[dailynews] November 21, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: November 21, 2011
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Great Lakes coal shipments decrease
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Less coal was shipped on the Great Lakes this October than during either the previous month or a year ago. Source: Duluth News Tribune (11/21)


Iron-ore shipments in October ahead of last October's tonnage
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Iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes in October declined from September's tonnages, but were ahead of last year's and the month's five-year average. Source: Duluth News Tribune (11/21)


DuPage water price hikes coming down the pipe
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DuPage County homeowners and businesses can expect to pay more for Lake Michigan water after the DuPage Water Commission approved annual rate hikes ranging from 17 percent to 30 percent over the next four years. Source: Chicago Tribune (11/21)


S.S. Badger car ferry could test natural gas for fuel instead of coal
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A coal-burning Lake Michigan ferry could become a demonstration vessel for a pilot study on the use of alternative fuels on the Great Lakes. Source: The Times Herald (11/21)


Michigan reports bigger salmon harvest this year
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The state says it collected more than twice as many coho and chinook salmon this fall at six Lake Michigan and Lake Huron facilities than last year. Source: Chicago Tribune (11/21)


EDITORIAL: Ohio Gov. John Kasich's proposed Lake Erie watershed bill is stronger than last summer's GOP attempt: editorial
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The power of the people to create change is evident in legislation that Republican Gov. John Kasich is floating to protect the Lake Erie watershed from industry-driven interests favored by some in his own party. Source: cleveland.com (11/20)


Muskegon Lake getting closer to removal from Great Lakes Area of Concern list
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Muskegon Lake may finally be within a few years of removal from a federal list of contaminated Great Lakes "hot spots."
Environmental officials hope a raft of restoration projects will get the lake delisted as a Great Lakes Area of Concern by the end of 2017. Source: MLive.com (11/18)


Ashland brook trout project gets funding
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The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation will be funding further study of Lake Superior brook trout next year. The Ashland Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office recently learned it would be awarded a $45,000 Bring Back the Natives grant from the foundation to support field season activities in 2012, including looking into the status, distribution, and threats to brook trout in the Lake Superior basin. Source: Ashland Current (11/18)


WSU professor addresses lake waste dumping case
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Nick Schroeck, an environmental law professor at Wayne State, spoke on The Craig Fahle Show Nov. 10 about the Michigan Supreme Court's hearing on dumping waste into Lake Huron. Source: The South End (11/17)


Canadian grain shipments increase 15% through St. Lawrence Seaway
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ear-to-date cargo shipments through the St. Lawrence Seaway remain steady, bolstered by increases in Canadian grain shipments and petroleum products, and the development of new traffic of coal exports through the waterway to Europe. Source: Transportation and Logistics (11/17)


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