[dailynews] November 10, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: November 10, 2011
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Durbin: Don't let landmark status be safe harbor for S.S. Badger
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As the last coal-powered steamship on the Great Lakes moved a step closer to being protected as a National Historic Landmark, Sen. Dick Durbin pressured top federal officials Wednesday to stop the vessel from polluting Lake Michigan. Source: Chicago Tribune (11/10)


RES Canada announces completion of $275 million Greenwich wind energy project
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Renewable Energy Systems Canada Inc. (RES Canada), a leader in the development and construction of renewable energy projects in Canada and an affiliate of RES Americas, is pleased to announce the completion of the Greenwich Wind Energy Project on the northern shore of Lake Superior, in Ontario. Source: MarketWatch (11/10)


Lake depends on innovation
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The decade-old plan that we shoot all our sewage through a tunnel uphill through the Oak Ridges Moraine then downhill all the way to Lake Ontario does seem archaic in comparison to building a close-to-home state of the art "reverse osmosis" plant that will put treated water into the East Holland River that's cleaner than what's already there, and then by using "phosphorus trading" make investments in other Lake Simcoe projects that increase the bang for the buck. Source: yorkregion.com (11/10)


Detroit water and sewerage department to sue over reorganization
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Members of a city employees union said Wednesday they will file a lawsuit to block a federal judge's reorganization of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department. Source: The Detroit News (11/10)


Harvesting the future: Wolfe Island's wind energy
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In 2009, Wolfe Island became host to an 86-turbine wind farm, the second largest wind energy project in Canada. Source: WBEZ (11/10)


St. Catharines firm lands $5.2 million in ship winch deals
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They're complex stove-sized winches specifically used to tie off vessels sailing the St. Lawrence Seaway.
And for a Chinese shipyard making lakers for Canada Steamship Lines, nobody does it better than Dilts Piston Hydraulics in St. Catharines. Source: St. Catharines Standard (11/10)


Dispute over failed septic systems hits high court
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The Michigan Supreme Court has heard arguments in a legal test of whether state regulators can order a township to install a sewer system. Source: The Times Herald (11/9)


Officials to decide future of fish in Vt hatchery
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State and federal officials in the Connecticut River basin and New York are trying to decide whether they will have to destroy almost 450,000 lake trout and salmon being raised in a Vermont fish hatchery that was contaminated by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene. Source: seattlepi.com (11/9)


Cold weather from the Arctic carries sweet bird species to Northeast Ohio: Aerial View
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Cold weather from the Arctic carries sweet bird species, ruddy ducks, horned grebes,surf scoters, etc. to Northeast Ohio. Source: cleveland.com (11/9)


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