[dailynews] November 30, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: November 30, 2011
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Activist urges protection of Great Lakes
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Maude Barlow, national chairwoman of the Council of Canadians and founder of the Blue Planet Project, shared her insights on Great Lakes water security issues and what she described as a global water crisis during a press briefing in the Center for Tomorrow. Source: Buffalo News (11/30)


Buffalo seen benefiting on 'fracking' outside state
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Gary Marchiori, president of Energy Mark, an Amherst energy services firm, said the increased natural gas production from the Marcellus Shale and other shale formations across the country has been driving down natural gas prices. Source: Buffalo News (11/30)


COMMENTARY: Wisconsin needs strong mining laws
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It appears inconsistent for the mining company to claim on one hand that the mine will not harm the environment and, on the other hand, to claim that the mine could not be built without severely weakening the rules that protect our rivers, lakes and streams. Source: Capitol Times (11/30)


Sheila Consaul ready to turn Fairport lighthouse into a summer home
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Long-term plans point toward restoring the structure, beginning this spring, to be used as a summer home, complete with three bedrooms. Source: Daily Herald (11/30)


EDITORIAL: Congress listens to money, not good sense
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What kind of Congress would turn away from the battle against invasive species even as we are losing the war?
The answer is a bought Congress. Source: The Times Herald (11/30)


Money for the St. Lawrence
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The Canadian and Quebec governments renewed an agreement Tuesday to manage and protect the St. Lawrence river into the future. Source: CJAD Montreal (11/30)


Rockland crew leaves for long, icy journey to Great Lakes
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A Rockland-based Coast Guard boat left the salty waters of Penobscot Bay for the Great Lakes on Tuesday. After they arrive in 13 days, the boat and its Maine crew will cut ice in the lakes through April. Source: Bangor Daily News (11/29)


Ontario is all talk and no action on environment, commissioner says
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Squabbling between the federal government and Ontario threatens to paralyze any progress of cleaning up the Great Lakes - this at a time when the United States has pledged $2.2 billion over the next five years to clean them up. Source: The Star (11/29)


Sturgeons find operating room
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A lake sturgeon found in a water pipe off Chicago this fall sparked reminders that the great fish of Lake Michigan are coming back. Source: Chicago Sun Times (11/29)


Purdue research helps Coast Guard lower summer deaths on Great Lakes
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A Purdue University analysis of drowning and boating death patterns on the Great Lakes played a role in the Coast Guard's successful efforts this summer to cut deaths on the lakes. Source: Daily Reporter (11/29)


Manistee receives grant for new fish cleaning station
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A grant of $75,000 from the Great Lakes Fishery Trust and $75,000 from the City of Manistee will mean a new fish cleaning station for anglers using the municipal boat launch. Source: Ludington Daily News (11/29)


Coast Guard Cutter Alder delivers holiday trees to Chicago
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The journey is a re-enactment of the voyage of the original Christmas Ship, the schooner Rouse Simmons, which brought Christmas trees and wreaths from the Upper Peninsula to Chicago for many years. Source: Duluth News Tribune (11/29)


Canadian Coast Guard crew honoured
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Sharbot Lake's Jason Johnson, a Commanding Officer with the Canadian Coast Guard, and his crew were honoured last week for their work in the aftermath of a tornado that hit the Ontario town of Goderich in August. Source: Whig Standard (11/28)


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