
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be ramping up the juice in the electric barrier designed to keep Asian carp out of Lake Michigan within the next few weeks. Source: Detroit Free Press (9/19)


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