[dailynews] September 30, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: September 30, 2011
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S.O.N.S. celebrates 30 years of fostering, protecting Lake Erie fishing
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Thirty years ago, a group of disgruntled fishermen amenting the sad state of the local waters founded the S.O.N.S. Source: Erie Times-News (9/30)


Earth Action holds watershed training for Erie-area students
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Students were participants in an Earth Action youth training day Thursday at the Ridge Center. Earth Action is a program of the nonprofit Environment Erie based there. The event drew 150 sixth- through eighth-graders who learned about watersheds and nonpoint source pollution. Source: Erie Times-News (9/30)


Phoenix Restoration works on Point Abino Lighthouse in Fort Erie, Ontario
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Lake Erie's Point Abino Lighthouse, built in 1918, undergoes an extensive restoration, which includes concrete repairs. Source: Daily Commercial News and Construction Data (9/30)


Will $2.2B lawsuit bring winds of change?
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A local company proposing to put 15 wind turbines in Lake Erie says it shares the opinions of a Toronto company suing the province for $2.25 billion, but won't say whether it is considering a similar suit. Source: The Windsor Star (9/30)


Asian Carp still a threat to Lake Michigan
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Lake Michigan and Northwest Indiana water quality issues were heard by the Environmental Quality Service Council, a permanent legislative study committee, Thursday morning at the offices of the Northern Indiana Regional Planning Commission in Portage. Source: Joliet Herald News (9/29)


American eel may need protection: U.S. agency
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The American eel, a freshwater fish native to the eastern United States that is born and dies in the open ocean, may be at risk of extinction because of climate change, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said on Wednesday. Source: Reuters (9/29)


Michigan Tech faculty, students honored for Great Lakes research
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he International Association for Great Lakes Research has honored five Michigan Technological University faculty members and students for their paper, "Approaching Storm: Disappearing Winter Bloom in Lake Michigan". Source: Michigan Tech News (9/29)


Green groups seek ban on new Ontario nuclear reactors
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Greenpeace Canada and three other environmental groups say they intend to go to court to try to stop the construction of new nuclear reactors in Ontario. Source: CBC (9/29)


Citizens' group raises concerns about wind turbines' proximity to gas pipelines
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Officials in Mason County have given the green light to the first large scale wind farm near the Lake Michigan shore. Some residents say in its rush to get going Consumers and the County are downplaying a serious threat to public safety. Source: Michigan Radio (9/29)


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